The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-09-22
TO TRY GRAFT CASES.
FIRST MOVE TO BE MADE IN
RICHLAND COURT TODAY.
Practically All Witnesses in Cases
Now Before the Court Are Named
In the Observation-Disclosures Not
Expected to be Present at the
Trials.

| Columbia, Sept. 20.-Of State wide
interest are the cases that are sched-
uled to come up this week at the
| Richland Court of General Sessions.
| These are the dispensary graft"
| cases, and the first move will be made
when court convenes today Just
what the preliminary skirmishing
will be is not known, but it is expect
ed that some Of the cases will be
| reached in short order. The official
| announcement has been made that
the cases will come up this week. and
| and also that the Seminole cases are
thus side-tracked.
Practically all Of the witnesses in
the cases now before the court were
named in the indictments. They in
clude Mr.. j. A. " Schmidt, of St
Louis; ]. l.. Thorp and T. w Collins
former employees of the dispensary:
Jno. I. Farley and Henry Samuels and
j. B. Wylie, former members of the
BOARD. Those who followed the dis
pensary investigation closely expected
that other witnesses would be called
but thus far no mention CT anv 9TH
ers has been named except in the case
or the witnesses summoned from
Charleston. The Dudley affidavit,
which created quite sensation during
the recent dispensary commission sit
ting, caused many to believe that the
maker of the affidavit would he nres.
ent at the trials, but this will very
probably not be the case Dudley is
not in good health, having suffered
stroke of paralysis. The affidavit that
he gave to the attorneys for the State
and to Mr.. Pat Carroll, Fleischmann's
attorney, was given in the hospital.
This affidavit was the first direct in
timation that members of the State
board had received favors from any
out to the public in the course of the
Investigation. But it is not expected
that Dudley will appear in court.
It is interesting to note that the
itar witnesses in the criminal pro-
ceedings did not appear before the
dispensary commission in open ses-
ho
were being considered by that body.
Farley was known to have been in
Columbia during the sessions of the
commission and to have given evil
dence before that tribunal in executive
session and during conferences with
attorneys. Other witnesses appeared
from time to time before the commits
sion but do not appear to have beer
summoned for the criminal side of
the issue. The civil matter has been
separated from the criminal side all
along, except that one side has neces-
sarily involved the other in either
throwing light upon the claims or in
giving addltlOnal information for the
criminal proceedings.
Briefly. those under indictment ard
the charges are: J. S. Farnum, charg-
ed with offering a gratuity to ]. B.
Wylie. and on four other counts;
Jodie M. Rawlinson, John Black and
j. +. Wylie. charged with conspiring
to cheat and defraud the State. this
Icing the alleged rebate case; in the
label case L. w. Boykin, John Bell
T"will and w. o. Tutam are charged
with conspiracy; Dennis Weiskopf is
charged with perjury in the label
case; M. A. Goodman and John T.
Farley are also under indictment in
,he label case; II. L. Solonons. con-
piracy to cheat and letraud che
State. Solomons appeared as wit
ness at the last sitting Of the commits
sion