The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1908-02-18
|HARGE THAT BLEASE
WAS LANAHAN' AGENT
Continued from page one.)

MI ANN. Lalalan tOlQ me no had
Employed Senator Cole. l.. Blease, of
Nawberry county as his representa-
Siye in this State at a salary Of $4,000
Ayear.
@ Q.-The date at which this CONVEX
sation occurred you set forth in your
fprmer tcstimony9
II Al presume 1 did. AS well as I
dan now recall, it was in the spring
dc 1905.
aSQ.-Dil he tell you whether or not
after his employment of Senator
Bleasc he had more satisfactory re-
s1ltsq
#s A.-No sir; I think he told me, on
Che contrary, that ne did not get sat
iafactory results. I do not know to
@hat extent the board wishes ME to
No in stating the testimony.
MQ.-Wc would like for you to state
Exactly what Mr.. Lanahan told you.
&s, Al can not state at that time.
$2 Q.-Then at any other time.
$&.A.-I can not say positively that
ISgot the information directly at thai
timc from Mr.. Lanahan, but it came
Ito me through him or otherwise that
;Mr. Bleasc had been employed and
after comparatively short time, less
than a month. there seemed to be q
misunderstanding between Mr.. Blease
Ind Mr.. Lanahan as to the character
of the services to be performed by
Mr.. Blease. and Mr.. Blease found
,hat Mr.. Lanahan expected him to go
to the county dispeasaries in quest
.of orders for his liquors and to see
Chat orders were made for his goods.
Mr.. Bleasc was unwilling TO perform
that service and withdrew from Mn.
Lanahan's service, and was paid
about 5000 for The time lie served.
Q.-Who was the agent before Mr..
lMease?
WA i don't recall the testimony eX-
aept the general terms. I don't think
Tstated in the previous testimony that
Mr.. Boykin, was the agent i'll the same
,@pacity as Mr.. Bleasc. My recollec-
tion is that Mr.. Lanahan had made an
arrangement with Mr.. Boykin by
Which Mr.. Boykin was to get orders.
He was member Of the board at
that time and he was to get orders
and was to be paid for the orders So
,a$case for each case Of liquor and $5
on barrel orders.
8& Q.-NIr. Boykin was the agent pre-
Yiously9
#$ A.-Mr. Lanahan told me that
there was practically all arrangement
j5n the board by which each member
iof the board had certain houses as
being called their clients; and they
had the right to get the commission
coming from that particular house;
and in the division by the board Mr..
Boykin fell to NJ. Lanahan and when
he would ~ 10 Mr.. H"b Evans to
get orders Evana refused to 10 so,
telling him " I can't do that because
you are Boykin's meat" And when
he woul,l 70 ~ B,ykn for orders,
Boyk:E sail: h. cord'.': "et he ur-
ders because there were others will
ing to do better by him than Lana
han was; that others were not only
willing to pay The whole commission,
burt were takin" care Of some men,
Der of the family or some friend
Q.--AIr. Caniey?
A.-Mr. Cantey. brother-in-law
Of Mr.. Boykin.
Q.-Mr. Parker, was Mr.. Smythc
or anybody. else present at any OF
these conversations?
Al had. of course, number Of
conversations. My business relations
with Mr.. Lananan were close. He
was a member Of the reorganization
committee for the Olympia cotton
mall, and in such relation | was con-
stantly brought in touch with him. /
had various conversations with him
that would arise in the course Of a
days business, when the conversa-
tion would turn back to the condi-
tons il this State. In these various
conversations other parties were
present. AT one conversation, which
took place in the Maryland club, he
Joined me when I was lunching with
Capt. Smythc and he continued the
conversation. Another conversation
took place at the Waldorf-Astoria
when Mr.. +. w. Robertson Of this
city was present.
Q.-tN[r. Robertson testified as to