The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1909-10-21
WEISKOPF WAS ARRESTED.

WEISKOPF WAS ARRESTED.
Cincinnati Man Who Sold This State
the Labels.
Denis Weiskorpf, president of the
Nivisson, Wieskopf company of Gin
cinnati, Ohio, was in Columbia yes
terday and gave bond for $4,000 to
appear here in January to answer to
the charge of conspiracy to defraud
the State, perjury and bribery. Weis-
kopf is Is the head of the concern
which put through the famous label
transaction.
This was one of the chapters In the
history of the State dispensary which
caused the people of the State to open
their eyes in astonishment and per-
| haps hastened the downfall of the
| dispensary. Weiskopf came here at
the time and testified and it Is under
stood and has since made statement1
which indicate that he perjured him
self on that former visit.
He sold the State 21,000,000 Ia
bells, receiving therefor $35,677. The
investigating committee at that time
put in evidence the claim that the
State was overcharged about $25, 5,000.
It is now stated that the attorney
general has evidence to show that
not only were the calculations cor.
rect, but that he knows where every
dollar of the graft went and that
Weiskopf's rake-off was about 81 1900.
Weiskopf was indicted along with
others on the charge of conspiracy 20
defraud the State, and when he did
not appear here at the recent term
of court a bench warrant was issued
for his arrest. Gov. Ansel upon this
warrant made requisition upon Gov.
Judson Harmon, Of Ohio, for the
arrest and delivery of Weiskopf'a
person to the agents Of the State.
Gov. Harmon last week, after careful
investigation, honored the requist-
ton, and Weiskopf became prisoner
of the State Of South Carolina.
Attorney General Lyon went to
Cincinnati last week to connect up .
number Of matters, and while. there
learned that the requisition papers
had been honored. He did not go TO
see Gov. Harmon. Weiskopf was
brought to Columbia and his attor-
ney, Judge Howard Ferris, of Gin
cinnati, came with him. Yesterday
bond for $4,000 in the National
Surety company was fled with the
clerk Of court of this county.
Attorney General Lyon last night
declined to talk of his trip to Cincin-a
natl other than to say. that he has
not given up the fight. when Judge
Pritchard knocked us out temporarily
in the Wilson and Fleischman cases,
II felt sure we would win In the
United States supreme court.
knew that their decision would be (
based on the law. We won the fight.
Many of, our friends who had des.
paired when Judge Pritchard ruled:
against US, began to get hopeful
when the United States supreme
court sustained US. We can. not
count on jury as certainly as we,
can upon the United States supreme
court, but feel sure that the cumu-
lative evidence we are getting VIII
overcome any feeling OF repugnance
on the part of discriminating juror.
81 have not b'en dismayed but al
though I must confess that ! was
somew nat surprised at the action OF
the jury in the Farnum case. am
glad to see that the people OF the
State of South Carolina who read the
evidence were not of the same mind
as the jury"
Mr.. Lyon expressed some interest
in q recent claim by lawyers to the
effect that John Black has practically
been acquitted because the jury was
dismissed for cause by Judge Mem
minger. "If this should be upheld by
the courts, there would never be any
convictions" he said. ANY DEFEND
ant, seeing the case going against
him, could have the jury communi-
Gated with in some way and thus
cause the jury to be dismissed and
himself acquitted. I don't say that
there was anything of that kind in the
present case"
MIR. Lyon said that he was going
ahead to wind up the graft trials IN
January. He says that he cannot get
any more convincing evidence than
he has now and eff the juries win
only act upon the evidence submitted
under the law, they will not turn any
others loose" e."-Columbia State, Tues
| day, October 18th.
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