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

by the Supreme Court declaring the scrip
a bill CT credit and utterly void. desire
to state that this paper, ip my judgment
then and nov, presented no fact in which
the State Of South Carolina has any in
terest whatsoever relating solely 70 the
disbursement of the scrip by the presi-
dent of the company, who was authorized
by law to receive and disburse it. was
surprised at Patterson's delivering the
paper to me when / saw Its contents; !;
aud became acquainted with its con.
fonts fror; tie fact Of ;.s becoming un-
sealed. At the date Of this letter Mr..
Patterson had not developed his subse-
quent criminal record, but was in good
atanding in the business community. My
recollection is that met Kimpton at the
State House next morning and delivered
the. paper to him in the presence of
Treasurer Parker, when he thereupon
delivered it to Parker himself. This was
subsequent to the passage of the act au-
thorizing the issue of the Revenue Bond
scrip. My position in regard to the issue
of the Revenue Bond scrip had been one
of steady hostility. I wrote the legal
argument in the Message of Governor
Scott vetoing the bill, and the position
that took in that argument was identi-
cal with that afterwards embodieI in tho
decision of the Supreme Court. This
was prior to my becoming Circuit Judge.
! was elected in February, 1872, and was
installed on the Goth Of August, 1872.
During the passage Of the Revenue Bond
Scrip bill, or Immediately after its pass
age, l was passing near the Speakers
room when my attention was attracted
by loud and violent language in the
y
others, and saw Kimpton confronting J.
J. Patterson, who had small pistol in
his hand and was denouncing Kimpton,
calling him "scoundrel." &c. Patterson
WAS then taken out of the room by his
friends, among whom recolect Gen.
Worthington. / do not recollect the
Others who were present, except r. B.
Elliott. was not informed of the cause
of the quarrel. It appeared, however, to-
relate to some money demand that Pat.
terson had made on Kimpton. had no
knowledge of the object of the confer
ence. A few days after this quarrel be-
tween Kimpton, Elliott and Patterson,
when Kimpton and Patterson had sud
denly become friendly egain, the letter
in question was eigned as hereinbefore
stated. When l arrived at Patterson's
house found the three persons named
in conference, and they all of them re-
| mained in conference for about half
hour after my arrival; but did not hear
what transpired between them, not being
| in the room.
! exhibited the Photographic copy of
the letter retained by myself to Gen. NJ.
Q. Butler in December Of last year, and
also informed Governor Hampton and
Col. A. Q. Haskell that had it in my
possession. have it still in my posses
sion. The copy in my possession was
never exhibited to any other person, ex-
cept to Governor D. II. Chamberlain, in
the early part of 1875; and it has never
passed out of my possession Had con-
sidered this paper alone, without any
other evidence to explain its object, suf.
ficient to support q criminal prosecution
I should have had criminal proceedings
instituted against Patterson.
R. B. Elliott was known to me lis an
active advocate of the Revenue Bond
Scrip bill in ell its stages. F. J. Moses
Jr., Speaker of the House at the time
was also. These facts are fixed in my
memory by my having written two mes
cages for Governor Scott vetoing the bill
And in the frat message, which was moi
used, Moses and Elliott were charged by
name with cor upt use of their inhu.
ence In the premises. l can state posi-
lively that r. B. Elliott was present and
assist at the conference which resulted
in this letter, for the door between the
rooms was open occasionally and I al
tinguish his voice as taking part in the
conversation now and then for as long 9
time as half an hour. could not dis
| tinguish the subject Of the conversation.
WHO SAW IT DoNE2
i Z. 3. Elliott, being first duly sworn
dcposes anu says Am resident of the
city of Columbia, in this State, and am
u lawyer. have recollection of hav.
ing witnessed paper of some kind of
/ Senator Patterson's house, but do not
remember what the paper was. I had
no knowledge of the substance of the
paper. Afterwards heard from Judge T
J. Mackey that the paper had been pho,
tographed. (The photograph copy oil
the paper presented TO witness, and his
handwriting as the witness thereto recog.
nized and acknowledged It would
seem to witness that the contents and the
signature of the party first signing the
paper are in the Same handwriting, anG
1t would seem TO witness to be in the
handwriting of John J. Patterson. The
paper WAS signed ON Sunday. Kimpton
| T. J. Mackey and Worthington wer,
there, and / think Niles G. Parker ale.
was there. The paper was delivered t.
7. j. Mackey, and Mackey informed m,
on the next day that he had had tn,
paper photographed. This transaction
was in the spring Of 1872.
THE SUN ON THE sTAND.
i w. p. Xix, being first duly sworn, de
poses and says: am resident of tn
city of Columbia, in this State, and an
an artist. Have frequently taken photo
graph copies of written instruments
Judge T. j. Mackey brought letter +
} me and requested me to take two photo
graph copies Of it, and bound me not t
read it, and stipulated that / should de
stroy the negative in his presence. Th
NEGATIVE WAS destroved. recognize th
} paper handed me by the committee
signed by John J. Patterson and wit
messed by E. B. Elliott, dated March 4
1872, as copy taken by myself of tn
paper brought 10 me by Judge Mackey
: The copy was taken March 4, 1872.
BRIBINa THE SUPREME COURT.
, Personally appeared F. J. Moses, wht
l on oath, deposes and says: Some tim
{ during the year 1871 became very muc
, in need of twenty-five hundred dollar
| and, after many Intellectual efforts to boz
. row it elsewhere, 1 asked the loan of
/. from John j. Patterson. l had no sect
t rity to give him. and he said that h