Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-01-17
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.


! - When the spring term Of the court
of general sessions for Anderson county
convened last Monday, the grand jury
presented eight true bills on murder
charges.
- Mr. L. A. Emerson, a we'll known
railroad man. for seventeen years con-
nected with the old South Carolina and
Georgia Extension, later the Charleston
division of the Southern, died at his
home in Summerville last Sunday. He
was about 63 years of age, and had
been in bad health for some time.
| - Chester special of January IA, to
the News and Courier: Information has
been received here that H. j. Parish,
who came here several months ago as
fruit tree agent, and who while here
won the affections of Mrs NJ. w. Glad
den. of this place, marrying her, and
afterwards going to Gastonia and pur-
chasing a grocery store with part of
the money secured as his brides dow
er had plighted his troth with two 9TH
Ell women before he met Mrs. GLADDEN.,
and that both are still living. Parish
disappeared about two weeks ago and
an investigation was started, in the
course of which, 1t Is said, this discov-
cry was made. The identity Of wives
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one is said to live in Alabama and the
other in Mississippi, and it is under
stood that efforts will be made to bring
the matter into the courts.
The dispensary winding UP COM
mission has been having breezy time
during the past few days and sensations
are still piling up. The excitement
started Wednesday on the reading Of a
letter from Mr. w. D. Roy, represen-
tative Of a large liquor concern, who
had been endeavoriRg to organize pool
for the collection Of claims from the
winding up commission for q percent
age. The letter Of Roy came back to
the commission from one Of the liquor
houses to which it was sent Roy was
put on oath before the commission and
was requested to give the names Of the
men to whom he referred as being in
terested in the scheme with him. He
mentioned the National Loan and Ex-
change bank, Messrs. August Kohn, T..
B. Stackhouse and ]. L. Mimnaugh. P.
H. Nelson was attorney Mr.. Kohn
made a statement to the effect that he
knew nothing about such pool. He
had given Roy certain information and
had advised him to put his business in
the hands Of w. D. Melton; but he had
never dreamed of using improper in
fluences with the commission. State
mentS from E. w. Robertson, president,
and G. NJ Berry, cashier Of the Nation
al Loan and Exchange bank were to the
effect that Roy had used the name OF
the bank in the letters that he had sent
out to liquor houses without authority.
A letter was read from Roy acknow-
Lodging the fact. AS the upshot Of the
days developments 1t appeared that
Roy alone was responsible for the
whole matter. He seems to have con-
ceived the idea that If he could make
an arrangement with the various con-
Germs whereby he could collect their
claims for six per cent, he would have
nice thing Of it. His plan seems to
have worked nicely until it developed
that the commission would pay no
claims until it had seen the books Of the
claimants and then several OF the
claimants began to kick out Of the
traces and investigate Roy. Yesterday
it was made apparent that the claim
ing whisky houses are divided into
three warning camps. One OF them Is
headed by T. M. Mordecai of Charles
ton, as attorney; another by w. -.
Roy of Kentucky, represented by Mr.
Nelson; another by Mr.. Geo. b. Lester,
attorney Of New York and Baltimore.
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S4O0 900 and they are correct according
to the audit company; but when the
commission refused yesterday to con-
slider the claims unless the claimants
would show their books, Mr.. Lester
took a train for Asheville, N. c., to see
Judge Pritchard. Later on M. A. Good
man, the representative OF Ullman q
Co., of Cincinnati, from whom the dis
pensary has purchased hundreds OF
thousands of dollars worth of liquor,
was arrested on charge of conspiracy
to defraud the state and was required
to give bond in the sum of $4,000. He
was before the commission for the pur-
pose of collecting a $4,000 claim. HIS
arrest seemed to be complete surprise
to him. Mr.. Goodman denied the exist
ence of certain documents which were
afterward produced with letter which
he at first testified he had no recol-
lection of but which he admitted was
genuine, addressed to Mr.. B. Ehrlich.
This letter was written in the summer
Of 1904. It directed Mr. Erhlich to see
Major John Black and have him see to
having certain purchases about to be
made at the August meeting of the board
Of directors held up until he Good
MANI could close contract with Ull-
man & Co., and told the writer to have
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Der of the board of directors to see d.
rector l.. w. Boykin, and discuss with
him the advisability of letting Director
John Bell Towill into the scheme. The
letter referred to a commission, but
Mr. Goodman denied that 1t was in
tended to pay Mr.. Boykin or Mr.. Towill
any commissions. The letter was sus-
ceptible of either construction. Other
testimony showed that the August pur-
chases were postponed. Director Hub
Evans entering his protest on the min
ute books Heavy purchases were made
at two subsequent meetings OF the
board Evans again protesting. Al
these meetings large awards were made
to the Ullman concern. Warrants have
been issued for three eX-dispensary d1-
rectors and it is understood that other
warrants and acquisitions are to be is