The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-02-11
HONEST JOHN }. PATTERSON.
non M BRTBED 4 IEGIsL4Tt'RE TO
LEF SOME TUfEJES ESCtpE.
More Iestim"ny Taken by Scuntor tochran's
Secret Committee Gov. ~cotts Narrow Is
cape from Impeachment; She Rings De--
prrnte struggle IL Prevent their Ixpo.urc.

''Il MhiN - , ron. - WV 'l lh' most
e. rn. tin; rhal,rr- Of corruption in the his
lur D. south arol.na Is. that which r'n '.rn-
ui. Proposed Impeachment uf Gov. scott and
Treasurer Parker in ISL About Christmas
tu. ia that year the ra- .alitics Of Chamberlain
ana his conicdera,es cnnic very near briu, ~
posed and punished. The Ring lived for It few
W.. H. over a powder mino. How the explosion
WIS prevented by desperate AMI wholesale
bribery has been told hv COY Scott and others
A, the secret sessions of tho Investigating Com
m.tiee. prominent nrure IN THIS story is
John J. Patterson Scnat r uf the rnitci state
In the sunmcro If 1871 the fraudulent methods
ol the Financial pnnr,l had become so .,tnrious
that even the hirclns l. aisl,,,,rr was fl, Rood to
ntpoint a special ioin, investigating committee
link int, ,l,, r,r,rn,, ,...,,.,,i,,,s ~, ,,,f.
l.u,.y and theft brought hv tn. t,Nuuynrs
AGAINST scott. Chamberlain P,rhar md Il, .r,t..
ton. The committee consisted of Whittannr..
and Svnils ON ,h, rnrt 81 the e.nni. nni o, ,.,,,
rnr, If H.. Inns. .nf John T. D.,rI. ~ n
r,rln,r and lin, lannon's Tim uuri., o,,r.
wnrdn HAYES el.etor All no.sihle nnv.or.' ,'..r,
,N,tintuis committee. They were ,nnil,t ,
snltsr persons ana pu,,,rs md In ,>nni,,,oi
,.n.D.r- OF the treasury
Nu. the SHARPNESS ~ thieves s., ., ,,, =,
l,,sr thioyrs the n,.,,l,,. 80 ,i,,, = ,,,,,,i,,,,
1.t.,luiu.ttn.,.t, M ,n,l .mr,,i.., .i,.,,.
ION in Ma .fi....uW WIN .tr.,, AMI ,l,,.,',,,i,
tu,.st.,a,to d.. ,....,,,,. ,,t,,,,,.',, -,
mad, ,,t.htil,,na ,nIl.,,s''r,,,r '.,rr.,,..,.i
,n'nf Columbia i'm IA, r,r. ,,f ,h,,,,t,.,l,t,
.,ntiv.. i,, the. l,hit f l.in.. t,,l,, 10, .,,.
rrls.. Whom tl,. ,.,n,n..f,,., r,...h.d N.,, V.r.
Almrtou wac prnpar.d for ihsr II, showed
the investigators every attention. entertained
them h,nd.onrl, AT ia. 81 ,l.u,l t.,k tb,,,
uttof tlo ...n com rl,asur. tri,,. j., s,r,,,,..,
Iuid AL .Nn.u-o- with th,. money of thn ,.,ul,
Of south Carolina. Thccnnnniit.o h,d a first.
rate time un.i.r Kim,t,ns ,,,,,.,,..,,,,.,,, a.,
allowed him. on ON. prot.,t and another +,
postpone the exhibition of Aish,nks
So matt, r. went ON until IL occurred To- soma
members ui tho committee that il vn- l.,tter to
make a Blk strike for thpmscl,.- than +, nllo,v
the Chamberlain crowd t. nut them off with
dinners and steamboat excursions. They took
Kinpton into u corner amt threatened 10 mt
matters into IL lawyers hands if h.. ,lidutt,r,.
duce his books Tor inspection. klmptnn be.
.alue little frightened. H. telegrathed for
chamberlain 10 come and helm him. and in the
meanwhile on his own responsibility. offered
10 pay the committee $1,000 ea.li for the priyl-
leee Of drafting their report according To- his
own ideas Of truth
""r" 'nu'hprsialh arrived Ii" used all his
A'h"'H'e l" lhd'r" th' 'oniniti"N stop ihso--
"|"'"S' ~ argued that II would rrriainiy
u''"" "p N'' 'F"'H',h l"rN li s"n' caro-
IN" VI "'".'''s VIZ pushed AGAINST 'hr / man
.'"' ""a.u' ID" 'li committee Aehl vul WIKI
49, VI" al "'"'7S "S"'"s' "ie al ~u"''h' "i pufS
iV., """ S'' n' "AH'' sl"'o'V Apiece.
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