The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1876-10-03
T1olden's q Confession.

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Judge 81 B6sS, Eisd othsrs, wlisI nsxlng
read its we afnst pronounce son,swhas ser- !
sational. ne substance pf the srttcIe ia
that the Rex, o. 7. bailey, 5of Raleigh has
declared That exc Governor ~. w. HeLpES
had on several occasions confessed to him
rBArLEYl that the Republican party was re-
sponsible for the murder Of j. w STEPHENS,
of Gswsaa county s''''
The Neps goes on TO say.
Mr.. Bailey said that the first time that
Governor Holden made this confession TO
him was on the train on the Raleigh and
Augusta railroad, about two years ago,
while en- route to the Baptist State ConFen.
ton at Fayetteville. He (Helden) sad that
fhe reason that Stephens was made away
with. was that he (Stephens) had threatened
N eYnose the rascalities Of the Repub-
iIican party. That at that time IT was
doubtful whether the Republican party
could carry North Carolina anu many
of the northern States. in 1870, and
! to effect this it was necessary 70
keep up the bloody shirt issue. me leao-
ers of the Republican party in washington
consulted with the leaders OF that parry IN
| this State, Governor Holden and others, ana l1.
forced upon the Republicans. party OF .tne
| State the Holden-Kirk war, even at tne r sAA
. Of losing North Carolina In ORDER 70 save ave
| the States of the North. The plans OF the
! Radical marty. in the Kirk war, said Gov
ernor Holden to Mr.. Bailey, were only par
TALLY carried out. The portion OF the plan
not carried out was to hang Judge .hefr,
Or. Rom. and other prominent Democrats
Holden also said to Mr.. Bailey that the
authorities at washington consulted 1our OF
five Federal Judges as to whether those ar
rested under knkluX charges could De law
fnlly convicted under the, then existing
laws. Their answer was that such convlc-
lions could not be constitutionally obtained.
Judge ri. l.. Bond, Of the1 United states
CircI,it Court, was then consulted; ana
mon his pledge to carry out the Wlshes OF
tlie Government in the matter in every par
tic,1lar he was transferred from Maryian 10
North Carolina by order OF president u'a a. :.
Governor Holden then went on 10 s a t iIt
he had been promised Cablnet ONCE, Cne
Secretaryship OF the Interior, II ne succeeu-
ed in carrying out the wlsnes ana uesishs
~ tbe Republican leaders at Washington.
1'he reason Governor Holden gave for not
exnosinr these things publicly at that time
was that his life would have been in danger
ann he would have been sacrificed as was
Stephens. ~ .
sion. of the Kirk war was the release OF tne
prisoners by order of Judge @. W. BROOKS,
~ fine United States District Court ana the
danger of the evidence fastening the muir
der Of J. w. Stephens upon the Republcan
marty. This confession on the part OF Hol-
den, Mr.. Bailey said to Major Scott ana III, the
other gentlemen, was to induce MN lMr.
Baiey) to use his influence to get the Legs
lature to remove his (Hotden) alsaDiiitles
incurred by reason Of his impeachment anu
conviction. Mr.. Bailey consented to do this
mon his IHoidcn's) sacred promise never to
have ANYTHING more to do with politics.
Mr.. Bailey further stated that Governor
Holden had been to him several times du-
ring the past two years and repeated the
J aforementioned statement, and with tears
in his ewes reiterated his declarations OF
nnnitence and promises to escheW polltlcs
and other temptations likely to lead him into
error.
men fNIessrs. Scott and the others) that ne
considered himself relieved from his obi
cations of secrecy by Holden's utter dlsre-
gard OF lis sacred promise in regard TO poll
tics. - " ,...,-...,-pos
The above is q simple ana uhfarnisieu
statement of what Mr.. J. w. Scott told our
special correspondent, E. Conklin, at San
ford. September 27th, telling him that ne
rot the facts direct from Rev. c. T: Bailey.
Now let Mr.. Bailey be heard in the matter
Heis at present absent from the city.
| We have to remark, in Justice to Judge
BOND. that he was, never i" transferred D
from Maryland to North Carolina. Both OF
those States are in his circuit. So also are
South Carolina, Virginia, and West Vir
ginia. We give the whole article, how
ever, for what it is worth. We suspect thai
it has large element OF truth in it,.
P. S. Governor HOLDEN to areporter o.
the Raleigh Sentinel said Of this matter:
clean only say the statement as given, ii
the Ne,pS is false, and there is some strange
mistake in regard to it. I think they have
perverted the conversation Of Mr.. Bailey
We await further developments. Mem:
! memories are proverbially treacherous
We wouldn't condemn BEAST BUTLER OIL
the strength of on old conversation reported
by a man careless in hearing and in speak
ing. ~ ,sf .rs i, E "}.rt 81