Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-09-24
warrant continuance and he refused

| Nearly the Whole OF Tuesday was
taken up in preliminary fighting over
the Indictment The understanding In
Columbia Is that Mr.. Cochrane was
brought into the case principally as ar
Indictment buster,". and he made a
hard fight along that line; but was
met at every point by Mr.. B. l.. Abb
ney, one Of the heavy weights of the
South Carolina bar, and in the enc
Judge Memminger ruled that the in
dictment should stand. The opinion
is also freely expressed about Column
bia, that while Farnum had given out
that he was anxious for the case t.
come to trial, being confident OF his
speedy acquittal, nearly all of the
fighting along technical lines was fol
the purpose Of laying as much foun-
dation as possible for an appeal.
Inc jury was not empaneled until
o'clock Tuesday afternoon. The
prosecution being entitled to two
fense being entitled to five used them
all. The twelve men finally selected
are: S. E. Powell, E. H. LeGrand, H
II. Frost, Frank N. Jones, w. d
Caughman, G. H. Spires, John c. Bras
well, L. II. Hornsby, II. S. Cochran, b.
T. Sharp, j. H. Shannon and Fl. W.
IDesPortes. w. D. Caughman is fore
man.
Only two witnesses were examined
Tuesday afternoon, Mr.. j. l.. Tharpe,
head bookkeeper Of the dispensary, be-
ing introduced to identify certain rec
ords, and Mr.. Robert j. Gage, cashier
of the Commercial bank of Chester, to
testify more directly on the issue. Mr.
Cages testimony was sensational. II
was to the effect that on September
Is, 1906, he cashed certain drafts for
II. Samuels one of them for SLIPS, and
gave him the money in bills Of large
denominations; that, to satisfy an idle
curiosity, he had marked the lower bill!
| In the package with red ink, bill for
500. This package was paid to Mr..
Samuels; that a little later Mr.. wy
lie deposited the same bill with q de-
posit he made in the bank OF $1,l20.
| 1t had been talked about that perhaps
Mr.. Wylie was getting this sort OF
money and witness said he marked the
bill to see il it would come back to
the bank through Mr. Wylie's hands.
The lawyers fought nearly all day
Wednesday over the admission OF tes-
| timony, while though not altogether
relevant on its face, was necessary as
a link in the chain between the drafts
cashed at the Chester bank by Sam
uels for the benefit Of Wylie, and TAX
ing the matter back to ]. s. Farnum.
The court was patient through 1t all;
but ruled generally in favor Of the
state, which had the best Of the ar
gument, until at last Wylie took the
stand. There was nothing sensation
al in his testimony during wednesday
afternoon, it being confined mainly to
complete review Of the manner In
which the board conducted its meet
ings and kept its books. The witness
made 1t clear, however, that the law
was persistently ignored in the mat
ter Of allowing the interested liquor
people to be present at the board
meetings.
During yesterday, Wylie made a
clean breast Of everything, and gave
details that were amazing not so much
because there was anything new In
the general facts, as because they gave
a more correct insight into the true
inwardness Of the whole thing. HIS
story was to the effect that he had
been induced to give the whole snap
away upon the assurance Of his attor-
ney, Paul Hemphill, that If he would
do so, he would not be prosecuted. He
was not, however, given to understand
that the state might not bring a civil
suit to recover such amounts as he had
wrongfully obtained. He stated that
when he became a member Of the dis
pensary board, he was worth 5000 or
$4,000, and that during his eleven
months of service, he had received
graft to the amount of $2S,000 or $780,
600. He did not know how much he
was worth now, because he had spent
a good deal of money. He stated that
he had come to an understanding with
Farnum before he was elected to the
board, and that Farnum had contrt-
buted about $500 to his election by the
general assembly. After his election,
he had a specific agreement with Far
mum by which he was to receive GER
tain sums on all purchases from the
numerous beer and whisky houses that
Farnum represented. The schedule OF
rebates ranged from $1.50 a barrel on
liquors costing $1.47 a barrel, to $25.00
a barrel on liquors costing $500 gal
lon. The rebate on champagne was 81
a case, on all other case goods 81 a
case. He said that most Of the whis-
ky bought came through Farnum;
but occasionally the board went else
where for liquors that were especially
popular with the public. He swore
that Henry Samuels was merely a go
between for convenience; that Sam
uels got the money from Farnum and
gave it to Wylie; that whenever he
wanted money, he told Samuels to get
1t, and Samuels got 1t. Wylie said
that he heard about the trap that Gage
had laid for him and that afterward
he changed his account to another
bank. P. H. Nelson put Wylie through
a grueling cross-examination, asking
him among other things If he went to
stealing just as soon as he got into the
job. Wylie said he had been turned
out of the church shortly before he
went into the job, and Nelson wanted
to know if tnat was why he considered
himself free to go to stealing. When
Wylie said something about having
confessed to ease his conscience, Nell
son pressed him to say that he had
confessed to escape punishment. Sam
uels also went on the stand and cor
roborated Wylie in every particular.
The understanding Is that he decided
to tell everything In the hope that 1t
would go easier with him.
To the Jury This Afternoon.
BY Telegraph to The Enquirer.
Columbia, September 24.-The Far
mum case will go to the jury at the
close of the afternoon session. Mr..
Cochrane announced this morning that
the defense did not consider 1t neces-
sary to offer TESTIMONY, and speeches
commenced at once, two and half
hours being assigned to each side.
Stephenson opened for the state, fol-
lowed by Cochrane and Hagood for the
defense, and Lyon and Abney for the
prosecution, Nelson closing for the de-
fenSe