The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1878-03-21
No. 1855, in favor of G. T. Bron-


AL these certificates were issued with
out any consideration and are frnudu.
lent. They we're all ante dated. This
$40, ,0G0. was to be divided between Car
dozo, Geayes, Moses, Hoge, and myself
Cardozo said at the consultation that he
would take Hoge's for him. House GER
tiicate, No. 564, for 81, ,960.23, in favor
Of II. G. Hawkins, is fraudulent certif-
cate, and was given by me to Hardy
Solomon to go into his claim, and re-
ceived from him $1,000 for my services
in connection with the claim, which were
placed to my credit in the South Caro-
lima Bank and Trust Company. The
bank books corroborate Lee in this state
| ment.
Ex-Governor F. j. Moses testi6es in
reference to the claim: "A schedule rep
resenting the character and amount OF
! the claim was laid before the General
Assembly; large number of claims
provided in the bill were withdrawn by
Solomon and collected out of the de-
! ficiency tax, and certificates issued in
fictitious names by Gleaves and Lee
| that he (Moses) received $1,000 OF the
amount; that the idea of Withdrawing
| the lawful claims and substituting pay
| certificates was talked of on two occa-
sions in his Office, and thinks the first
time Cardozo and Solomon were present;
the second time Cardozo, Lee and
Gleaves; the two latter agreed to issue
them and Cardozo to pay them"
Mr.. Lawrence N. Zealy, cashier OF the
bank corroborates the above state
ments as to the withdrawal of and sub
stitution aud collection of the fraudu-
lent paper for. the honest. We cannot
more fully exhibit the frauds and bribe-
ry connected with this transaction than
by appending Mr.. Zealy's evidence en-
| tire to this report as showing that ten
Senators and tNenty members of the
House were bribed or paid in certificates
of deposit. The silent testimony of the
books of the bank speak more conclu-
sively than allother witnesses. One fact
ascertained by reference to these books
deserves mention. These books ct one
time pHssed into the custody of Comp
troller General Thomas G. Dunn an re-
ceiver, of the bank. His name appeared
in the list of persons who were the recip-
tents Of certificates of deposit and charg-
ed under the head Legislative Expen-
sesn for $500, and was erased therearom
and the name of Joseph Crews, then
dead, appears to be written in its place,
in the Handwriting of Dunn. The fact
was discovered by reference to the cor
responding entry in the deposit book,
and is beyond question. If the name
then substituted had been fictitious, or
of living person, there would have been
sosmuch to redeem the total depravity of
this transaction. As il is, indignation is
fatigued beyond expression.
JOINT INVESTIGATING COMMITTEE,
COLUMBIA, q. c., Feb. Is, 1878.
L. N. Zealy, being sworn, deposes on
oath as follows: was acting cashier of
The South Carolina Bank and Trust
Company in the year 1873, when the act
10 make appropriation for payment Of
claims of said bank was passed. The
accompanying paper (l2rinted) contains
list Of the claims submitted to the Leg
islature in connection with the bill lex
hibit marked 81. S. By When the
appropriation act aforesaid had been
PASSED, some of the claims mentioned
in the list aforesaid were paid out of the
deficiency" appropriation, and other
claims not included in the list aforesaid
were substituted and paid under this
special act. The following were paid
out of the deficiency" appropriation:
Comptroller's warrants dated April 2,
1873, in favor of John B. Dennis, Nos.
lis, 116, III, for S., 900 each; Comptrol-
ler's warrant dated June II, 1873, in
favor of N. F. Walker, superintendent,
No. 2l9, for $500; salary orders on State
Treasurer, two of them drawn by Judge
R. B. Carpenter for S'75 each, one by
Judge Thompson ii. Cooke for S5SS.2S,
and one by Adjutant General Purvis for
$625.
The following claims not provided for
or mentioned in tho list aforesaid were
paid out of the appropriation under this
special act:
JOINT PAY CERTIFICATES DATED DE-
CEMBER II, 1872.
No. l52, in favor of P. ID. At
kinson, Observation-Disclosures. ,70O 70
E for.............. @ .................... 1,47s go
-I ter, If, for.................-:...... - 1880 60
Brown for................,........ 1856 90
A'I Pherson, nUa A. for................ 1928 90
No. Isl, in favor OF j. j. Wells,
aor................."..... o,4f4 uo
'G terson, 1901, f for..................... @ 1850 so
* ior................ ................-. s,575 so
HOUSE CERTIFICATES.
No. 1881, in favor of Thomas
Kingston, dated February 21,.
1873 (or 1872 for...."......$ 500 90
No. 265, in favor of T.. s.. john
son, dated February rs, 1873,
No. 2S4, in favor of b. 6.
Harkness, dated February,
1873, for...................... 4,960 ZS
These claims were not in the posses
sion of the bank at the time this special
act was passed, for we included in the
list aforesaid all claims that we had on
hand at the bank.
MARCH 4, 1878.
i. N. Zealy, being recalled, further de-
poses on oath as follows:
The attention of witness being called
to the following entries on page 81 of
Individual Ledger A, under the head of
Certificates of Deposit: -
lS7S-Nov. 20, No. 70, John c. Hope
--5S4$500.
lS7S-No. 73, James NJ. Smith-S1 900.
81 do not remember what consideration
was paid by Mr.. Hope and MIR. Smith
for these two certificates of deposit.
find entries of both OF them on page 5S4
of Journal B of same date. I also find
entries on page 5S4 of Journal A of same
date for same sums, and IS there are no
other sums for same amount in either
book of same date, it appears that the
latter entries are for the same transac-
tious. The latter entries appear under
tba head of IT legislative iSupplies' The