The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1897-10-13
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cords Of this court are DOT to De trided
with. In addition. these alleg a,lons
not only redec, upon Us as "fhcers aud
attorneys Of this court, but sbere are
charges ia this bill that are damaging
to Us ga Individuals. The charged COP
tanned 10 the allegation marked %"
.sApd your orators further show that
protection Of your orators 10 the prem
ises. st law involves multiplicity Of
suits against all said defendants. and
that al of said defendants are
6oapcislIy irresponsible, totally insol
vent aud unable to respond Co any dam
ages whatsoever against them, or eli
,her of them. or aoy of them,'' DC
May it please your honor, that bin
of complaint stands sworn to by Mr.
Bickart, who swears to the facts of
his own knowledge Can we stand it !?
You have Issued rule retuTnable on
the 18th day of this month cannot
permit. and / will not permit allega
lions of tbies character to stand un-
challenged against my colleagues and
myself for a single day The allega-
tons of conspiracy is slanderous and
false. and the allegation as to 6nan
cial responsibility is. as to some of
us at least. as false as Can be, and it
is as damaging as it is false.
What / ask, may it please your
honor. is that we shall not stand for
days before this court with q record
like this charging us with an ofepse,
with which if We be guilty | should
not be heard to open my mouth in
this court, and if my colleagues be
guilty they should not administer the
Offices in the State of South Carolina
which they hold
When I read the bill Of complaint
yesterday. feeling .hesousrage that
had been perpetrated upon US. feel
ing it as keenly as can express to
your honor, | sent q telegram to his
sexcellency the governor and the
state commissioners for authority to
denounce the charges as false and
untrue. and speak for my colleagues
as we'll as myself. that the charges of
conspiracy between the officers of
the State Of South Carolina are ab-
solntely and unqualiGedly false
I state TO your honor now, as |
have always stated. that the officers
of the State have endeavored in
every instance in she proceedings TO
obey every order issned by this hon
orable court. and if this man who
makes the charge against Us Of con
spiracy and financial responsibility,
to which he swears, if he has in his
possession any proof, ask your hon
or to force him to produce it at once
in open court, or hereafter stand the
consequences Of false swearing
On behalf Of myself and the other
gentlemen who stand before this
conrt, / ask permission to make an
immediate return, at the earliest pos.
sible moment, and that your honor
will at once grant to Us a right to
clear ourselves os the charges that
reject against all of us as officers and
as individual citizens Of the State.
Now ! have naught to say which l
trust the facts would not entirely sus
tain. nor would state anything upon
mere suspicion but there is now
pending proceeding in the United
States court of Georgia. instituted
by the same complainants as in this
case. in which it is sworn that there
is conspiracy between the govern
or of the State of South Carolina and
the Southern railway to suppress
what they say is their legal business.
/ think they magnify their import
ance when they suppose that the
State of South Carolina is aiming all
its guns at their rum business in
Atlanta This bill cannot with my
consent stand upon this record. ard
together with the rule issued thereon
possibly be used in the hearing be
fore Judge Newman, the district
judge in Atlanta, upon hearing there
fixed for the 9th instant / earnestly
ask your honor to hear our tes,i-
mony in open court, aud am ready
to testify, and my assistant on my
left and the TWO gentlemen on my
right. who are parties to this bill,
stsnd ready to testify We take this
bill to be insulting and absolutely
untrue, and the oath thereto is false
We ask your honor not to have US
forced to submit to these things
Upon the conclusion of the re-
marks of the attorney general, Mr.
Gadsden, of the firm of Mordecai &
Gadsden, stated that upon the fling
of the amended and supplemental bill
of Bluthenthal & Bickart against j G.
Long and others yesterday afternoon,
thot ho orronro9 81. oo,,r..ono. L.