The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-09-25
A TALE OF GRAFT
Wylie Turns States Evidence and Confess
es to Being Bribed.
HE TELLS ALL HE KNOWS

bv Farnum, Who Paid Graft to
Get the Dispensary to Order
Liquor From the Houses Repre-
sented by Him.
We present below the testimony
of Jas. B. Wiley, member of the
Board of Directors of the State DIS
pensary, before the court in Column
bia, who is being tried on the charge
of bribery in connection with selling
whiskey to the State pispensary, as
reported in the Columbia State. 1t
is pitiable tale of the downfall
of once respected. man:
@. Mr.. Wylie, how long have you
known James S. Farnum? A. About
five years, sir; five or six years.
@. How long prior to September
OF 10 udu you hHo
You mean in 1906?
O. Yes, sir. A. l had known him
two or three years.
@. Had he been often or rarely be-
fore the board Of directors? a. he
had been there often, sir; think
he was there at every meeting we
had.
O. At every meeting you had? A.
Yes. sir.
O. Did you ever have any pri-
vate transactions with him in regard
70 the business of the board? A.
Yes. sir.
O. On or about September a..
1906. did you or not ever receive
any paper or instrument in writing
from him? A. 1 do not know that
T understand just exactly what YOU
@. Well, did you ever receive
anv-from him. any draft for pay
ment of money? A. Yes. sir.
@. When did you receive it from
him? A. I think it was on the l4tn
of Sentemher. sir.
O. What time of day? A. l do
NOT know that I could say. sir.
@. Was it before or after the
awards were made on September "a!
A. Why, it was after that. sir.
@. Was it before or after the
ordering out of whiskies under con-
tracts with the firms that you have
testified that he represented? A.
Well that-tflat question is not very
clear, Mr.. Abnev. Some of the Whis-
key had already been ordered ana
some had not. They had given MIN
at that time some very large or
ders: some of it had been ordered
some had not.
O. On September IA had any or
ders been given to him? A. YES
sir.
O. Had any awards ben made TO
his houses or firms? A. Yes. SIT.
@. Were they small or large? A.
Some OF them we're large; some OF
them were small.
O. Have you estimated or caicu-
lated from the orders we read out
Yesterday, the contracts and ORDERS
too, how much it amounted to on
September IA? A. No, sir; have not.
@. Can you tell how much into
the hundreds of thousands of dollars
it amounted to? A. No, sir; ! could
not.
The Farnum Draft.
O. You say he gave you q draft.
Where was that at? Where did he
give it to you? A. He gave it to me
in Columbia.
@. What place in Columbia, at
what place in Columbia did he give
it to you? A think in the Je-
rome hotel
@. What did you do with the pa
per or the draft? A. I gave 1t to
Mr.. Samuels.
@. Where did you give it to Mr..
Samuels at? A. My recollection is
that l gave it to him in Chester,
when We got off the train.
@. What instructions did you give
to Mr.. Samuels about it? A. told
him to have it cashed and give me
the money. that / would see him in
day or two.
@. From there where did you go?
A. I went home, to Richburg.
@. Who signed it? A. Mr.. Far
mum signed it.
@. For how much money was it?
A. Eleven hundred and twenty-five
dollars.
Q. Upon what firm Or corporation
or person was it addressed to? Who
was to pay it? a. The Consumers
Beer Bottling establishment of Char
lesion.
@. What was the date of it? A.
think it was September 10.
@. He gave it to you, however.
on what day? A. On the 14th.
@. When did you go back to Ches-
ter? A. | came back there can
tell you the day of the week. 1t
was on Monday.
Q. On Monday? a. Yes, sir; /
think it was the 17lh.
@. Well, when you got back what
did Sameuls give you, if anything?o
A. He gave me the money-$l, ,l25.
Q. What kind of money was IT.