Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1922-10-11
INDIcT cAsIpBELL coURTENAY
On Charge Of Attempting to Defeat
a 8 and Evade, Income Tux Laws.
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IiCOHp pdHyp Oh NeWfy, was 1nQlcteu III
united States Court here to-day on a
charge OF attempting to defeat and
evade the income, war profits and ex-
cess profits act Of Congress Of 1919.
by altering and causing to be altered
during the year 1913 the books OF
account, records and papers Of the
Courtenay Manufacturing Company
and changing and raising and caus-
ing to be changed and raised the true
price and cost paid by the Courtenay
Manufacturing Company for cotton
consumed and manufactured by this
corporation during the year 1918.
The bill Of indictment against Mr..
Courtenay was tile first of several to
be handed the grand jury after court
convened to-day and was returned as
true bill to the court shortly be-
fore. o'clock.
The Indictment is the fourth to be
returned against Mr.. Courtenay,
three others having been handed out
at the term Of Federal Court in An
derson last May. These indictments,
along with several others against
former stockholders in the Courte-
nay Manufacturing Company, grew
out of Investigations by Federal
agents that followed the sale Of the
mill at Newry to w. l.. Gassaway and
the stockholders Of the 1saqueena
Mills in 1920. At Anderson last May
Campbell Courtenay, .Ashmead Cour-
tenay, st. John Courtenay, Edwin p.
Frost, Francis T.. Pelzer and Henry
Gutledge Buist were indicted for
conspiracy to defraud the govern
ment. Indiv dual indictments charg-
ing fraudulent returns on income
taxes and perjury were returned at
the same time against St. John Cour-
'enay and Campbell Courtenay, there
being two bills Of Indictment against
Campbell Courtenay.
The cases growing out Of these Sn-
dictments will probably not come up
for trial until the next term Of court
at Greenwood, which will open the
first Tuesday in November. Should
the cases be continued at this term
Of court they will in all probability
be tried during the term of court fol-
lowing, at Anderson, which will open
the fourth Tuesday in November.
The cases will be among the most
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in the Federal courts Of South Caro-
lima, as all of the defendants are
prominent and we'll known through
out South Carolina. Campbell, Ash
mead and St. John Courtenay are
members Of well-known. Charleston
family, while Edwin p. Frost, Fran
els p. 'Pelzer and Henry Rutledge
Buist are prominent citizens of Char
| lesion.
| Investigations conducted by the
United States government, and result
ing in the employment, of. number
Of Special agents, which led to the
drawing Of the indictments, have
been in progress for almost a year,
and began not long after the sale OF
the Courtenay Manufacturing Com
pany in 1920. John NJ. Roberts, rev.
enue agent in charge Of South Caro-
lima, has been in charge Of the in
vestigations, and under him have
worked during the past six months
Internal Revenue Agents Thomas c..
Reed, e. G. Cathcart, David w
Blocker and p. T. Huntington. Several
Of these agents, along with V. Q.
Gregory, former bookkeeper of the
Courtenay Manufacturing Company,
were witnesses before the grand jury
to-day
In active charge OF the conduct
end prosecution OF the cases now,
however, is B. II. Littleton, Assist
ant Attorney General Of the United
States, who was sent here by the
Department Of Justice to assume act
iye charge Of the prosecution of the
cases. MrLittleton returned to Wash
ington yesterday, but is expected to
come back to Greenville Thursday or
| Friday.
Tho first charge OF fraud in con-
nection with the sale Of the Courte-
nay Manufacturing Company was
made in civil action brought by w.
l.. Gassoway, president Of the Isa-
queena Mills, and the stockholders
Of this mill, who were tho purchasers