The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-12-21
A SERIOUS CHARGE.
A Young White Man Accused OF
Making Counterfeit Coin.
,sed of

Sp cial Government Agent b. E.
Thomas. Of Charlotte, N. c., cane
here on last Thursday and arrested
Mr.. Ned. Oliver, a young white nan,
on the sarious charge OF making coun-
terfeit coins Mr.. Thomas was sent
here In response TO complaint lodged
wit1 the Uni!e7 States secret service
aut orit;es at Washington, by Mr.
William Edwins Oi'yer was bora and
raised rear Timnonsyille, but has
lived in 0 angeburg for the past two
OF three years. At cne me be was
engaged il the PHOTOGRAPH business,
but for the last several months be was
engaged In tie brokerage business on
small scale.
Friday morning Oliver wss given
preliminary hearing before Robt.
Lide, Esq, Uaited State. Commis.
sioner, who ceci5ed that the evidence
was sufficient to commit Oliver for
Trial 10 the Uoited States Court.
Commissioner L de fixed the amount
OF bail at Eve hundred dollars, which
was pre- mptly Furnished by the de.
tendant, bis uncle, Mr.. T.. ] Oliver,
Of Darlington County, signing the
bond. Mr. Diver came over from
Darlington to see his nephew through.
his trouble. Messrs. Wolfe & Berry
represented Olicer b-fore Commis.
sioner Lide, and will conduct the case
In the United States Court when it
comes up for trial.
1t seems that fo- some time after
| coming to Orapgeburg Oh vsr. the de-
t9ndant, boarded with MI William
Eiwins, and, it is said, fell behind
with his beard bill On accouot OF hard
luck in selling g2ocs. This caused
him to leave Nj. Edwins and get
board elsewhere. When he left Nj.
e Twins, he left a trunk as security for
the board bill he was urable to pay at
that time, bat which he hoped some
time to be able to pay. This occurred
about four nsnths ago, and as Oliver
did not settle the over due b ard bill,
Mr. Elwins concluded to open the
trunk, which he did about ten days
ago in the presence Of witnesses, an
nouncing at the time thathe proposed
to sell Divers effects which he had In
his possession to satisfy the unpaid
board bill.
Il Is claimed that a purse contain
ing nine counterfeit half dollar pieces
was found In the tray Of the trunk
when it was opened. This fnd caused
MI. E1Wins to communicate with the
secret service department. at Wash
ingtcn, which resulted on the coming
of Special Agent Thomas aud the ar
rest Of MI. O liver on the serious
charge OF counterteitlng. The above
facts were testified to substantially by
Mr.. William Edwins, and Mr. NJ. ;.
Edwins, his son, testified that Oliver
had requested him to help him make
and dispose Of counterfeit money.
Eiwins testified that he refused to en-
ter into the scheme proposed by OIL
yer to him, but said nothing about it
at the time.
II young Oliver is guilty OF the.
crime he is charged with, he has de-
ceiVed lot Of folks here, who regarded
him as an honest, hard working young
man. He denies the whole story told
by Mr.. EdWins and claims that he did
not put the spurious coins in his
trunk 5lat j claimed was found there.
Some f. caonthS ago Oliver married
a Miss Pennington, an exc lent young
LADY Of this city. She, Of course, scaots
the idea Of her husband beicg a coun-
te1feiter, and Is confident Of his ahin-
ty to establish Ills Innocence when the
| case comes to trial.