The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-09-25
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whiskey bill, or whatever it was.
@. Well, before that could be done
what would you have to do as men,
Der of the board? a. Why l would
have to get the orders through.
@. What do you mean by getting
them through? A. Get them signed
up and given to the shipping clerk.
@. Who did you say had to make
those awards and order out these
shipments? A. The board of direc-
tors
@. And you were member of
that board of directors? A. Yes,
sir.
@. Did you vote for those awards
made to his house under those cir
cumstances? A. Yes, sir.
@. And did you order. out the
whiskey from his houses%nder those
circumstances? 'A:-:yea.Sssr,
@. And had ne agreed to pay you
or not for doing that? A. Yes, sir,
and did pay me.
@. What did you say? A. He did
pay me.
@. He had agreed to and did pay
you? A. Yes. sir.
@. Now, this SLIPS check, was
that payment for those services or
not? A. In part, yes, sir.
@. Can you state on what ship
ments that payment was made? A.
Well, it was on some shipments prior
to September IA and somewhere the
contract had been awarded on the
14th and the shipping instructions
given.
@. On what houses-any houses
represented by him or only on hous-
es represented by him. A. Only on
houses represented by Mr.. Farnum.
@. Now you have said that you
and Mr.. Farnum had an agreement,
was that before the awards and or
! dering out was made or afterwards?
Was this agreement between you and
Mr.. Farnum before the awarding Of
the contract and ordering out of the
, whiskey? A. Yes, sir, before it.
4 @. Now, Mr.. Wiley. you have stat
ed this agreement; who suggested,
who initiated this agreement be-
tween yourself and Mr.. Farnum, he
or you? A. Why, think he was
the first one that mentioned it to
me. I am not sure. l know he dis
cussed it.
| @. Ito the Court: Would it be
permissible, may it please your hon
or, to ask this witness if they had
similar prior arrangements and
agreements about other transac-
tions? The Court: I rather think
you had better confine 1t to this par
ticular transaction.
@. (To the Witness): Among these
firms, companies and persons, from
whom you ordered out whiskey un-
der this agreement and arrangement
with Mr.. Farnum can you say wheth-
er the Anheuser-Busch association
was among the bunch or not? A.
Yes, sir.
@. And you have already, as
understand yesterday, gone over the
names Of the other firms that he rep
resented and that the board had Civ
en- orders to? A. Yes, sir.
oss.Examination.
@. Mr. Wiley, you say you think
that Mr. Farnum first approached
you? A. Yes, sir.
@. How did he approach you? A.
could not tell you, sir.
| @. Did he come to you and say,
"Mr. Wiley. will give you SO much
money for your vote?" "A. No. sir.
@. Well, how did he get at you?
A. Before I was on the board, sir,
1t started back before was on
the board, If you want to start at
the first of it.
@. When did you first run? A.
1904.
@. When did you next run? "A.
1906.
@. When you first determined to
run for a member Of this board had
you then made up your mind to
make all the graft you could get out
of the dispensary? A. No, sir.
@. When did that first come into
your head? A. At the time right
close to the election.
@. Close to the election? A. Yes,
sif
@. Before the election you had
made up your mind that you were
going in there to get all you could
out of it? A. No, sir, did not say
that.
Q. What did you say? A. did
not say that had made up my mind
to go in there and make all ! could
out of it.
@. When did you first make up
your mind that you would make all
you could ont of the dispensary?
When did you first determine TO
make all you could ont of it? a.
1t was at the first meeting of the
board.
Q. When was the first meeting Of
the board? a. On the 9Th.
O. So at the very first meeting
you made up your mind that you