The herald and news. (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, June 21, 1912, Page FIVE, Image 5
GRACE ON STAND IN
DISPENSARY FROBE
Sensational Affidavit From Charleston
Liquor Dealer Read Before
Commission.
Columbia,
June 18.?Mayor Grace, of
Charleston, took the stand before the
legislative investigation committee at
12.30 o'clock. He said that he was
willing to tell all that ne Knew OI lUf
dispensary situation in Charleston.
? At thfe point a contest was precipi-1
tated by R. H. Welch, attorney for j
10- Chief Constable Stothart, who questioned
the right of the committee to
question Mayor Grace concerning the
present day dispensary situation in
Charleston. This the OfrBUnittee col j
sidered a most important question.
An executive session was held today
by the committee, and it was decided
to hear Mayor Grace's testimony.
Mayor Grace suggested that the
committee subpoena Mr. Stothart. He 1
said that he wanted Mr. Stothart to!
be present to see whether he would i
deny the charges, and the committee i
thought that the Grace testimony
should be given first.
Mayor Grace reviewed his relation
with Governor Blease and told of the
broken promises ;by Blease in connection
with the appointment of constables.
He specified the promises by j
Governor Blease to lefave the situation |
in Charleston to the local gover jmeut. |
When the question of giving names !
to substantiate his testimony was rais%
ed by F. M. Cary, a member of the;
committee, Mayor Grace invited the |
committee to come to Charleston and I
take the evidence of parties who he1
: j ~ nrAnl/1 toetifv in cnh
S)<tiU UC 1CK 3U1C TTUUiU- ivouij iu uustantiation
of what he had said in regard
to Chief Constable Stothart de-;
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manding $250 graft on a certain day. j
,j Mayor Grace said that Blease told
him that Ben Stothart was his best
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iriena. Mayor urate gave m uaau
the broken promise of Blease. He related
how he finally broke with Blease ;
and said that he had never worn the
uniform as a lieutenant colonel.
An affidavit from J. J. Miller, a part-,
ner in a wholesale liquor house in
Charleston, who testified that he was
forced to protect his customers by!
collecting $5 and $10 for each one;
per month.
He turned this over to a partner
of the firm and he in turn gave it to
' Ben Stothart, the chief constable of
Blease. Other matters were read by
Mayor Grace. Allegations to show the
graft the Charleston constabulary;
were receiving were recited by Mayor j
Grace and he was still on the stand
when the committee recessed.
That the dispensary constables in
Charleston drew from $2,500 to $3,000
a month "graft" from blind tigers;
that Chief Stothart had told a party on
the train that he had been promised a
pardon if he put "Jim Crocker and
myself out of the way, that I know too
much and would talk," were sensational
statements contained in an affidavit
of J. J. Miller, submitted to the
investigating committee by Mayor
Grace, in attempting to show how
Blease's constables were grafting.
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CHARGES GRAFT.
Testifies Before investigation Committee?Claims
Constables Demanded
Money.
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The State. . j
Charleston, June 19.?Testimony
tending to show wholesale graft in
connection with the Charleston whis-:
key situation was given before the1
legislative investigation committee,
otVii/->h twn Inn? a*nrtir>Pr ?pssmns !
here today and tonight to meet next |
in Augusta on July 8, when the tes-!
timony of T. B. Felder, the Atlanta
attorney, will be taken. Man after i
man of various nationalities appearing
before the committee at the different
cessions nnpnlv anri linblushinslv ad
ruitted that they were "blind tigers"
and that they were violating the law.
The system of collecting "protection
money" was outlined by the various
witnesses. According to their state
ments tnere is a system someunus
like the foiiowing in existence in Charleston:
The. "blind tiger" buys his
whiskey from the wholesale dealer and
pays sums ranging from $5 to $10 a
month for the wholesaler to protect;
him from the State whiskey consta-1
bles. In several instances the alleged!
graft was traced to well-known whole- i
;
gale dealers, whose names were giv- j
n. These witnesses said that the j
wholesalers had told them that the j
protection fund was in turn to be de- j
livered to the whiskey constables. Va-!
rious witnesses appearing charged
that they had paid this protection
fund to J. Henry Doscher, Santos Sottile
and P. J. O'Neill, all said to be j
well known whiskey dealers of Char- |
lesion. JUivery enori. was muut: uy mc \
k committee to subpoena these men, but i
it was found that they had left tho j
city. This report was made tonight j
to the committee by the sheriff cf
Charleston county. The committee decided
to summon the three men named j
and others to appear in Columbia at I
an early date. Aie.moers 01 ice committee
tonight expressed the opinion
that the testimony of the three would
furnish the connecting link with all
of the testimony presented. The wit- j
nesses were put up by Mayor Grace to
prove his charge that graft had been
traced practically up to the governor's
omce.
Paid to Stothart.
The testimony was given to prove
that the graft money had been paid to
B. H. Stothart, chief constable in South
Carolina. Louis Schmonses, appearing
before the committee, stated very
frankly that he was a "blind tiger"
and that he was engaged in the whiskey
business because- there was more
money to be made. He declared emphatically
that he had been paying $10
a month as protection money to a
member of the firm of the Marion
Stock company, a whiskey corporation.
He said that he went to Ben Stothart!
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and 101a mni wni was iuu wuvu
and that he was not able to pay it.
The amount he said was reduced to
$7.50.
"Did you pay Stothart any money?"
asked the committee. "The money
was placed in Stothart's hand. I placoH
it thprp mvself." said the witness.
This was the most direct charge made
before the committee.
J. M. Strickland appeared at the af- j
ternoon session and asked to explain!
that it was his brother mentioned in j
the Miller affidavit, and not himself, j
He told of operating a whiskey place j
near Charleston and charged that hei
had been paying Henry Doscher $10
a month to keep the whiskey constables
away.
He testified that for his brother's j
grocery store, where whiskey was;
sold, he paid various amounts for pro- j
tection to Doscher, O'Xeil and Jessen,
all said to be whiskey wholesalers. He
said that the constables, after taking
a couple of bottles of cold beer would
go right on."
Louis Schmonses gave testimony for J
more than one hour. j
Produced a Check.
He told of paying graft. He said, J
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J. paiu Lur; muucj iulu uia uauuo. jljlw
promised me protection. The transaction
took place in Stothart's office."
Schmonses also produced a check for
$7.50 to show that he had paid the
protection money to the Marion Stock
company. James Crocker, a former
State constable under Stothart and j
now city detective of Charleston, was i
the next witness. He told of the ru-!
i
mors of gr?ft in Charleston. Croker
said that because he raided several
wagons he was put out of the way be- j
ing commissioned to work at Barn-1
well by the governor. One of the wagons
raided, he said, belonging to Santo
Sottile, Crocker snid tbat Theodore
Mappus, a blind tiger, told him that J
the graft money from Charleston was'1
being divided between Gov. Blease,
t
Crocker and Stothart.
Crocker said that while on a visit I
to Columbia and just before he was
ordered to go to Barnwell, that A. W.
Todd met him there and told him that
he should go on to Barnwell for he
would be able to make much in that
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the Miller statement that Stohart had
stated that Gov. Blease had promised
him a pardon to put Miller out of the
way for knowing too much about the
Charleston liquor situation.
As to That Promise.
"Do you remember a conversation |
with Capt. John Black, coming back j
from Columbia?" This question was
asked Crocker by Senator Carlisle,
with reference to the promised pardon
statement. "Yes, sir," said Crocker.
"Capt. Black said he was going to j
see Cole. Blease and make him put me
back to work. I went on to the train i
to meet hi?n and Chief Stothart came I
out behind me. Some one said Todd 1
was there. Black was complaining of
having a very severe headache. Mil- j
ler said, 'Let's go by a place .and get j
a coca-cola.' Miller told me that j
something was wrong with Black. He i
said, 'I'll get away. Black and I wenti
i
on up. He said: 'You go prepared.';
I asked. 'What's .the matter.' He said,j
'True, Ben Stothart is drunk, but he i
told me coming down on the train, that I
he had been instructed by the gover- j
nor that if he would dispose of you j
and John Miller, he would pardon,
him."
"Is this the same Black who was
convicted for grafting in dispensary
matters and pardoned by the gover-;
nor?" asked Mr. Evans. I
"Yes, sir," replied Crocker.
Testimony of the same character i
was given in the affidavit of J. J. Mil- i
ler.
X lie iluAl ?ailicoo ?ao livi u^i ^ K
cuse. He admitted very frankly that
he was a blind tiger. He said he knew
Ben Stothart. He said that he had
been paying $10 a month to W. H. j
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If you will interest yourself enough
to inquire after my work among those
who have tried it, or write for circulars
containing endorsements and
references from your door neighbors,
showing what I am doing among presidents
of colleges and banks, mayora,
chiefs, cashiers, lawyers, leading
white and colored ministers, merchants,
farmers, etc., you will decide at
once that I must be giving the people
a great understanding to do for
themselves.
That you might know more of me,
and the respectable white people, than
by my own word, I will present the
clerk's affidavit from my home:
Clerk's Affidavit
Brevard, N. C., Mar. 3, 1908.
I, T. T. Lofits, Clerk of the Superior
Court of said county, do hereby certify
that the list of citizens which I. Z.
Phillips has are all reliable citizens
of Transylvania county, North Carolina;
and I further certify that I have
consulted with several of them and
they speak in the highest terms of the
said Phillips treatment. And the said
r>r t. z. Phillins is a reliable, trust
worthy citizen of the town of Brevard,'
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Behrens, a whiskey dealer, to protect
him from the Charleston constables, j
John Milton, proprietor of the union ;
restaurant, told the committee that he j
too was a blind tiger. He said that1
he had been paying $10 a month for
immunity from the onslaughters of
the constables. His hush money he i
said was paid to J. J. Miller. A. S.
Kulinskv was the next witness produced
by Mayor Grace. Kulinsky is
connected with a local beer bottling
plant of which James S. Farnum is a
large stockholder. He said that John
Milton, one of his customers, came to
him and asked for protection. "I
saw Ben Stothart and he said that he
would see what he could do about it,"
said Kulinsky. He said that he never
made report to Milton and he did not
know whether Stothart was jesting or
not Kulinsky denied that he had ever
collected any money to be given to
Stothart for protection. He said that;
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lie couiu iiul ow^a.* mui, .. ? ?
blind tiger in the city of Charleston, j
1
1 Mike Pharos, who admitted that he
was a whiskey seller, said that he had
paid $10 a month for protection
against the constables. He declared
that he had paid tnis nusn mouej iu
Albert Sottile. He said he had never
been raided since paying the necessary
, amount. !
i
J. P. O'Connor told of his paying
for protection. George Papus, who
said that he sold whiskey in cennecj
tion with his restaurant, paid $5 a
| month. He said that he had made
I three payments to Santo Sottile, who
I carried out the agreement.
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