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


when he got to the door, said ;:
"Wait u nom ont," and I then said
that l would promise to sign an order
to discharge the prisoner, provided he
would not file the order untilc Satur-
day morning, anl that would give me
time to prepare an opinion. He con-
scntcd to this, and signed the order
for the discharge Of the prisoner. On
Thursday l got my opinion done and
sent it by the clerk Of the Court to
Judge Willard, saying to him that |
had como to Il different conclusion
from what the order expressed, and
asking him to send my opinion back
(thc Judges words agaim that [
might cancel it:
Whippcr cr-You mean the order,
not'1opinion.
Wright-.Ycs, of course I mean The
order. It was not sent, I ordered
Mr.. Boozcr to file the cancellation
Reporter you think that the
cancellation rcvokcs the order?
Wright-Of course This IS no
new practice. The order was not out
ofthc possession Of the court.
TIE SALARY GRAB.
Reporter Nell, Judge, what did
you sign the original order for?
An ominous silence and an cx-
change of glanccs between the Juge
his keeper.
Rcporter-How about the drawing g
of your salary from the Hampton
treasury?
Wright (quickly)-l deny it.
When General Hamptan was first
insuguratcd. lie sent letter, stating
that he was ready to pay the salaries
ofthe judges. General Hagood sent
me Il letter, aud [ called at his Office
and stated to him that [ would not re
cnive salary from oitl,or't=, t,orerl
mcnl. Afterwards / had a consnlta-
ton with the Chic Justice and will,
Willard, and the view that We arriv-
ell ut was, that All order was drawn
upon the Comptroller General aud
Treasurer, it could be disposed Of aud
that it woulln't he deciding who was
| Comptroller General or Treasurer: 50
concluded to take the money.
followed their advice aud drew an
order for one months salary, took it
10 the bank and had it placed to my
credit. | drew two such orders and
the banks received them.
AvtHY THIN STATEMENT.
Reporter What have you to say
about that reported interview Will
Governor Hampton
Wright-Wcll, you see was in
formed by several persons, white and
colorcd, that there was q scheme OH
foot TO assassinatc me (this with n
glance at the keeper), and [ was also
told that General Hampton possessed
valuable information that lie would
impart. if called. stated that |
feared if I called, I Imight be miscon-
strued. (Here there was a brief
pansc.) During tile recess 1 went up
and called on General Hampton.
Stated. to him that had been inform
ed that | was to be nssassinatcd. He
said fear no danger; you will be pro-
tcctcd.' | said "no matter how this
case is decided l will have to leave
Colum mbia." | then mentioned rum
or that had been Iribcd to sell my
dccr1lon i'll his favor for 100000. He
answered that I knew that that was
false.
Reportcr-Didn't you tell Cover
nor Hampton that you knew he had
been elected?
Wight disrcmembcr exactly
the words; but 1 said something
about the election. | said there was
no doubt that he had received the
Target number Of votes, but nothing
about the legal points involved.
Here the Judge stopped, and the
subject seeming to be elisagrceabIe the
reporter determined to change The