The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1911-05-27
DEMAND TRIAL
Black, Boykn, Towill and Talum Want
Their Cases Tried at Once,
OR TAKEN FROM DOCKET

Solicitor Cobb Announces That the
State is Not Ready to Go Into
These Cases Because Attorney
General Lyon is Absent From the
City and Cases Go Over.
The Columbia correspondent of
The News and Courier says in ef-
feet the State was asked Wednesday
to try the so-called dispensary graft
cases or strike them from the docket.
This was the move of the defence
in four of the indictments pending in
the Courts of this county involving
members of the old dispensary di-
rectorate and others. Through the
solicitor the reply Of the Attorney
General was that the State was not
! ready at this term. Judge Robert
Aldrich directed Solicitor w. S. Cobb
to confer with the Attorney General
and ind out if he would be ready
at the next term OF Court to try
the cases for which trial was sought
Wednesday.
The Columbia firm of Nelson; Nell
son & Gettys and M. P. Howell, Of
Walterboro, asked for the trial of
John Black, notice being filed in the
case of three indictments in which
he is involved. In this case Black
is charged with accepting bribe Of
$4,000. The counsel, when the cause
comes to trial, will plead former
jeopardy; upon an indictment which
the same defendant Is charged with
defrauding the State out Of s4,S25.
In these indictments John Black, who
was recently pardoned by Governor
Blease, after having been convicted
at Chester of conspiracy and SEN
fenced to five years, was the one
whose trial was urged Wednesday.
In the fourth indictment NJ. A.
Goodman, Messrs. Boykin, Towill and
Tatum, and Dennis Weiskopf. the last
mentioned being from Cincinnati, are
charged of causing the State to lose
money in connection with the famous
"label DEAL" Nelson, Nelson & Get
tvs, r. H. Welch, Johnstone & Gro
mer and E. J.. Askill, counsel Of rec
ord, gave notice in this case Wedncs-
day that the trial of Roykin, Tatum
and Tow;ll Is demanded.
Referring to Attorney General Ly.
ems Immunity list" sent to Cover
nor Blease, 1t is seen that In the
first indictment given above, Wylie,
Early, Farnum and Goodman will not
be prosecuted. three. because of turn
ing States evidence, and one, Far
mum, because of the State agreeing
to drop all other indictments against
him. In the second indictment only
John Black is named. In the third,
Farnum and Wylie will not be pros
ecuted. In the fourth indictment
Attorney General Lyon has agreed
not to prosecute Dennis Weiskopf on
condition that he come here and tell
of the label deal" Also in this in
dictment Goodman will not be pros
ecuted.
With regard to the big conspiracy
Indictment the offence alleged IS the
same as that alleged In the indict-
ment at Chester, in which Black was
declared to be guilty and Raw!inson
and Solomons went free. Thus 1t
Is expected by counsel that his par
ticular indictment will not be
pressed. Still it is on the docket and
counsel deemed it best to press for
trial.
In the Court room today, Judge
Aldrich's attention was called by
counsel, particularly to the label In
dictment affecting W. O. Tatum, l..
W. Boykin and John Bell Towill.
Counsel announced that trial was
demanded in this case. Solicitor
Cobb announced for Attorney Gen
eral Lyon that the State was not
ready in this case. Then the other
cases were referred to and the same
reply was made.
After argument, Judge Aldrich di-
rected the solicitor to find out If the
Attorney General will be ready at the
next term. If the Attorney General
is here tomorrow he Is to appear in
this matter. but 1t is not thought
that he will be here. At his Office
this afternoon it was stated that he
would be back the end Of the week.
Counsel in pressing these cases will
ask in the event information is re-
ceived that the Attorney General will
not be ready at the next term, that
the cases be mol pressed.
This is regarded the most signifl-
| cant Of the recent dispensary occur
renccs. Following the Hub" Evans
case, in which a trial was demanded
and the case postponed until the next
term, with the statement that the
State must then be ready. the pro-
ceeding Wednesday shows the dispo-
sition to demand the taking up of
these dispensary cases that have
been hanging fire for some time.
The statement has been printed
in the papers of South Carolina that