The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1877-11-06

Lee and Woodruff on the Stand--A
Straight Story Of Fraud-How they
Did 1t.
Tho prosecution of tho Radical
thieves began in Columbia on the
18th inst. with the trial Of Cardozo,
on an indictment charging him with
conspiring with Gieaves, S. j. Lee,
Woodruff, and Jones, to defrautl
the State by II bogus pay certificate
issued to G. Il. Frankfort, pseudo
nym for Cardozo. Gloaves had not
been captured, and atol pros was
entered as to all the others but Car
dozo. After preliminary skirmish-
ing between Judge Motion and At
torney General Conner, who is as~
sisted by Solicitor Abney and
Mcssrs. G. r. Miles and t. T.. YOU
mans, jury was empancllcd, con-.
sisting of four whites and eight
blacks, among the former being Capt.
John S. Wiley and Maj. H. p.
Green.
General Conner opened for the
prosecution, giving an outline Of
what tho State wouldprovo. He then
placed on the stand ex-Speaker S. j..
Lee, who testified in substance as
follows: Ho was Speaker Of the
House in 1873. On certain occa>
sion Cardozo and Gloaves had come
to SEQ him Cardozo said that
balance Of $1,000 was left in the
treasury, and proposed that q pay
certiicate should be issued to cover
that amount. The three agreed that
q certificate to cover that amount
should be drawn, anu that it was to
bo divided into five equal parts, to
be divided between the three men~
tiopSNl and Woodruff and Jones, the
concHtrence of NIL Of these being
necessary to make regular claim.
After the agreement between the
throo parties named, the making of
tho certificate was agreed upon us I
havo stated; Mr.. Glcaves WAS charged
with having it drawn up. The joint
certificate book was kept by the
President of the Senate.
Aftcr tho agreement, myself, T
think it was, suggested to Mr..
Gloaves that he had better have the
paper prepared. He agreed to do SO
in his house. There was something
said about payment Of it in ccrtit-
Gates of indebtedness. That was
said by Mr.. Cardozo, and I left the
room shortly after that, with tho
understanding which have spoken
Of. The certificate was made after
this meeting. This meeting was
before the signing of the paper now
before mo-. The paper was signed
up shortly afterwards-tho next day,
perhaps; I won't be positive on that.
After signing the paper, I did not
see it any more until this yoar.
think there was something said
as to how the paper was to be
drawn up and what namo was to be
used. Mr.. Gleavcs said: I and
Joe will attend to that--meaning
Joe Woodruff.
g. Was there any discussion as to
who should present the papor for
payment in that room e? A. I think
there WAS something said about how
it would got into tho treasury de-
partment.
@. Who made that inquiry? A. T
think that was Mr.. CardoZo.
Q. What was agreed upon as to
who should present it A. l think
Mr.. Gleaves said tAst Joe would
attend to that "JooEwill have that
fixed"
Witness went on to state that C.
l.. Frankfort was u fictitious name
that Gloavos, about forty-cight
hours afterwards, brought tho paper
to him for his signature; that it had
thon boon signed by Gloaves md
/ Woodruff, and that he never saw the
paper afterwards till this summer !;
that afterwards ho and Gleaves
went around to Cardozo's house in
Gleaves' carriage, and that there
Cardozo gave them each $500 in
certificates of indebtedness that
Cardozo said he would keep his, and
pay Jones and Woodruff theirs !;
that the certificates wcro then sell