The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1912-02-02
EVIDENCE IN FIELDER
CASE CITED IN REPORT
SET OUT By THE STATE DISPEN'
SARY COMMISSION.
sAfida1its, Testimony and Letters
Upon Which Charge Against Eel.
der Was Based.

State dispensary commission reviews
it's action in terminating the contract
with Anderson, Fielder, Rountree &
Wilson, of Atlanta; its call upon them
10 turn over all records and papers, II
accordance with their contract, bear
ing upon matters connected with the
old State dispensary, and their 1all-
ure to do so, and its call upon Feloel
tn appear before the commission anu
furnish them with all information III
hi. nossession and of his failure and
refusal to do so.
"Felder," says the report, failed
and rA-psed to app">r and to 49mplE
with the request of the commission.
and of course, as he and these rec
ords and this information were out
side the limits of this State, and be-
yond our jurisdiction, We had no pow
er to compel his attendance or the
production of the said records and evil
de1ce.,
.'aThe statements made by Fielder in
his communications were entirely un-
satisfactory to the commission, and in
q most careful Investigation to ascer-
tain the truth about the statements
made by him concerning the litigation
contract and matters which he had in
charge, this commission has failed to
ind any evidence which would war
rant tito come to any other conclu-
sion than that such statements and
representations: of the said Fielder.
made to it, were misleading, and were
not. made in good faith and for the
purpose Of aiding the commission in
arriving at the truth of the past trans
actions or present condition of the
matters put in his, charge under the
contract above referred to-.
'In the course of its Investigation
of the State ;dispensary affairs, the
commission came into possession of
certain information and evidence
which is hereinafter more particularly
and completely set out, which caused
the commission to conclude that it
was its duty, and to the interest OF
the State, that one Thomas B. Fielder
should be- indicted for bribery, or at
tempted bribery, Of one of the former
members of the board of dir 3ctors OF
the State dispe1sary" The commits
sion then recites the swearing out of
the warrant, the refusal of Gov ernor
Brown, of Georgia, to honor the re-
QUESTION, and the handing out of the
bill of Indictment to the Newberry
grand jury.
'The charge" says the commission,
"was based upon the evidence shown
in the aGdavits, testimony and letters
hereinafter set out. H. H. Evans, John
Bell Towill and l.. W. Boykin were
sworn as witnesses and appeared be-
fore the grand jury"
The commission then sets out the
"ahdavits, testimony and letters" as
follows, in it's report:
Mr.. H. H. Evans was duly summon
ed by process of the commission, serv-
ed by its marshal, to appear before it
and testify as to such matters as
were mentioned in the summons. He
appeared and testified as follows:
Testimony OF II. II. Evans.
Mr.. H. H Evans, being duly sworn,
,deposed and said:
Questions by Mr.. Dominick:
e. We are examining you in con-
nection with this T. 3. Fielder matter,
with which you are familiar; these let
ters here, which have just been read?
A. have looked over them.
Ivy "SAO 4CNS4'So ny SOo
Yes, sir; received by me.
O. You received them at Newberry,
S. c.? A. Yes, sir.
@. Now, that letter there Of 1905,
dated October 2, 1905, the letter pro-
posing that corporation, was that re-
ceived by you? A. Yes, sir.
@. After you received that letter, did
you or not have any conversation with
MI. T. B. Fielder? A. Half dozen Of
times.
@. Did any Of those conversations
take place in the State Of South Caro-
lima? A. Yes, sir.
@. Did any Of them take place in the
county Of Newberry? A. Yes, sir; Mr..
Fielder came to Newberry.
@. After this letter of October 2,
1905? A. Yes, sir.
Q. Had he personally conversed
with you? A. Yes, sir.
@. Tell US whether or not in that
conversation, after the receipt Of that
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