The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1897-05-12
MR.. CHARLEY LYNCH.


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MR. CHARLEY LYNCH.
Mr. C. J. Lynch in his testimony makes
some damaging statements as to ..r. Sc.uggs.
He depoSes: That he has been in the State
Dispensary since it was first opened, but was
appointed bookkeeper or assistant 10 Mr.
Scruggs in April. 1896 ard is still N the
same position That some time in Febru-
airy, 1897, Mr.. Scruggs came into the office,
in the presence of Mr.. Mobley and Mr..
Charles and himself and said: Charlie. do
you know that CASTOR has q trunk fall Of CT
gars, peaches and wine back in the contra
band room" | replied that I did not.
Mr.. Scruggs said: We'll, he has been walk
ing up and down the street smoking them,
and | have been wondering where in the
h-ll he got them" said: 'No, did not
know he had them back there" Scruggs said
he had and said: Come back with me AID |
will show them to you. Scruggs and went
out of the office to the contraband room door
and ne took q key out of his pocket and
stopped down TO unlock the door, and while
fitting the KEY into the door he turned TO me
and said: Don't tell anybody have got
this key" He then unlocked the door and
We went in. Scruggs walked over TO some
empty cigar boxes scattered about the room,
picked them up and threw them down and
said 81 will be ID if he has not smoked
the last one" | was near the door and
asked him if he had not told me that they
were in a trunk, and he said, ''IeS. then
said There is the trunk under the table.
He then went to the trunk, lifted the lid and
moved aside some wine and pulled out three
boxes containing cigars and handed them TO
dcponent. He then reached on top OF pigeon
holes over the trunk and took down another
box containing cigars and said. Here Is
ore | had up here when was here this
morning" and handed them 10 deponent and
said: Take the boxes to the Office, De-
ponent then asked him. 'sHow about the
peaches" He replied, They are not here
in the trun:.' Ieponent then pointed 10
cans Of peaches on ;ho desk and said:
There they are, over there Scruggs then
went over and got them and gave them to
him and said: go on to the Office with the
things" but again said. "Wait until see
if there is any one in the hall He opened
the door and looked and said: There IS no
one there: go ahead" Deponent then went
10 the telephone room, and as ne started into
the Office Scruggs said: Let me see # there
is any one n there He said: GO ahead,
there is no one in the Office; take them IN and
hide them Scruggs then started back out
OF the door and as he was leaving, deponent,
facing Mr.. Mobley, remarked, Mind, did
not take these things Deponent then
placed them on his desk and Scruggs came
back in the Office and said: Charlie hide
those things before Mr.. Blakeiey comes in;
! don't want him 10 see them. Deponent
then took them off the desk and put them in
q box at his feet. "Scruggs came over and
said: Give Nose one Of the boxes mean
ing Mr. Mobley.) Deponent reached down
and cot one OF the boxes and deponeEt ham
ded it over and he took il and put 1t IL the
drawer of his desk. He then Went into the
next room and deponent opened one OF the
cans OF peaches and called him and asked
him if he did not want some, lie replied he
did not believe he did just then, as he was
going up street. Dep0uent, Mr.. Charles and
Mr. Mooley ate tie peaches Deponent then
opened a second cau and took it into the
next room where ,Ir. Scruggs was, anu,
using paper cutter, took one OF the peaches
out on it and handed it to Mr.. Scruggs, tell
ing him to try It. He ate that and deponeni
handed him another, which he ate. Depo-
neat then went back into the Office and Mr..
Scruggs went up street. While eating the
rest OF the peaches deponcnt showed Mo6ley
and Charles the peculiar manner in which
Nr. Scruggs brushed aside his moustache
while eating the peaches, Deponent then
went 10 Mr. MobIey and said: Give me
back that box OF cigars; you don ! want 1t.
He replied, '.Yes. do Deponeut then
said: There is going to be hi raised about
them, and you don wart them. ,.ir. Mob
ley then said: III that is The case, don
want to have anything to DO with them,
and handed them back 20 depouent, and !
took the box and locked it up with the o:Aer
Two l had Deponent took the TWO remain
ing cans of peaches and hid them II the Of
tce, as Mr. scruggs had satd: Don't eat
all the peaches, as want some OF them
These Two cans OF peaches are now IN the
Office 4 few days a:terwara de?onent took
the three boxes OF cigars and carried them
nome for sale keeping and has them there
now. Several times he had missed things
OUT Of his drawer. \ lew days after this
Scrusgs was in the office and SAID, Nose,
give me d cigar lIr Mobley replied, Il
haven't any, sir He left the Office without
saying anything more. The next day