The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1899-09-06
BAIL FOR W. A. NEAL.
Col. Neal Had Difficulty i'll Getting
B0ndSmen.
The Sfntc. llN1. ..ist.

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as if Col. W. A. Neal, the former SIT
perintendent OF the State penltentialy,
would not be able to give his bond.
and would have to go to jail before
friends from his home could get here
to go on the bond.
Yesterday morning When 10 o'clock,
the hour appointed forthc preliminary
came, Col. Neal had not succeeded in
securing bondsmen. Three personal
friends that he was relying uponproved
to be away from the city. At this time
also warrants sworn out by Attorney
General Bellinger in 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
ulent intent, and the other with cmbcz-
element of public funds.
The affidavit in the breach Of trust
case read as follows:
State of South Carolina. County OF
Richland. The State Us. William A.
Neal. Affidavit.
Personally appears before me, ). NJ.
Smith, magistrate for and in said
county and said State, G.. Duncan Bel
linger, Attorney General, who, on oath,
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 breach of trust
with fraudulent intent in this:
That, being then and there paid by
one j. S. Fowler the sum Of five hun
dred dollars for the use and as on 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 it's public servant and officer,
he being then and there the superin-
tendent of the State penitentiary, nc
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 me this Goth day of
August, 1899.
Il. So G.. Duncan Bellinser,
Attorney General.
j. NJ. Smith, Magistrate.
The affidavit in the cmbezzlement
case was as follows:
State Of South Carolina, County of
Richland. The State Us. William A.
Neal. Affidavit.
Personally appeared before me, J. NJ.
Smith, a magistrate for and in said
county and said State, G.. Duncan Bel
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 embezzlcment, in this:
That then and there, being superin-
tendent of the State penitcntiary, he,
as such superintendent, did receive
from one w. I. McGill the sum of forty
dollars for the use of said penitcntiary,
the same being public funds, and the
property of the State of South 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,
did steal, take and carry away.
Sworn to before me this o9tll day OF
August, 1899.
(l4. s. G.. Duncan Bcllingcl,
Attorney General S. {.
j. NJ. Smith, Magistrate.
Col. Neal waived the preliminary cX-
animation and the bond was fixed at
$4,000; OF this $4,000 was fixed on the
original case. which is regarded as most
important; $500 on the second charge
and $1,000 OH the third.
When it was found that Col. Neal
had not secured bondsncn, 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 Il man OF political
influence. The weary hours rolled by
and still no bondsmen appeared. Col.
Neal made Il proposition to Magistrate
Smith to allow Constable Roach to ac
company him to the up-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 in Constable
Roach's custody.
But this proved to DC unnecessary,
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