The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-02-13

The attorney for tue governor ther
renewed his questioning Of the item
OF the record Of the Hutchinson case
which tho committee adjourned FOL
the purpose Of allowing Mr.. Richard.
son TO obtain from his Office yester.
day. The cause concerned the, dis.
posai of a fine OF $50 which was moi
shown on the report Of the Office.
/ Mr.. Richardson produced the copy
of the file. showing the recording OF
the case. which was included in an
unitemized remittance from his Office
to the comptroller general. The rca-
son why the name OF Mr.. Hutchin
son did not appear was given by Mr.
Richardson as follows
That NJ. B. Hutchison, r.. f. TAYLOR
and T. i. Hyde. Jr., with two others
had been apprehended in Dorchester
county in the act of killing game out
of season by Deputy Warden Sloan.
Owing to the fact that some Of the
parties held fiicial positions i'm the
Audubon Society. and Mr.. Huchin-
sons position with the Clyde Line
Company. the parties came to the
game warden's Office to ask that the
publicity Of court process and the
names be suppressed and assurance
was. given by the chief game warden
that IL would. Whereupon they were
asked to pay the amount of SO each.
or $50 i'm all. which was done and n
receipt taken.
Mr. Hutchinson was called to the
stand by Mr.. Richardson and asked 10
verify the statement made, which he
did. On cross examination, however.
ne stated that he did not know
whether warrant was issued or not
but he did know that none was serve
on him. That he was asked 10 put ND
no bond but to pay a fine of $40. Mr..
Richardson then introduced the cor
fespondence Of the office. with Deputy
Sloan of Charleston. A great sensa.-.
tion was caused when Mr.. Herbert
said that "he would not be true to his
duty as an attorney IL he did not call
to the attention Of the committee the
fact that the writing which was done
In pencil was not as old as other
papers In the same file which had
presumably been written at the same
time. Furthermore the holea punched
in the top OF the sheet for filing pur.
poses were not similar placed"
MIR. Richardson took exception to
this. and stated that the He offered
was bona flde In every respect and
was taken within 10 minutes after the
case had been heard in his Office, and
that any person who said or ainsinua.-
od otherwise lies" Mr.. Herbert re-
sented the epithet. and after some
words between them the chairman OF
the committee was forced to call TO-
the sereeant-at-arrs TO preserve Or
der. ....... ...o ...
In regard to the $50 Hne which hal
been collected Mr. Richardson stated
that IL had been sent to the comp
troller general in q monthly remit
lance OF s195. This account was not
itemized and no mention was made OF
the individual item for the reason of
evading publicity There was no rec
ord in the Office OF the game warden
to show the whereabouts OF this sum,
except the checks and stubs of the
voucher book. He further stated that
he had kept no record OF individual
accounts Of fines and cases for his Of
iice. but that was filed in the office
of the comptroller general Mr.. Her.
bert again asked that the committee
request that the records of the Office
be turned over to the committee,
which. after much discussion. was re-
fused on the part of Mr.. Richardson's
attorneys. They did agree. however.
To get any specific record for which
Mr.. Herbert might inquire.
The item, covering the automobile
hire was then taken up by the attor-
ney for the governor. and Mr.. Rich
ardson stated under cross examination
that after the refusal of the assembly
To furnish the requested machines
under advice from the attorney gene
erai he had purchased machines of
MS own, which he rented to the de.
par,mcnt at so much a day. That
'"iS price charged was $3.50. but the
upkeep in each case had been paid by
him personally. When asked by the
attorney II these claims against the
department for the hire OF his orn
machines did not have 10 L.. - 49,, -.