The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1909-01-21

Bennett, I've got you: We Sol Sou
Do you understand me"
Perfectly. Is that ail:"
"No. it amt ALL mimicked the boss,
"And I'm in earnest. I've got you
where l want you.
THAT doesn't interest ne. II You've
nothing else 10 say
But have" chucilcl iIDrrigan.
when it came to showdown h"-
tween rs TWO mt & staff oE men -
/ looking NJ Your record.
You found nothing You could use.
Is that
.No: it isn't oven the beginning.
Then remembered about your IA
;hcr.'
About ny father"
/ II GATED on Bennett That his dead
! fathers hurorcd name should he Spo-
/ ken 10y this low politician. but before
he could protest more f"ycih!y II0rri-
gan went on:
What d'you think If l said Your IA
/ thcr was 4 Graftcr-Onc Of tie worst
of his lime"
Ia say you lied" answered Bennett
/ calmly. and Id drive the foul lie
! down your throat with my fist. You'll
! have TO think OF some better scheme
than that
DO you think I'd be idiot enough to
come here with tie story if I didn (
have full proof Of it:" asked IIorrigan
in contempt.
AHd. despite himself. Aiwyn saw the
man was speaking what he believed 10
be The truth. He paused il h.S impui-
sirc forward move, rcScatcd himself
and asked coldlg:
What 50 called proofs have you
been fooled by YOUR Lee!ers into think
ing
Don't believe me. hey: Well, you
viii fast enough before I'm done. Tn
less you're afraid Of what I've got 70
say
I'm not afraid Of anything you can
say. The highest tribute 10 my IA
theirs memory is tde fact that cur
like you cannot deGle it. Go op. III
listen 10 you
Very good" said Horrigan. quite
unmoyed. III make it as short as
can. l remembered your father got
rich pretty quick. He was 4 member
Of the organization. and his firm got
the jobs of building the aQueduct and
the new library. That gave me my
clew. i looked up the specifications for
both jobs. and | turned them over TO
the old engineering firm of Norris &
Cherrington. You know the firm, per-
haps. If you don't you can look them
up. They don't belong to the organiza-
ton; they're the best experts in their
line. and they can't be juggled with"
II know them. Go on"
~ paid them fancy sum to 60 over
those specifications and then examine
the library and the aqueduct and see.
if they were up to the mark or If the
city d been cheated by the Bennett
Contracting company. / had a strong
idea l was right. but l wouldn't speak
till ! had the proof. When l got home
after the ball tonight found the Nor
ris & Cherrington report waiting for
me. brought copy Of it along with
me-"
Well asked Bennett indifferently.
"what them
Here's the copy of the report. Look
it over for yourself. The crookedest
Job ever pulled off in this city! Third
rate material. when the material called
for in the specifications was used 1T
all. Granite shell filed with mortar
instead of solid granite; foundations
barely half the depth called for; in
ferior tiles in place Of fireproof ones;
cheap, crumbly iron. and steel instead
of first quality-Oh, there's fifty such
subStitutions and frauds, It's the raw
est. bummest job ever heard Of. IL
any of the organization tried it now
adays the men who did it would be
wearing stripes in week. Graft. hey:
Why, your father was the boss CRATER
Of the century. the star graft Setter Of
the bunch. lie
"IIush. For Gods sake, hush pout-
ell Alwyn. My mother sleeps only
few rooms beyond. =
What do l care:" roared HorriSan
in triumph let everybody hear.
The whole world is going TO hear it un-
less that Borough franchise bill goes
through. Beat that bill and eyery pa
per in the country will have that report
to publish. Stop your fight against us
and the report is buried. That goes.
, See? Now, do
b. ]: :: +: s: :: :: :: =: .: :: Z:
e. IN about graft, you
AEA> IN are. The very
FE 1EM S roof over your
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| Ryz head, the clothes
W1 XIV on your back,
| II ~ !, were bought
NJ N with graft
HN@ Il money!
Gb BennettScarce-