Orangeburg news and times. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1875-1877, 1877-03-10

when he got to the door, said
@Wait NON ont,' and | then said
that would promise to sign an order
to discharge the prisoner, provided he
would not file the order untile Satur-
day morning, and that would give nc
time to prepare an opinion. He con
scented to this, and signed tho order
for the discharge Of the prisoner. On
Thursday I got my opinion done and
sent it by the clerk Of The Court to
Judge Willard, saying to him that |
had como to different conclusion
from what the order expressed, and
asking him to send my opinion back
Qhc Judges words again) that |
might cancel it.:
Whippcr You mean the order,
not s.opinion. "
Wright-,Ycs, Of course I mean the
order. 1t was not sent, I ordered
Mr.. Boozcr to file the cancellation.
r. portcr-Do you think that the
cancellation revokcs the order?
Wright-Of course. This is no
new practice The order was not out
of The possession Of the court.
TIE SALARY GRAH.
Reporter Well, Judge, what did
| YOU srn the original order for?
An ominous silence and an ex-
change of glancos between the .Juge
his keeper.
Reporter How about the drawing
of your salary from the Hampton
treasury?
Wright (quickly)-l deny it.
When General Hamptan was first
inauguratcd. lie sent letter, stating
that he was ready to pay the salaries
Of The Judges. General Hagood sent
me Il letter, aud / cp lied at his Office
and stated to him that L would not re
rnive ~ salary From, oitl,vr, s,uv,t tr.l
mcnt. Afterwards had Il consulta-
ton with the Chief Justice and witl,
Willard, and the view that we arriv-
ed at was, that i All order was drawn
upon The Comptroller General aud
Treasurer, it could be disposed Of and
that it wouldn't he deciding who WAS
Comrlroller General or Treasurer; 50
concluded to take the money.
followed their advice and drew an
order for one months salary, took it
TO the bank and Ind it placed to. my
credit. | drew two such orders and
the hanks received them.
AvtRY THIN STATEMENT.
Reporter What have you to say
about that reported interview wit Ii
Governor Hampton !?
| Wright Well, you see was in
formed by several persons, white and
colorcsl, that there was scheme on
foot to assassinatc me (this with !,
glance at The Seepc0, and was also
told that General Hampton possessed
valuable information that he would
impart if / called. l stated that
feared if | called, I'might be miscon-
strued. (Hcre there was brief
pause.) During the recess I went up
and called on General Hampton. l
stated to him that | had been inform
eel that | was to be assassinatcd. He
said "lear no danger; you will be pro-
tccted.' I said "no matter how tins
case is decided will have to leave
Columbia" l then mentioned rum
or that | had been lribcd to sell my
dccl.ion in lis favor for 100000. He
answered that / knew that that vas
false.
Reportcr-Didn't you tell G over
nor Hampton that you knew he had
been elected
! Wight disrcmembcr exactly
the words; but l said something
about tie election. I said there was
no doubt that he had received The
largest number Of votes, hut nothing
about the legal points involved.
Here the Judge stopped, anil The
subject seeming to be disagreeabIc the
reporter determined to change The
conversation.