Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-07-26

but that was not argument. 81 don
say they are dishonest" he exclaimed
because l haven't the proof; but 1
you put me into the office Of ATTORNEY
general, will expose to you the grand
est band of kid glove thieves you eve
heard of. have the proof on one pill
ferer. 1 will read to you in a few day.
that which will wreck the ears Of th'
most optimistic.
Il am not responsible" he said "fol
them taking their wives and daughter.
into this dirty book. Yet, at Barnwell
| when / read vouchers about that fact
1t was heralded to the world that I haG
a pistol in my pocket, because / stood
ready to protect myself. ! am not 6
| swashbuckler, but the man who lays
his hand on Barnard B. Evans on the
public stump in South Carolina viii
take them off quicker than he lait
them on"
Why, he asked, had the attorney gen.
eral brought the Southern railway mer.
ger trial before a jury in Richland
county, where he had often said he
| could not get fair verdict, rather than
| before court Of equity, as he had the
option Of doing? He did not say the
attorney general had sold out to the
railroad, but it looked "fishy" to him
Why had the attorney general allowed
a fee Of $50, 900 to be paid to B. L. Abb
ney Of Columbia, in the Richland Dis
tillery case, "for signing a receipt"
Evans reiterated the statement he
made at st. George. that w. J. Murray
Of Columbia, chairman Of the Ansel
commission, had authorized Evans to
proclaim publicly that Thos B. Fielder
was retained In the dispensary liquida-
tion over DIR. Murray's protest. DR..
Murray, the speaker said, met him on
the street opposite the Columbia thea
tire, nut his arm over his shoulder, and
said: Barney, 1 have no confidence
in Fielder. l believe him to be q dis
honest man. He was put on over my
protest" Evans asked If DR.. Murray
was in the audience. There was no
response. He said that II he had mis-
quoted DR.. Murray he would be glad to
have him say what was the conversa-
ton between them.
Barney, don't CO." shouted persons
in the crowd, as Evans left the stage.
There was considerable applause for
Evans. Several bouquets were tossed
to him by women occupying prosce-
mum box.
Fraser Lyon Speaks.
Fraser Lyon, attorney general, was
greeted by cheers and the clapping of
hands, intermingled with catcalls. boots
and one or two Kisses. 1T seems to
me-" he said, when a sibilant hiss arose
that hear from that corner the voice
of dirty CRATER" No more Kisses
came from that quarter. Mr.. Lyon de-
precated the necessity he was under of
mentioning a man like Evans, whom
oil O hQ q -
inal." Evans, he said, gave utterance
to that which he knew to be Infamous
ly false" when he alleged that the
Murray commission and the attorney
general had failed to make proper ac-
counting for funds entrusted to them.
1t was, he said, absurd and preposter-
ous'' that this miserable creature
should be allowed to make such lying
charges on the stump from one end of
the state to the other. There was not
a scintilla Of truth in Evans assertion
that B. l.. Abney had been paid a fee
Of $4,000 Evans had also said the
attorney general had never conducted
an important case without special as
sistance. That was another falsehood.
"Only today" said Mr.. Lyon, your
supreme court has handed down de-
cision, based on my argument, holding
that the proposed state warehousing
system for cotton is unconstitutional,
and by this decision that institution,
certainly for the present has been de-
stroyed." Mr.. Lyon recalled also the
British and American Mortgage COM
pany case, in which the supreme court
on an argument he presented reversed
its own decision, thus re- establishing a
tax which had been disallowed, where
by the state benefits each year to the
extent of 100000.
Several times Mr.. Lyon referred to
what he considered the "effrontery" OF
this creature"-meaning Evans-in
appearing before a decent audience"
| Many Of you in Columbia know him,
he declared, "for the crook and crimi-
nal that he is" Mr.. Lyon then reiter-
ated in detail the charges made by him
at other meetings, concerning two forg-
ed notes discounted at the Carolina
National bank in Columbia, suit
against Evans by a bonding company
to recover premiums Evans had COLI
lected in a fiduciary capacity, and a
check, sent by an Augusta firm for a
client, the proceeds of which Evans is
alleged to have fraudulently appropri-
ated to his own use. II have right
here" Mr.. Lyon said, certified public
TecOTQS, tO prove lildt flS 10 q uhty'
contemplate fprger, that he was in
dicted for forgery in Saluda county,
and got off on a technicality, because
Solicitor Zimmerman failed to write
into the indictment the name Of the
man defrauded. Isn't he beautiful
specimen" Mr.. Lyon said that In the
Augusta check transaction. Geo. II
Rembert, an attorney of Columbia,
threatened Evans with q criminal pros
ecution, and Evans brother, John Gary
Evans, made good the check to save
Barney Evans from jail. Hasn't the
Democratic party sunk to low depths,
inquired Mr.. Lyon, when its rules are
such as to permit thieves and forgers
| to run for the high office OF attorney
general?" Mr.. Lyon said he had never
conducted a gum shoe campaign and
l. he was not disposed to be mealy mouth.
ed with persons in the audience who
sought to deny him a hearing. He
realized, he said, that while majority
of the people of Columbia were hearti-
" with him, there were many In this
city, grafters or friends OF grafters
who hated him. He was proud or their
enmity, and he trusted 1t would be his
| pleasure, as attorney general, to ap-
ply the lash Of the law to others OF
| their class in due time. when he caught
them breaking the law,
There was prolonged applause when
Mr.. Lyon retired. Several persons IN
the rear Of the hall cheered for Pee
| pies"
Lawyers and the Pardonlng Power
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