The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1899-09-06
BAIL FOR W. A. NEAL.
Col. Neal Had Difficulty in Getting
BOndsmen.
Tic Stntc. 4lhu. .iSt.

WOluu not DC able TO give Ills bond
and would have to 80 to Jail before
| friends from his home could get here
to go OH the bond.
Yesterday morning when IL o'clock,
tho hour appointed foriIc preliminary,
came, Col. Neal had not succeeded in
securing bOndsmcn. Three personal
friends that lie was relying upon proved
to be away from the city. AT this time
also warrants sworn out by Attorney
General Bellingcr i'll two other cases
were served upon him, making three
distinct charges preferred against him.
The original warrant charged him with
failure to turn over public funds to his
successor. One of the new ones charg-
ed him with breach Of trust with fraud
ulcnt intent, and the other with cmbcz-
Element Of public funds.
Tho affidavit in the breach of trust
case read as follows:
State of South Carolina, County of
Richland. The State VS.. William A.
Neal. Affidavit.
personally appears before me, j. NJ.
Smith, magistrate for and in said
county and said State, G. Duncan Bel
linger, Attorney General, who, on onth,
| says that he is informed and believes
that on the first day of December, 1895,
in said State and county, one William
A. Neal was guilty Of n breach of trust
with fraudulent intent in this:
That, being then and there paid by
one j. 8. Fowler the sum of five hun
dred dollars for the use and rs OIL ac-
count of the State of South Carolina,
the same being. the property of said
State, upon the special trust and con-
fidence that he the same should safely
keep, transfer and disburse for the said
State, as its public servant and officer,
he being then and there the superin-
tendent OF the State penitentiary, ne
did then and there feloniously appro-
PIRATE, convert and divert the same to
his own use, with interest to cheat and
defraud the said State.
Sworn to before mo this Goth day of
August, 1890.
IL. 81 G. Duncan Bellinger,
Attorney General.
j. M. Smith, Magistrate.
The affidavit in the cmbezzlement
case was as follows:
State of South Carolina, County of
Richiand. The State VS.. William A.
Neal. Affidavit.
Personally appeared before me, j. M.
Smith, magistrate for and in said
county and said State. G. Duncan Rel
linger, Attorney General, who, on oath,
says that he is informed and believes
that on the - day Of, 1893, in said
State and County, one William A. Neal
was guilty of embezzlement, in this:
That then and there, being superin-
tendent of the State penitentiary, he,
as such superintendent, did receive
from one w. T. McGill the sum of forty
dollars for the use of said penitentiary,
the same being public funds, and the
property Of the State Of Couth Caro-
lima, and he being then and there
charged with the safe keeping, Trans
fer and disbursing Of the same, and
did then and there fcloniously convert,
divert and appropriate said sum to his
own use.
And further, that the said William
A. Neal then and there the SUM Of forty
dollars, the property of the said State.
dld atea!, .ake antt curry away.
Sworn to before me this 20fh day of
August, 1900.
IL. 50 g.. Duncan Bellingcr,
Attorney General, s. e.
j. NJ. Smith, Magistrate.
Col. Nenl waived the preliminary ex-
animation and tho bond was fixed Mt
$8,500; of this 5000 was fixed on tho
original case. wS;ch is regarded as most
important; $500 on the second charge
and 81 900 on the third.
When it was found that Col. Neal
had not secured b0ndsmen, Magistrate
Smith agreed to let him remain in At
torney Nelson's Office during the day
in custody of Constable Roach, and
from there endcavor to secure bail.
None OF Col. Meals former political
friends came near him during the day.
A year ago things were very different,
for Col. Neal was a man of political
influence. The weary hours rolled by
and still no bondsmen appeared. Col.
Neal made proposition to Magistrate
Smith to allow Constable Roach to nc
company him to the mp country SO that
he could in person secure the bonds
men, but this was declined. The mag
istrate. however, consented to allow
Col Neal until this morning to secure
the necessary bond, permitting him in
the meantime to remain i'm Constable
Roach's custody.
But this proved to be unnecessary,
for about e:30 O'clock Capt. W. b. Low
rance and Capt. Geo. A. Shields, Of
this city. both staunch business men
who do not mix ir politics, consented
to- sign Col. Meals bond. They repair-
ed to the maeiatrnte'a ea.eee .=s:iere the
bonds were promptly signed up and
the ex-snperintendent was set at lib
erty. e,
Col. Neal declined.to talk. He quietly