The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-10-02
JOHN BLACK ON TRIAL,
DRAFT SHOWS HE GOT $4,000
" FROM SALESMAN.
WATERFORD Bank Officers Are En-
pected to Play Large Part in Evi-
dence Against Black-His PrOmi-
nence In the Clark Whiskey Pur-

dence Against Black-His PrOmi.
nence i'm the Clark Whiskey Pur-
chase.
Columbia. Sept. 29.-Major John
| Rlack, ex-dispensary director and
| colleague of Jodie M. Rawlinson and
Joseph B. Wylie, was placed on trial
in the Circuit Court this morning on
the charge of accepting a bribe Of
| $4,000 and a rebate of $4,000 from
John Il. Early, liquor salesman. who
has come to testify for the State. This
is the second and last so far as this
! term Is concerned-of the dispensary
graft cases, and will attract quite as
much attention and interest as the
first. The whole State wants to see
how the State is going to manage this
| case in view of the results of the one
tried last week. Is last weeks ver-
| dict to be taken as an indication of
what is going to happen this week?
That is tie question being asked by
thousands over the State Opinion
on this differs widely all over the
State. as it differs widely here.
The trial dragged all the morning.
The only sensational feature was the
introduction by the State of draft
for $2.5O0 of liquor drummer, John
T. Early, made to the order of Henry
w. Black, Jr.. and endorsed by him
and signed John Black" made out
on Palmetto bank paper but collected
through the Colleton Banking Com
pany at Walterboro At the hour of
adjournment the jury was out. while
the lawyers debated about admitting
the testimony about Black getting
$4,000 from liquor drummer, Nor
ton A. Goodman.
The court admitted the testimony
regarding the pay from Goodman.
This was check for $4,000 on a Sa-
vannah bank, signed by Goldman.
made to Blacks order and endorsed
by him.
Wylie testified that the three di-
rectors, Black, Rawlinson and him
self divided the graft by agreement,
each director looking after the in
terests of different liquor houses and
receiving the commissions from them
for orders placed. He produced a
nd, Of
one meeting of the board and it was
introduced in evidence.
That list of orders made up at the
local hotel was stressed, and the
damaging evidence given by. It con-
sisted of the letters marked by the
side Of each order showing to whom
the rebate was to go according to the
testimony given by Wylie.
In Wylie's own handwriting the list
was made out and by the side of each
order was either 3D." "W." or
"R." This notation, according to wy
'ie' meant that one of the three
WyNe, Black, Rawlinson-was to re-
ceive the commissions from thes
houses and look after it's interests
The nature of the list follows:
Xxx gin. Star, so barrels. B.
Xxx gin, Rosenthal, 200 barrels. r.
XXX gin, Commonwealth, 200 bar
-els, W.
Xxx gin. Belair, 200 barrels, B.
Xxx gin. Hoffman. 200 barrels. B.
x peach, Rosenthal, so barrels. r.
Apple. Rosenthal, SO barrels, r.
Apple, w. w. Johnson, so barrels,
w.
Peach, Relair, 25 barrals, B.
Apple, Belair. 25 barrels, b.
Apple, Hoffman, 25 barrels, B.
Peach. Hoffman, 25 barrels, B.
Peach, Star, 25 barrels, B.
Apple, Star, 25 barrels B.
rye. KOhn, 800 barrels, B.
rye. Thierman, 800 barrels, w.
rye, Moyse, 800 barrels, b.
Xxx Hoffheimer, 100 barrels. B.
AZ rye, Rosenthal, $50 barrels, r.
Xxx rye, Belroy, 100 barrels, w.
Xxx rye, Green River, 100 barrels,
w.
Xxx rye, Belair, SO barrels, r
gin, Thierman, 200 barrels -.
gin. Johnson, 200 barrels, w.
gin, Kohn, 100 barrels, b.
Xxx gin, Starr, so barrels, B.
This shows how the list was made
up. The list contained orders from a
number of houses. including Gerson-
Seiigman, which the State says is the
same as the Fleischmann Company
named in the indictment.
An estimate Of the amount of re-
ho