The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1910-11-11
JOE WyLIE TELLS OF REBATES.
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rangement made by the members of
the board with these people.
I don't recall Rawlinson collecting
out one time.
Wylie identified his lies +caen at
the time at the Columbia hotel. Black
and Rawlinson were present. These
notes indicated the purchases to be
made the following day. There were
no bids or samples before the mem
bers of the board when they agreed
what to buy They had formally list
ed the bids.
On the margin of these sheets OF
paper, containing names Of houses to
which purchases would be awarded,
there was on each entry an initial
"B," "W," and "R." Wylie testified
that these initials were the members
of the board who were to collect graft
from certain houses. H. Rosenthal &
Sons was the house from which Raw
linson collected rebate. Rawlinson
paid Wylie part of it. Wylies
friends" among the liquor houses
were: Grabfelder, Cranston, Farnum's
houses, Semuels, Roy, Garret, several
beer houses and the White Seal cham
payne company.
AS soon as he saw Black and Raw
linson he paid them their part Of what
he got.
"Was M. A. Goodman a party to this
agreement?" "He wasl' Mr.. Lyon
then presented a check from Goodman
to Wyhe which Wylie could not iden-
tify; he had no recollection Of it. Far
mum gave him a check.
Wylie had it made payable to Henry
Samuels. The check came to Wylle
and Samuels cashed it.
The first check for Rich1and Distil-
1ery and other rebates in March was
$1,575. "Where did you hand Samuels
tie chack?" "Don't remember whether
here or in Columbia. I have handed
him checks in Chester and have re-
cefved the money in Chester. This
$1,575 was paid me in Chester"
There was another check for about
$1,1O0 cashed in Chester by Samuels
and paid to him in Chester.
Wylie said that he got approx
mately $4,000 in rebates the year he
was on the board. The exact figures
were s2S,479, he said, reading from
the book.
"The facts are" said Wylie, "that
Solomons knew of the schedule,
agreed to pay the rebates and did do
so. Roy, Cranston, Dunwoody, Earley,
Farnum, all were parties to it,
Wylie read from dispensary record
book which showed the date and
amount CT purchase IN one column
and the date and amount of goods or
dered shipped out. The agreement
was before the 22nd of March. Pur-
chases were made under that agree
ment to get the benefits of the re-
bates and rebates were paid. The
whiskey statesmen usually paid in
cash, rarely in checks. Jack Cranston
paid; Roy paid him close to $4,000 at
paid; Roy paid hi mclose to $4,000 at
cne time, his largest; Farnum had
paid him cash in amounts ranging
from $1,000 to s3,000 Dunwoody paid
through Henry Samuels. The money
paid him by Samuels was in Chester
county.
Cross Examination.
Had resided in this county all his
life. Attended South Carolina college
one year. He had some money from
his fathers estate. Col. Nelson said
he wished to show the depravity of
this man, what incentive be had had
to go on this dispensary board with
the intention to steal When he be-
came Of age he had 500. He had been
an officer of the church, but had been
turned out. Had not stolen. Denied
that the $4,000 he got was stealing.
He thought the State was losing moth
ing by it. Had paid no more for IL
quor than predecessors. He thought
the liquor statesmen were merely di-
viding with him their large commits
sions. Wylie said his board had writ
ten to whiskey houses claimed that
they were selling here as cheaply as
anywhere else.
Tho was a debate between Mr..
Sto~c~r~'. nd M. Welch as to wheth-
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rn're H,ln'3 Maant the body poll
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'"hatj"g came out Of the