The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1909-09-28

time some very large orders: some
of ii had been ordered; some had moi
=. On SEPTEMBER II had any order:
! been given to him? A. Yes, sir.
| 9. Had any awards been made tt
! his houses or firms? A. Yes. sir.
.. Were they large or small? A
Some Of them were large; some OF
them were small
Q. Have you estimated or calcu,
lated from the orders we read ou>
yesterday, the contracts and orders
too, how much it amounted to or
September ii? A. No, sir, | have
not.
Q. Can You tell how much INTO the
hundreds Of thousands of dollars it
amount to? A. No, sir. could not
The Farnum Draft.
Q. You say he gave you draft
where was that at? Where did he
give it to you? A, He gave it to me
in Columbia.
9. What placein Columbia? Atwhat
place in Columbia did he give it to
| you? A. I think in the Jerome Hotel.
Q. What did you do with the pa
per, or the draft? A. | gave it to
Mr.. Samuels.
@. Where did you give it to Mr..
Samuels at? A. Ny recollection is
that I gave it to him in Chester,
when he got off the train.
Q. What instructions did You give
to Mr. Samuels about it? A. I told
him to have it cashed and give me
the money; that I would see him In
day or two.
Q. From there where did You 60?
A. I went home to Richburg.
Q. Who signed it? A. Mr.. Farnm
signed it.
Q. For how much money was 1t?
A. Eleven hundred and twenty-five
dollars.
@. Upon what firm or corporation
or person was it addressed to? Who
was to pay it? A. The Consumers
Beer BoNliug Establishment Of Char
lesion.
@. What was the date of it? A. |
think it was September Is.
Q. He gave it to you, however, on
what day? A. On the 18th.
@. When did you go back to Ches-
ter? A. I came back there-I can
tell you the day Of the week; Ii was
Monday.
Q. On Mondayg A. Yes, sir, I
think it was the 18th.
@. Well, when you got back, what
did Samuels give you, if anything? A.
| He gave me the money, $l,125.
Q. What kind Of money was it
in what form-what bliss A. Well,
it was in very large bills, Sir.
Q. Do you remember what the de-
nominations were? A. Most Of them
were 500 bills.
O. What did you do with the mon
ey? A. put some Of it in the Com
mercial Bank.
The cross-examination by Mr.. Mel
son was in part as follows:
@. Mr.. Wyhe, you say you think
that Mr.. Farnum first approached
you9 A. Yes, sir.
@. How did he approach you? A. |
could not tell you, sir.
Q. Did he come to you and say,
"Mr. Wylie, I will give you so much
for your vote?" A. No, sir.
Q. Well, how did he get at You? A.
Before I was on the board, sir. Il
started back before I was on the
board, if you were to start at the
first Of it.
@. When did you first run9 A. 1904.
@. When did you next run? A.
1906.
| Q. When you first determined TO
run for member Of this board, had
you then made up your mind to make
all the graft you could get out of the
Gispensary? A. No, sir.
@. When did that first come into
your head? A.. At The time right
close to the election.
Q. Close to the election? A. Yes,
sir.
@. Before the election you mad
made up your mind that you were
going in there to get all you could
out of it? A. No, sir; I did not say
that.
Q. What did you say? A. l did not
say that I had made up my mind to
go in there and make all l could out
Of it.