Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-11-11
DlSPENSARY CASES.
Trial Commenced Tuesday Likely te
be Concluded Tomorrow.

Chester, Nov. 10.-The testimony
in the prosecution Of Jno. T. Black,
Jodie Rawlinson and Lee Solomons
was concluded today at noon. Argu-
ment was commenced this afternoon.
B. L. Abney. in a remarkable address,
explained the law as to conspiracy SO
clearly that If the jury acts on his
speech conviction could not but fol-
low. The defense will have five
speeches and the prosecution four.
The defense put up no witnesses ana
by r. H. Welch.
There was some good testimony for
the prosecution today Joe Early
swore that his firm charged more for
Congress Hall in this state than else
where in order to get back the rebates
paid dspensary officials. He also
swore to paying rebates to other
boards than this one under indictment.
W. D. Roy confirmed Joe B. Wy
lies testimony as to the graft sched-
ule. Roy had not been promised i'm
munity or anything else. He swore
that there was wrangling over adopt
ing the schedule, the directors hold
ing out for 81 barrel and liquor men
for $3.50. He also swore to compar-
ing his graft schedule with that of
Solomons and that there were few
discrepancies.
Roy was tricked by Joe Wylie. The
latter promised Roy all the business
possible without rebates. Therefore
Roy was naughty and was Indifferent
about the schedule. But later on he
had to pay the regular old graft and
pay Henry Samuels little too, in or
der to get the board to order out some
whisky they had nominally bought.
Joe B. Wylie was brought back on
the stand and told of a chanticler
meeting of the dispensary board held
at I a. m. in order to pay off liquor
houses before Mr.. Lyon could enjoin
the board. This was the way the
blacklisted houses got their money.
The board of directors got $4,000 out
Of it.
Yesterday counsel for the defense
tried to belittle the evidence that the
Anheuser- Busch people charged d.
rect from st. Louis $12.02 cask for
Budwelser, while the same beer could
be bought at Savannah for $10.50. Mr..
Lyon today put up four witnesses and
many vouchers to prove that the fig
ures were correct and that the beer
was the same quality at Savannah.
This showed Jim Farnum's graft or
something like $3.50 for cask. The
bookkeeper of the Anheuser-Busch
people swore that the regular whole
sale price In st. Louis is $3.50 per
cask.
The evidence in epitome Is as fol-
lows: Wylie swore to the conspiracy
that certain liquor houses were to get
orders by giving gratuitied in money
to members Of the dispensary board.
Roy. Early and Dudley, liquor sales
men, swore to paying the rebates on
commissions. Samuels corroborated
much of Wylie's testimony, although
unwillingly.
In fact, there has not been a will
ing witness for the prosecution. This
thing of alleging graft against lot
of good fellows" is unpopular, and
sometimes dangerous. Roy and Wylie
have been the only witnesses from
whom the testimony was not dragged
like pulling teeth. Naturally this
places the prosecution at a disadvan-
tage.
The prosecution has also shown that
the liquors were sold in this state at
higher prices on account Of the money
paid officers sworn to accept no re-
bates
Mr. Abney, in his request to charge,
made 1t clear that If the jurors be-
lieve that Joe B. Wylie was telling the
truth his testimony alone should con-
vict. Merely because he may not be
admitted in this transaction Is no rea-
son why his testimony Is not the
truth, and there has been, he argued,
a mass Of corroborative testimony to
sustain this witness. There will be
six hours more Of speeches.-Columbi
State.