Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1910-11-24

foundation in fact for the endoes
against himself. Mr.. Ii lade q
powerful presentation OF of the
facts in the case, especially Imam
ner in which the complaint 10 the
price of Budweiser beer vi ndled
by the dispensary board. II ended
with warmth the testimol "a COL
Dudley, a man tottering OF brink
of the grave, who would no about
the matter and who undefiHSr and
stress and the advice Of bid Storney
had lied to the dispensary q Aission
two years ago. MIR. Lyon Il 3ply to
the statement about grantin mmun-
ity stated that in trying th Repub-
lican grafters for frauds q y6mitted
in radical times The attorne jgeneral
under Gov. Hampton, Ger Names
Conner, granted immunity t. 10 con-
spirators in order to catch a third,
and that this had been don s other
occasions. AS to why the hM had
had not been tried in Richland county
he cited the manner In which, the case
had been handled by a Richlaid coun-
ty jury. The venue Of this Iase was
in Chester as we'll as in Rich ind. Mr..
Lyon said that the work Of he last
four years had been a burd and a
very distasteful duty, and |e was
glad to place this burden nn the
hearts Of the jurors.
In a remarkable piece U word
painting, R. H. Welch made horri-
able caricature Of Jos. B. tTylie. He
called the states witness Judas,
said he had Of deliberata- purpose
sunk to the level of a comm bn thief
and had the greed of monster with
the lack Of morals of fatherless and
motherless waif. He spoke powerful
ly of the manner In which Wylie had
betrayed his friends" Mr.. Welch's
address no doubt made a strong i'm
Ipression on the jurors, but after the
dinner intermission w. F. Stevenson
took up the debate for the prosecu-
ton.
Inch by inch Mr.. Stevenson tough,
over the testimony. He was particu.
larly savage in denouncing Black'i
banking methods. He declared thai
Mr.. Welch had admitted tho whole
case when he said that Wylie hai
betrayed his associates-in crime!
Mr.. Stevenson rediculed the idea thar
Black could have made $4,000 in ont
summer of live stock busi1 ess 70,
live stock Is not paid for until the fal
Of the year and yet Black had checl
for $4,000 for olive stock" sold to M
"A. Goodman in August. And this Wal
the Goodman to whom Black had pait
or claimed to have paid the, So. .0o'
he ngrafted from John Farley
March. MIR. Stevenson mingled
humor with satire and eIccorationl
persons with denunciation q o
particular crime and his logiclswayet
the jury. He appealed for theSonvi
crion of all three Of the accused.
The last speech in the cale Wa
made by Arthur L. Castor Of hester
Like some Of heis predeces b.
made an eloquent speech, but
have been difficult to have Z
was on trial, the attorney
and the dispensary commissio
men accused qf e1ll WHOM
Murray Of that commission asy 6ypo
critic in the garb Of a saint, Who ha
come befor the jury lying and
party to this diabolical schema hatch
ed up against his clients. He de
J nounced Dudley and Roy and Earle
} and spoke of Samuels as a white
livered coward. 1t was alsp quit
, evident that he did not like his fel
low townsman, Jos. B. Wylie, whor
he denounced severely.
Judge Moore charged the Jury TO
, an hour and half, discussing the
request made by Mr.. Abney. Tn
judge was impartial, but under hi
| charge it would be difficult indeed t
! render a virdict Of not guilty.