The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1912-07-24

paying 1t to me and left 1t at the con-
stables office.
@. What parties paid 1t to you?
A. Milton is one. He paid it for
two places. SIS.
9. Did you take it in person to the
constable's office?
A. Yes, sir.
Q. With whom did you leave It?
A. AT his office.
Q. Did you have your name on it
In any way?
A. Names of parties who paid the
money and their place Of business.
@. How did you know the con-
stables would keep that money?
A. Because | was to give the money
to them.
Q. Acting agent between the retail
ers and constables?
Il. Yes, sir.
Q. Did the retailers direct you how
to do that?
A. The retailers?
Q. Yes, sir
Q. Who told you to put it under
the door?
A. Those people who dealt with me
was to pay me so much to keep from
being raided by a warrant All l had
to do was to pl'.ce the amount in an
envelope and names and to leave il
at the office.
Q. BY Senator Clifton: What is
his name,
A. B. p. Stothart.
The constable's office.
O. BY Senator Carlisle: Who made
that arrangement for YOU TO do that?
A. l arranged.
O. With those fellows?
A. What fellows?
O. Those in this business. Did Won
ever have any conversation at anv
time about this method of "protec-
uon Didn't you agree with the con
stables that this matter should be
done in this way?
a. That | could collect it, made
that arrangement with Mr.. Stothart
himself?
Q. How many retailers did you rep
resent in this proposition?
A. Different times.
Q, How many times did you leave
1t under the door?
A. Once every month.
q. When did that arrangement be-
gin?
a. About Is months ago.
Q. Commenced soon after Mr.. Stot-
hart went into business as constable? :?
a. About the time | went into the
1obbing business. About March of
last year
q. Soon after the inauguration of
Governor Blease? | want to get at
the date of Mr. Stotharts appoint
ment.
A. Shortly after that.
Y. And continued up to what?
A. Up to when | went out of busi-
ness some item in the month of June
Q. Just about the time that article
came out in Common Sense?
A. Before that, | think.
Q. | would like if you could give
us the exact date of your going out
of business7
A. Cannot state positively.
Q. Do YOU know whether any other
jobbers had this same plan?
A. Don't know anything about
others.
Q. Mr.. stothart didn't tell you?
a. No, sir.
Q. Where were you when you made
that arrangement?
A. AT my place of business. Mr..
Stothart came = ere. He notified me
he had been appointed chief con
stable and the boys would be around
to see me.
Q. Whom do you mean by boys?
a. Men under him
Q. What arrangement did he sug-
gest to prevent anything unpleasant
and what did you suggest he could
do for you?
A. Didn't suggest anything. Just
collected the money during the
month and put it in an envelope and
left it at the office
Q. At the time of the first conver-
sation, did he tell you he would do
that?
a. Didn't specify anything. Said
only the boys would be around
Q. Said something besides that?
a. No, sir. | was in the jobbing
business.
@. You think Mr. Stothart. when
he found those envelopes Of money.
knew what they were for?
A. Yes, sir, the names were there.
My name was on it,
Q. Then Mr.. O'Nell, the under
standing was that those payments
were made monthly there would be
no search warrant?
A. ! did not do that.
Q. Was not search warrant serv-
ed on your customers after that?
A. / don't know.
Y. Did you ever give them credit
for goods?
A. No, sir.
Q. About how many-any time
during the last 1S months. How many
men have been paid you that mon
ey?
A. Only six.
@. Give us names?
A. Milton is one. He paid for two
places.
O. The others?
A. Strickland, Windham, myself