The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1878-08-29
OF the House.
THE TESTIMONY.
Ex-TREAsURER PARKER's HISTORY OF
THE eERAI1na - "A

Ex-TREAsURER PARKER's HISTORY OF
THE FRAUDS.
Niles 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
$l39,000 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
Scotts 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 go before the
public, without contradiction, and he
should be nominated and elected as Gov
ernor, l should be paid my share of the
$4,000 as expressed in said due bill.
and that, too, at al .,aYly 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
and Financial Board all desired that an
act might be passed giving the Financial
Board the power to make the settlement,
30 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 che
members of the General Assembly. The
money was received by 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 I;
one for $25, 900 one for 5000 and one
for $4,000. They were to be paid at
maturity sby Kimpton, but when they
became due he failed to pay them, and /
had to pay two of them personally-the
two for S35, 900 and $25, GOO respectively,
and also $2,60C on the $l250O draft,
Goveraor Scott paid the remainder OF
this latter draft-he being an endorser
ia II obtained the collateral ut tle
bank for tho two large drafts, and Scott
obtained the collateral for the other. /
demurred at first to accepting these irafts,
but finally accepted them on Kimpton's
assurance that ChamberiaiB, who was
then absent, would endorse them on his
return. Chamberlain endorsed only the
small one.
GAINS TALK WITH KIMPToN.
Eyeridge Cain being sworn, deposes on
oath as follows: My name is Everidge
Cain. reside in the County OF Abbe-
.ille, in the town of Abbeville, and I am
farmer. was d member &C che
House of Representatives from said
county from 1870 to 1874. voted for
the blue Ridge Scrip bill in the early
! part Of 1879. Mr.. Mackay, John J.
Patterson and Gen. H. G. Worthington
all told rae iE cong nyersation that i, would
! be paid for supporting the bill, and that
mY Democrat friends were in favor or IL
/ knew that Gen. McGowan was opposed
| to it: and that Coll j. S. Cothran was; in
favor of it, and also Gen. Harrison
though mono of these had ever offered
me anything to support 1t. Patterson
| asked me if / was going to support it
and told him Mackay had been talking
to me about it, Il Patterson said what
ever Mackay SAID would be oil right
| Mackay had told me that would be re
compensed for it. Worthington told me
that the friends of The bin would bt
taken care of. After the bill passed
received slip OF paper Tts;;;;;..esti Tts; NO q me Il
go to o certain place up Richardsol
street. / went there about dark ant
there was doorkeeper both up ant
down stairs, and went up stairs into |
room and an eiivslope,was handed 70 In'
lby s6ne one dressed in black clothes
,Lwhoss face was tnrped from me, and il