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J.H. Jencks (white) States that he has lived near Moncks Corner S.C. for nearly a year, and has seen Lieut Leidtke nearly every day, and that he has never seen him under the influence of liquor during business hours, but has seen him drink ordinarily at other times;  Mr Jencks states that he doesn't believe he has been under the influence of intoxicating drink for he has seen him at least one hundred times during the past year, and never saw him in that condition.

Mr Jencks states that Lieut. Liedtke has had domestic troubles, but in his business affairs he is always attentive to his duties and that he considers him a faithful officer, and that his removal from the community would be a public loss.  Mr Jencks states that in one or two matters of settlement he has had difficulty with Lt Liedtke, but that he considers him nevertheless an upright man, and that he knowls that he Lt Liedtke has not been in the condition as described in Dr S.W. Barker's letter of charges, and believes from what he knows of the relations between Lieut Liedtke and Dr Barker, that the letter is an attempt to "blackmail" him Lt. Leidtke.