The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1878-08-29
THE TESTIMONY.
Ex-TREAsURER PARKER's HISTORY OF
THE FRAUDS.

Ex-TREAsuRER PARKER's HISTORY OF
THE FRAUDS.
Miles G.. Parker being sworn says: At
the time the settlement was made with
the Financial Board and Kimpton, he
(Kimpton) received due bill for about
$l39, 900 from the Financial Board as the
balauce of commissions due him. This
according to our agreement, would be
divided equally between Chamberlain,
Kimpton and myself; and just before
Chamberlain addressed his communica-
ton to the public in the summer of 1874
concerning the charges made against him
with reference to the public debt and
other matters connected with Governor
SCOTS Administration, he promised me
by the side of his sick bed in his own
house that if / would permit that letter
which he had prepared to 60 before the
public without contradiction, and he
should be nominated and elected as Gov
ernor, should be paid my share of the
$130 900 as expressed in said due bill,
and that, too, at an early day.
The Financial Board made the settle
ment with the Financial Agent by vir-
tue of the authority conferred upon it by
act of the General Assembly, passed in
February, 1872, known as the Financial
Settlement act. The Financial Agent
aud Financial Board all desired that an
act might be passed giving the Financial
Board the power to make the settlement,
so as to cover up the transactions which
had taken place between them. There
was some difficulty in getting the bill
passed. These difficulties were over
come by the use of money among the
members of the General Assembly. The
money was received b. drafts drawn on
me by Kimpton and accepted by me,
and the money was furnished for the
drafts by the banks in this city. Kimpton
put up Blue Ridge Railroad scrip as col
lateral security. There were three drafts /;
one for $25, 900 one for S35,0O0 and one
for $12,500. They were to be paid at
maturity by Kimpton, but when they
became due he failed to pay them, and 1
had to pay two of them personally-the
two for S35, 900 and $25, 900 respectively,
and also $4,000 on the $12,500 draft.
Governor Scott paid the remainder of
this latter draft-he being an endorser
on it. j obtained the collateral at the
bank for.the two large drafts, and Scott
obtained the collateral for the other. I
demurred at first to accepting these drafts,
but finally accepted them on Kimpton's
assurance that Chamberlain, who was
then absent, would endorse them on his
return. Chamberlain endorsed only the
small one.
GAINS TALK WITH KIMPToN.
Eversdge Cain being sworn, deposes on
oath as follows: My name is Everidge
Cain. u reside in the County of Abbe-
| Vile, in the town of Abbeville, and am
farmer. ! was a member of the
House of Representatives from said
county from 1870 to 1874. I voted for
the Blue Ridge Scrip bill in the early
part of 1872. Mr.. Maclay, John j.
Patterson and Gen. 81. G.. Worthington
all told me in conversation that / would
be paid for supporting the bill, and that
INV Democrat friends were in favor of it.
knew that Gen. MCGOWAN was opposed
to it, and that Col. j. S. Cothran was in
1aVOr Ol IL, auu dlSo 0eu' AAo' to'ii,
though none of these had ever offered
me anything to support it. Patterson
asked ne if I was going to support It,
and told him Mackay had been talking
to me about it, and Patterson saio what
ever Mackay said would be all right
Mackay had told me that I would be re-
compensed for it. Worthington told me
that the friends of the bill would be
taken care of. After the bill passed
received a slip of paper requesting me te
go to certain place up Richardson
street. l went there about dark ano
there was doorkeeper both up ano
down stairs, and went up stairs into
room and an envelope was handed to mt
BY some one dressed in black clothes
] whose face was turned from me. and il