The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1884-03-20
The Happy Termination OF the Groenv,I,.



The Happy Termination OF the GrocnviIle
| Scandal.
| The following telegram from Greer ,iIl.
TO the Ne'rs and Courier gives the seauel OF
Tue arrest OF Conductor Foulk upon the
charge Of abducting Miss Rinah Johnston.
OF williamson. and we are gratified to find
that the hope expressed by us in our las,
issue has been justified by the facts. 1t is
unfortunate that Sc much publci,y has
Deem given to the affair, but from the be-
ginning il appeared tor rs improbs BILE that
there was anything criminal on tho part of
the young lsdy or Of Mr.. Foulk. The fol-
| lowing facts from Green Vile afford the vim
uication OF the parties, and entitle the lady
to sympathy for the improper construction
which was put upon her action:
| GREENvlLLE, March l2.-The unfortunate
aiiair involving Conductor Foulk, of the
Coiutnbia and Greenville Railroad, and the
Sood name OF Miss Rinah Johnston. OF
| Hllliamston, had happy ending TO. day.
Long before the hour appointed for the
preliminary examination or Foulk on thu
| charge of abduction dense crowd had
gathered around the Office of Justice Fur
man, and the greatest interest was shown
r.,
ana MS counsel, Messrs. John r. Bellinger,
w. IL. Irvine and Mr.. Cooke, were present
promptly, and announced that they were
ready TO proceed with the investigation. A
message from the father of Miss johnson
secured an interview with Justice Furman,
"i" returned shortly afterwards and an.
hounced that the prosecution had been
Withdrawn and that the case was therefore
dismissed.
Foulk's counsel insisted on a more for
maj motion and dismissal of the case. The
court SAID that this was wholly unnecessa.
ry, put. added, however, for the satisfaction
Oh tie counsel that the prosecution had
been Withdrawn because there was no evil
dencc or any criminal action on the part of
Mr; Foulk and no evidence that he had
had anything to do with the act Of the
young lady in leaving her home. Mr..
irvine made an eloquent little speech IN
exoneration of the prisoner. Mr.. roulk's
bond for appearance was handed him and
he walked forth free.
II has been fully established that the ru-
inors that Foulk had been writing notes to
the young lady previous to her leaving
nome, and that he had been passing him.
sell OIL as a single man, were untrue. 1t
appears IN the statements given below that
his acquaintance with the young lady be-
gan upon her coming to Greenville. Those
interested on both rides of the unfortunate
ailalr have been eagerly pressed by the re-
porters for information concerning tho set
tlemsat OF the msttor, and ii: order that
consistent reports might 90 fc:th TO the
public meeting gas agreed upon between
MIR. johnson and Mr.. Foulk, through the
intervention of friends, and :i:e following
statemshts were given TO tho press:
srArEMENT OF CONDUCTOR FoULk.
On the 9th Of March. 1884, young lady
came on my train at Williamson. I did
not know her. She had ticket - Green
vile. Before the arrival of the train at
Greenville asked her if any one was to
meet her at Greenville. She replied no. l
then asked her If could be of any assis-
tance to her. She then asked me which
was the best hotel to stop at. told her
there were two, The Mansion House and
the Exchange, and she preferred stopping
at the Mansion House.
i assisted her to the street car when we
arrived at Greenville, and she came to the
Mansion House. She gave me piece Of
paper on which was written a name and
asked rIe to register the name. did so.
the namo was "Della Brewer, Grove Sta
ton She was assigned to room No. 56.
She asked me to accompany her TO the
Opera-house that evening, and consented
to do 80.
After supper I knocked at the door of
her room and told her l was ready to go to
the Opera house with her. Wa went to the
Opera house and from there returned to the
Mansion House. | left her at the door Of
her room and went down stairs. did not
see her again until the next morning when,
in the hallway, on my way to breakfast
saw her standing at her room door,
The next saw OF her was in the entry
of the hotel on her way to the train. She
went on the train To Green wood, where she
left my train and ! saw her no more and
have not seen her since.
Our intercourse was that Of mere polite
oess and courtesy OH my part. There was
nothing in any way improper in her con-
duct or her actions during the time saw
her from her first getting on my train on
Thursday evening until she left my train ut
Greenwood on Friday morning.
STATEMENT OF J. d. JOHNSON
My daughter. who is about sixteen years
Of age, left her home because she knew me
to be in embarrassed circumstances finan-
cially, and thought that she could earn her
own living and obtain means to finish her
education. In doing so she did not consult
me and acted nnYisely, but am satisfied
from my conversations with her, and from
all can learn of her actions and d port
ment during her absence, that her Motive
in leaving her home was simply that of
relieving me from what she considered to
be burdensome expense in her education,
and / am also satisfied that she was not
decoyed from her home or abducted by Mr..
Foulk.
AS to the various little rumors that have
been in circulation concerning the affair,
many of which were without foundation,
only this can be said: The father and
brother @: the young lady have given the
matter careful investigation, and all ex-
plantations from either side are merged in
the foregoing papers.
The Unexpectedly sudden ending of the
exciting affair, especially as its termination
is SO favorably to the good name OF the fair
yOunu 1an,sel 10 ipfapoaly IN