The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1878-03-14

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an order to "A. @. Jones. Z, H.
Charles Rsade, Messenger.
John B. Turner, Clerk. ssF
Amos Barns. Clerk. z nv -
David ID. Cooper, Messenger. 'si {
X Andrew Smith, Messenger. 80
Elias Woodrow, Clerk. ..,s51 5r,l-s Z
Jones says the handwriting On the
above seems to be that Of Mr. Hurley. !
Dedi Please make me out a
certificate for my pet. Sincerely. yours,
We also find an order,which, Wr. Jonea
says, appears 70 be in the handwriting OF
Mr.. Briggs, member from York County,
for the following: Wui. Riley, clerk OF
committee; II. Finnegap, clerk; Giiea
Foxworth, messengeri Jonas Wilson,
We especially refer You to the testi.
mony Of Mr. r. Fnnegan, q resident OF
Columbia, where he says that b. Z.
Briggs, whilst member Of the House.
endeavored to induce him to endorse Ger.
tificates, which he refused to do. After.
wards ne insisted on the certificates being
destroyed in his presence, And Briggs i'm.
formed him that he had already dc.
stroyed them. After this he saw them
published in list Of claims brought be-
fore the Senate, where1pon he wrote
Clerk Woodruff letter, which is at.
tached to his evidence. In said letter he
stated that he denounced the certificates
as q fraud, as he had not rendered tho
state any service, again demanding that
they 5e destroyed in his presence, and
that his name should not be used for The
hsaedt 5f tbose WHO desired TO steal.
We also refer you TO the letter of B. T.
Briggs, annexed to the evidence address.
ed to Senator White, in yhichii i,ie SAYS,
"the certificates were for Reuben Finne.
gan and not Robt. Finnegan; forbade
White delivering the certificates, claim-
ing that he bad paid valuable conside.
ration foE them" We only cite this an
one of many hundreds of o like nature.
We call attention TO others of similar
kind referred to in evidence of A. o.
Jones, especially that payabi5; to w. II.
Gardner, member from Sumter County
also to d certificate collected'by r. Hur.
ley, made payable to T. Harlingford, q
fictitious name, the initials of which rep
resent t. Hurley. sily1 80 b
Jones, continuing, says: "The Joint
certificates exhibited amounting to 500.
1850, and Che House certificates
amounting 20 S13l ,O943O. have e.,am.
ined, and in, my opinion not one of tho
Joint certificates would stand good lpon
close scrutinys sOf the House Certificates.
! do not regard es valid any lthst we're
not issued to some known person. This
would throw out about thirty thousand
dollars as invalid. OF those issued in
the names of known persons fifty. thou
sand collars at; least would not bear too
much light.n T9eT
F. Sergeant Williams, of the Houss. in
bis evidence says, "oat of one hundaed
aud fifty certificates issued to persons
etTled as clerks cs Inc Hnl,sa i:oe s.:.4
such persca served, and every dollar paid
on their certitica ateste was q direct fTaud
upong1the State They eallod Tor
amounts ranging from $500 to S642 each.
'aggregating $7652n0. Williams says that
"thcre were only eight 'pnrters employed" I"
yet,we lind thatin one session alone Ger.
tificates were issued to two hundred and
thifty-6ve porters. ,n1 .'n' ,'s'
We give this witness over seventy Ger.
tificates for inspection, made cut in the
name of persons. styled porters, in, refer
ence to which he testifies that ,"nct one of
then, served," adding that "the House
only Employed about ten mcasengers.p y
Notwithstanding this, We find that, du.
ring one session, certificates were issued
70 one hu'ldr,d and .forty, and at another
for two hundred and twelve messengers.
Williams testifies that "the House ac-
tually employed eight laborers and from
i've to ten pages;" yet We bave certificates
from the Treasurer's Office showing that
~ many as 159 laborers and l24 pages
were paid during one session. For sew
eral sessions certificates were issued for
about 90 pages, many of whom were
children of the members. We submitted
to the inspection of the same witness
twenty-five certificates, drawn for tho
payment OF supplies made under the head
OF "Sundries." aggregating about 868. 600.
On 'ciose e4amination ne said that "the
State received no consideration for them.
no such persons ever performed any SER
vice or furnished any supplies to the
State-1 have examined u large number
OF certificates drawn in my name, and
pronounce nine out of ten fraudulent"
..r PATTERSON AND MOSES. I
From the testimony before us, we find
that the largest transaction of this kind
at ranyecne Tins was between John y.
Patterson, who meyer made two bites at
3 cherry, and Speaker F. j. Moses. Tho
latter testifie5 +. as follows: .',Sometime
during the session of 187I-72. John J.
PATTERSON came 10 me and proposed that
II would turn over to him blank nav
certificates, he would have them filed up
with fictitious names 30 the amount of
$4,000, and if I would sign them as
Speaker and have Jones attest them az
clerk, he would pay me. $4,000, he to
keep the certificates. I accepted the
proposition, delivered to him O batch OF
blank pay certificates, and he returned
them to me filled out, / think. Ia the
handwriting Of T. s.. Jacobs, cashier Of
the. South Carolina Bank and Trust Com
pany, to,the amount aboye stated.n The
evidence further shows that they gere
duly signed, and that Patterson paid
Moses in cash $1,000 at one time and
$4,000 at another. Moses was recalled
aud says:
Certificates shown. me / recognize "a
some OF those to which have just alIu-
ded. The names are all fictitious, and
do not know that such persons ever ex-
istcd.n :
. ,rho number, date, amount, &C., are as
follows:
40. Date. AMOUNT. 70 ,glon. Payable.
r Dec 1G. 1871 81 A3Za7 Iasani. Ifya.
s. Dec is ISL ISL ssas ss 5csn RSifr seRa9d skR@ins'r
p Dec.1o. 1871. 7.zgL3i Joseph Richards
G. Dec, q, 1871. I,9s250 Robert Matthews.
O. Dec %, 1911: a'asisS Robsrss brsfses Keppie.
=. Dec. 23, 1871. 1,l62.55 famuol Barnes
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