The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-10-11

Daciag the Hast tern oil the DISTRICT Court
here hhS-three cases were tried, ef which
number twenty-five resulted in the aeauit-
tai OF The defendants. MIR. Barre,t's account
against the GoverBsncnt Tor the qussSer,
am Informed, was 81 900 and, OF course,
Mr, Barrett did not send up ell the cases.
whether IL is true or not that the District
Attorney had been called upon 10 eresccuie
Mr.. Bnrret, . rep IT to thnt offrct reached
drernville. with this amount Of data upon
which to base what was snid, il will hardly
be contendcd that the information given b.
me was gratuilous.
From the .Greenvilie News Of 9th inst.
United States Commissioner Barret, of
Piokens publishes n card directly deny ing
that he has been guilty Of ofiicial miseon
duct. This action may be satisfactory to
him, hui il will not do him any good with
the public. No mans character 10 good
enough TO make his simple denial OF grave
charges evidence Of his Innocence strong
enough to satisfy impartial people.
Charges against Commissioner BARRETT
have been whispered and spoken aloud tor
months Ii he has not heard Of them he
is one Of very few men in the towns OF
Pickens and Greenville. Now that those
charges have been expressed in print, we
can see only one way for him to act TO 80
tisfy the public mind and cleur his own
official and personal reputation. Tint way
il to demand an oiiioinl investigation of his
proceedings and let all the fucts come ont.
There has been crooked work and guilt
somewhere. and the people ought to know
tho guilty men and have the satisfaction Of
seeing them punished.
1t is fnir to sny that the charges against
Commissioner Bnrret: have not been sup
ported, 80 far ~ We know, b sworn evil
dence or detailed statements of facts and
figures. They have been general aud naked
of proof rs his denial But they are grave
enough and wide. spread enough TO require
man who is careful Of his reputation to
meet them and crush them with evidence il
he can.
The people Of Pickens have n right to de-
mnnd that all the fncls OF the conduct of the
Revenue Department in thelc county he
brought out. They have been harrieI and
hunted and despoiled, and arc entitled to
look to the government under whose name
and authority The wrongs have been CONS
mitted to avcnge them. Let US see what
will be done.
If Commissioner Barrett does not know
what the charges against him are, We can
and will enlighten him on his demand.
From the Greenville News of eth inst.
THE ALLRGED CRooKEDHEss At PIoKENs.
"The Gi eeaVille correspondent Of the News
and Courier has written y reply to Com
missioner Barrelt's denial of crookedr ess
in his Office, i'll which he states that that
commissioners account against the gov
ernmcnt for the last quarter was 81 800.
Persons here who are familiar with the
affairs of Commissioners offices can not
understand or explain how any such sum
could have been lawfully earned. The
average fees, ETC., TO Commissioners Of
cases il snid to be $40, which would re-
quire 90 cases to be heard to make the
Sl 300, or more than case day for three
months. Ii Gun not be ascertnincd posi-
lively whether this account of Mr.. Barrclt's
was allowed by the District Atiorn or
not, but i, is thought that it WAS not
EA>Mnrshnl Blyrhrs report is said 10
contain some specimens of the proceedings
OF Commissioner Barrett WHICH have been
complained of. One man, Pickens MINI
mons, was arrested and taken before the
Commissioner four times in less than
onth. He was arrested on the 9th Of
April on n warrant issued March 2OIh, cx.
amincd and hnilct, arrested and examined
again on Apr,I 9th on another warrant
Issued tho samc, dny, arrested on the 18th
OF April on another warrant issued on the
l2'h, and arrested again Oh the 18th of
April for "conlcmpi.". ----.
pnnici j.. King nl.1 hnb an iGtc.'">iiugcx-
pcrienc", being arrested on Ape, 9TH, 6ar>
rant dated MAr-h 2Uih 'nc -;oiut on ur $40
HH12 arrested again ou he i@th OF .ir il,
"nrraml dared the same day e., JiclaIi"u #
section !. "!"h, hnyiuE tcru "xnuiuci and
'nhcr released or hrid . b;s M each yu"r.
Each case, Of course, involved separate
set Of foes, costs aud charges.
warrant was issued on March 2Sth for
the arrest Of George F. Bowie, for violation
of section 1896 and he WAS arrested OIL the
9Th of April: three dnys later he waa again
arrested for vi0ln.ion of section 3.28l, the
warrant having been issued on the 2Oth Of
March. and being. presumably in the Drpu
ty Marshnps hands when the man was un>
dergoing his first examination"
We will publish Mr.. Bnrrett's reply to
the reply of a. NJ. ii. and the editorial COM
mcuts Of the Greenvillc Ne~s next week.
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