The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1911-12-13

VI WHICH dppedreu Ill tnlS paper last
week, Mr.. Willis made his appearance
in Greenville and demanded that the
books of the company be audited. The
books were audited and from the re-
port of the auditing company every
thing appeared to be straight. In the
papers appearing the next morning af-
hdaVits were published which exon
GRATED Mr.. Willis from all willful mis-
conduct in the management of the
company. The affidavit was signed by
John w. Bridges, one of the stock
holders who had made the first accusa
tiCn.
However, in Sunday mornings
Greenville News another chapter in
the case was recorded when the fol-
lowing appeared
In an affidavit made Saturday
morning before local Notary Pub
lie, Mr.. John W. Bridges, of Spar
tanburg. states that an affidavit
which he had brought against Mr..
j. A. Willis in connection with the
mond Remedy Co., were groundless,
was made under duress
Thursday night about . o'clock Mr..
j. a. Willis called News reporter to
the Office of the Carolina Adjustment
Agency and handed him an affidavit.
signed by MIR. John w. Bridges, in
which it was stated that the charges
OF mismanagcment of the affairs of
the DedmOnd Remedy Co wora
groundless, and that an audit of the
books had shown this. The affidavit
handed the reporter by Mr.. Willis was
published in Friday mornings issue
of The News.
III was rumored on the streets Fri
day that the affidavit signed by Mr.
John w. Bridges had been made nm
der duress. No facts could be had
however to support the rumor. 1t
was stated, though, that something
Wcn!d be doing" aturday morning.
IN" speaker evidently meant that Mr..
bridges, who went back to Spartan
burg Friday morning, would return TO
Gr""nFil!c Saturday and make The fol-
lowing ailiGavit:
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
Comfy of Grconvilc
Court of Common Pleas
John W. Bridg;s and /. w. Dadmond.
plaintiffs,
VS..
j. A. Willis, G. X. Willis. w. X. Suin-
ger, Leon l.. Rice and ID. 4. Gccr,
Defendants.
ttliidayit.)
PERSONALLY comes John w. BRIDGES
who upon oath. says that he is one
OF the plaintiffs above named and
that on Thursday night about one
o'clock, on little later dcponcnt
was in the Office of the GrccnyilIe
Adjustment Agency, and after tho
books of the Dcdmond Remedy Com
panN had been gone over. and il
appearing that so far as the books
were concerned, that there was
no shortage i'm the accounts of T. A
'''''' ~ ''''N -. ~ w HIS lllen ana
there became seized with terrible
III OF anger and threatened dcponcnt
mat unless deponont would swear 10
an affidavit stating tnat he charge
made by dcroncnt in an action for ac-
counting instituted against the said
j. Archie Willis and others. were
Sroundless that the said j. Archie
Willis would kill dcponcnt. and said
threat was repeated several times, and
a motion was made by said j. Archie
Willis with his righ, hand as if 10
draw a pistol from his right hip pock
ct, and dcponcnt being a one-armnd
man, and having no weapons of any
KIND, and being in strange city ana
seeing that the said J. Archie Willis
was beside himself with rage who
claimed that his wife was PROSTATE
WIN &rlef and CRYING because of the
charges which deponent had made
against the said j. Archie Willis and
deponent believing that he was i'm So
rlous danger of being killed or seri-
ously wounded, did sign an affidavit,
winch has been published i'm the news
papers, but deponent says that it as
eXtorted from him under duress as
ABOVE stated, and that all the facts con
nected with said business, as deponent
verify believes, did not appear on the
DOCKS. That the said j. Archie Willis
admitted having collected e6AAn M In