The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1911-09-13
REQUlSlSlON HONORED
FOR G. j. HERBERT
But the Bird had Flown and Hebert
will have to be Sought Elsewhere.

the charges of conspiracy to defraud
$500 from the Seminole Securities
company was to have been arrested
Saturday in Chattanooga. When the
sheriff at Chattanooga, bearing requi-
sition papers and a warrant, went to
arrest Hebert 1t was found that he
had gone to some place in Kansas 1t
was the intention Of Solicitor Cobb to
l bring Hebert back to South Carolina
eSo stand trial on the above charges at
E\Nis session of the Richland county
.F'burt. When Hebert returns to Chat
t2nooga he will be arrested Reuui-
s!tion papers from the governor of
this State have been honored by Gov
Hooper of Tennessee and the warrant
has been issued. Gov. Patterson re-
fused to honor requistion papers for
Hebert a year ago.
Hebert may go back to Tennessee.
G. j. Hebert was indicted a year
ago with John Y. Darlington, James
Stobo Young and B. w. Lacey on the
above named charges and following
the exposure of the frauds by several
connected with the Seminole Securi-
ties company.
Position of State.
AT the January term, 1910, court
of general sessions for Richland
county" said Solicitor Cobb Saturday,
"a true bill was found against John Y.
Darlington. James Stobo Young, c. j.
Jnhnrt ,l, ,;,,...
them with conspiracy to cheat and
defraud the Seminole Securities COM
pany of $9SO0O The charge was
based on the deal between the Semi
mole Securities company and the
Southern Life Insurance company of
Fayetteville, n c., whereby the Semi
mole bought from the Southern Life
a large block of their stock C. j.
Hebert engineered this scheme and
tht State charges that whereas he
represented that he was to receive
only $4,000 for his services, as mat
ter of fact the Seminole paid three
times the market value of the South
ern Life stock in order that large
sum might be realized so that Hebert
and his co-defendants would be able
to have a big rake off, and as mat
ter of fact, according to the States
position they did receive $4,000 in
money and $6SO00 in promisory notes.
Receivers Named.
Subsequently this Indictment was
found charging these men with de-
fraudng the company as above stated.
At the same time Darlington and
Young We're charged with misappro-
priating $4,000 belonging to the Sem
mole Securities company and were
tried and convicted and their case is
now in the supreme court on appeal.
liz the meantime Darlington and He
bert had gone TO Chattanooga and
reQusition for Darlington was hon
4 ored and he was brought back to
\ this State for trial. However when
Z the indictment charging lIebert, Gar
linaton, Young and Lacey was return
ed hy the grand jury and requisition
made on Gov. Patterson of Tennessee
for C. ]. TIcbert it was refused by Gov.
Patterson without giving this State an
opportunity for presenting brief
showing why it should have been hon
ored. However, Darlington, Young
and Lacey appeared and gave bond in
this particular case without it's being
necessary to make requisition for
them.
"lnasmuch as HILBERT" ne contin-
ued, has beer the moving spirit in
selling this block of stock of the
Southern Life to the Seminole, the
State did not care to push the trial
against the other three defendants un-
til Hebert was arrested. so that all
could be tried at the same time. Gov
Patterson's refusal to honor our re-
QUESTION necessarily hung the matter
up for some time. After Gov. Hooper
was inducted into office and after cor
respondence with certain lawyers in
Tennessee we felt that we could with
all safety apply to Gov. Hooper for
requisition for Hebert he having re-
mained in Chattanooga all of the while
Knowing the troubles that we had had
effort was made and extradition war
tion honored and the extraditoin war
rant placed in the hands of the sheriff
at Chattanooga before Hebert knew
anything about 1t and we managed 1t
pretty well at this end of the line.