Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1877-11-08

Senate Woodruff, Clerk of the Senate and
Jones, Clerk of the House. He said that Car
dozo's proposition was agreed to by the per
sons mentioned, and the necessary papers were
prepared in the name of G. L. Frankfort
Cardozo's initials reversed. Subsequently, al
Cardozo's house, Gleaves and witness received
their shares in certificates of indebtedness
and Cardozo retained his own share and the
shares of Woodruff and Jones, to be subse
quently delivered to them.
Josephus Woodruff, Clerk of the Senate
was called and corroborated the statements OF
Lee, as to the $4,000 certificate, land produced
his shorthand memorandum book. Witness
also produced the books of the Republican
Printing Company to show the entries rela'
tive to his and Jones share of the $4,000
Pending Woodruff's examination, the Court
adjourned until 10 o'clock, A. NJ,
FRIDAY, November g.
At the opening of the Court the examina.
tion of Woodruff was resumed. Witness
produced the cash book of the Republican
Printing Company and read an entry, in the
handwriting of w. H. Jackson, then hook.
keeper of date 23d December, of $9,750, to
S. S. Fund, G. L. F., and said that S. S. Fund
meant Sunday School Fund; that G. L. F.
stood for F. l.. Cardozo that Sunday School
Fund was the name under which all payments
made for "grati6cation" were entered ; that
G. L. F. was habitually used for F. L.
Cardozo, and that the entry showed that 30
much was paid to Cardozo. On the cross ex-
animation by Mr.. Melton, witness read from
his shorthand diary, of date December 9,
that he had either paid or receipted to Cardo-
20 for $2,400 Of certificates of Indebtedness,
and took from him the $4,000 certificate Of
Frank fort; that he could not say whether he
had paid or receipted to Cardozo that two or
three weeks after Cardozo went into office in
1872, he carried to Cardozo pay certificate
payable to and endorsed by R. T. Merriam
for SIS 900, signed by Lee, Gleaves, Jones and
Woodruff, as a present to Cardozo from them
that Cardozo refused to receive it and tore il
up. On being asked if Cardozo had not in.
dignantly demanded that he should write on
the back of it Cancelled, unused" and sigu
it, he said no, positively; but Mr.. Melton
produced the paper, and showed the en-
dorsement and the signature to witness, and
he then admitted that he had written them
that witness had about $50, 900 interest in the
act passed at the session of 1874 for the
issue Of the certificates of Indebtedness for
payment of the claims of the Republican
Printing Company, the Carolina National
Bank, Berry and others, and that Cardozc
refused to pay them that he took the ques
ton to the Supreme Court of the United
States, and has never yet received those GER
ti6cates; that the reason Cardozo assigned
was that the immigration report had not been
printed, and he'd hold them till it was, but
that he never believed that was the real rea
son that he had offered Cardozo a percent
age amounting to $4,000 or $4,000, if he
would issue them, and that Cardozo did not
take it; that when he got his appropriation
of $3.50, 900 he put in long itemized account
which he afterwards tried to get back and put
another and short one in its place in the treas
ury; that the reason why he wanted it was
because he considered that it belonged to the
Clerk of the House that Cardozo refused to
let him have it; that he did not offer to pay
Card 20 to give it to him; that Gleaves had
told him that the Treasurer had told him
there was an unexpended balance in the treas
ury which no pay certificate had been drawn
to cover that the only way in which Cardozo
could tell how many certificates had been
drawn, was by their coming in for payment
that there was no limit to the issue till 1873.
On the redirect examination, witness read
from the stub book and said that fictitious
names were provided for Cardozo, j. A. Bow,
ley, T. G. Andrews, l.. Cain, F. A. Clinton
H. c. Corwin, E. Dickson, G. D. Hayne, w.
R. Jervey. w. E. johnson, John Lee, NJ
Martin, G. Smith, j. M. Smith, j. H. White
B. F. Whittemore, and that certificates had
been issued to all Of them "by mistake" as
he preferred to call it.
A. O. JONES' sworn for the State, testified
that in the transactions of the Republican
Printing Company, he took care of the mem.
bers of the House, Woodruff, of the Senate
and both took care of the officials that some
time in 1874 he demanded of Mr.. Benedict a
statement of the assets of the company, and be
gave it to him. Witness produced the paper
and said it mentioned a certificate for G. L.
Frankfort for S2,400.
John R. Cochran, for the State, said that
the Frankfort paper came out of the vaults OF
the treasury among the vouchers for 1874.
The State then closed.
F. l.. Cardozo then went on the stand and
testified that he was State Treasurer in 1872
that the Merriam certificate was dated De.
cember II, 1872; that when Woodruff brought
it to him he asked who was r. T. Merriam,
and Woodruff laughed and said he did not
know that Woodruff said it was present
from the presiding officers and clerks of the
two houses; that he told Woodruff that if he
ever brought him another such an one, he
would have him indicted, and compelled
Woodruff to write on it Cancelled, unused,
and sign it; that Woodruff frequently offered
to bribe him to pay out to him certificates of
Indebtedness that he always refused to do 80
that he always kept on hand balance due
the Republican Printing Company on some Of
its accounts of about $4,000 or 100000, be-
cause they had not printed the immigration
report that the account which Woodruff pre-,
sented in connection with the appropriation
of $225, 900 was about five or six feet, and
contained overcharges and double charges
that great many fraudulent pay certificates
had been issued, and great complaint arose
because he could not pay them all, and that
he had sent communication to the Legisla-
ture on the subject, protesting against the
over-issue; Che produced the communication
in the printed reports and resolutions of the
General Assembly J that he paid none except
over the counter that he did not know they
were fraudulent, but suspected they we're !;
that he could not tell the over-issue from the
under-issue; that he knew nothing whatever
of the certificates marked "S S. Fund or &C.
L. F." or the Christopher paper; that when
he demonstrated with the clerks about the
over.issue of certificates, they said they only
attested the signatures ofthe presiding officers,
nd tho La tor tnld hin To mind his own husi.