The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1878-09-05
[ooScLupEp FROM LAST WEEK.

Tor Votes.
CONCLUDED FROM LAST WEEK.
Hon. w. R. Jervey, being duly sworn,
deposes on osth as follows My name is
William r. Jeryey. I reside in the town
of Summeryille, County of Charleston,
and am by occupation farmer. Twas
q member, from the County of Charles
tor, ofthe House of Representatives from
1868 to 1872; and was b member Of the
State Senate from the same County from
1879 to 1876. Ivoted for the Blue Ridge
1Sc1iif bill ii the Hotise IN the early part
.ofi$72 John j. Patterson, before the
paaSage Of the bill, spoke to me about the
; 6ilasand told me If ] would vote for the
bill he would remember me. / asked
hin what he meant by that. Well, he
said, he didn't expect anybody to vote
sor the bill without having some consid-,
Grafton. I said to him all right, sir;
Illitee about it," and I left him with.
thst and didn't give hira any more satis-
faction. After the Blue Ridge Scrip bill,
the Validating bill and the Financial
Settlement bill, / think, had all passed,
i. walked up to Patterson's room, over
Hardy Solomon's bank, with T. eD.aMcr
DoYell, from Georgetown, and we went
sup stairs to his room together and had q
talk with him. And he took Mcdowell
into his private room, and when Nc
Dowell came out he showed me $500,
(which he told me Patterson had given
him for voting for the Blue Ridge Scrip
bill. After Mcdowell came out Patter-
son asked meiinto his private room and
gave me package. | put it into my
pocket and went home with it without
opening it. When / opened it at home,
insmyy room, it was 81, 900. 8 When he
{ handed il to me he said he thanked me
for helping him. When I came out
sthere,Bas quite crowd of members go.
ingi1p to Patterson's room. Mcdowell
and myself went there before the crowd
got there.
THK HAMBURG 1uLITIAMAN GETS FIVE
HUNDRED DOLLARS.
Prince B, Rivers, being duly sworn,
deposes on oath as follows: My name is
Prince B. Rivers, residence at Hamburg,
S. @, and my, occupation is that of o
farmer st present. I was member of
the House of Representatives .fron 1865
until 1874 -uix years. I held the Office
oft=ial Justice from, 1868 until about the
frsh day Of june, 1S77. After the recess,
in the session of 1871, q caucus was held
of the friends of the revenue bond scrip.
fthe Validating act and the act to settle
, with the Financial Agent, in the, up
a 6 IT,, n,,N- IA br;13,nr Tobn r
Patterson agreed with me to give me $500
for supp pottiDg those measures. he paid
tha; to me in d. committee room over
Hardy Solomon's 8 bank. Other members
were there, coming Inland going out in
the same way as in, the payment hereto
fore mentioned above Thereswere so
many men / can hardly specify which of
them that j met; they were In such q
!. crowd JThey were heIfrields Of those
measures. It was well understood,
Kirapion was to furnish the money and
some delay on Kimpton's part in rela-
= ton to the money delayed one of thesbills
a day longer. Isdon,t remember having
any conversation with Kimpton. /
never liked him, and he had to get Pat
! terson to act forhim. Worthing.on, and
another man whose name I do not re-
member, was there with Patterson, over
! Solomon's Bank, when was paid the
: $500. This other man was sitting at the
end OF the table in the room, checking
off ~ -
a. CITY DETECTIVES EXPERIENCE
w. E. Elliott, being duly sworn, de-
poses on oath as follows: My name is
William E. Elliott. Ireside in the city
of Charleston, and am by occupation one
of the city detective force. I was q
member of THE House of Representatives
from the County of Charleston from 1870
= toll 1872 DnringA the last session that |
wGs member the Rlue Bidge Scrip bill
passed. was stopping at Jim Davis's,
sud j was waited upon by Mr.. Joseph
2 Crews and asked ifi1 would support it.
He said it was Republican measure
and for the-good.of the party. / said |
would see :a6onttis. "a day ortwo after
w.rds Mr.. John j. Patterson waited on
me aud said there ,Yonid be q meeting of
the members at Charley Minort's that
night, and that had better go down
there; and he said: ''You members had
better appoint some one as chairman of
I your delegation, to act for you." At the
: caucus that night / was present, and each
county delegation appointed enc of their
number to act as chairman for the dele
CATION, and w. r. Jervey was appointed
as ours. All the chairmen went in to-
gether into another room and consulted
with Mr.. Patterson there. The next day
the chairman, Mr.. Jervey, told me We
would get . present for supporting the
measure, and told it generally to the del
egation. No amount was named to me
4by Mr. Jervey. i supported the measure
in the House. After the measure passed,
Mr.. Patterson paid me three hundred
dollars. He paid it to me upon Main
street, over Hardy Solomon's bank. 1
was standing in the entry way, and other
members were standing about in the
room where Mr.. Crews was talking, and
colorcd man, whose name do not
e.knegr, but who was waiting on Mr.. Pat
<terson5 at the time, opened the door of
Mr.. Patterson's private room and asked
me in. ! went in, and found there MIR.
Patterson and two other gentlemen,
fwhom did not know and as soon as |
got il Patterson said: "Oh, here's Ell.
liatt, and they handed me three bills of
one hundred dollars each from the money
OIL the table; and ttsn / went out diff
ferent way after 1 got into the passage
way. I came out the same door went
in, but the colored man who was holding
tie door knob directed me to go out OF
the back way, and came out on the
street where the market is. l had been
told to go there to receive my present,
but i do not remember who told me. |
saw other members go in before me, and
only stayed long enough to go in, re-
ceiye the money and pass out, as stated.
IN 1 BAD HEALTH, BUT GOT HIS MONEY.
Joseph W. Lloyd, being duly sworn,
deposes and says: Ny name is Joseph
w. Lloyd i reside in the city OF
Charleston; occupation house carpen-
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