The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-01-28
TIE END OF THE MATTER.
GENERAL .BoNHAM PAYS UP IN FULL
Correspondence andi Comment OH
the Unfortunate Affair.

| News and Courier.
After the settlement of the accounts Of Gen.
Bonhan today the following letter was hand
ed TO Col. Alfred Aldrich or delivery:
EXECUTIVE CHAMBER.
COLUMBIA. S. c., JannaryA.
| Gen. NJ, l.. B0uham-Dear Sir: The short
age in your accounts as Adjutant and 1nspec.
TOR General hayIng been made good, and the
liberty to leave the State II you desire.
Ne'psf''Fs'fi B. Z. Tfilllman. Gov.
Zen. Bonham before leaving the city to-
night mailed u letter 10 reply to Governor
Tilman, OF which the following is copy:
COLUMBIA, g. c., January "a, 1891.
Governor B. r. Tillman, Colum6is. =. G..
Sir Your communication OF the Path or jan
uary Is at hand, In which you say "the short
aye in your accounts as Adjutant and Inspec-
tor General having been made good. and the
State suffered no loss by your act, you are at
'P Permit IL me i" TO say that my indebtednes. to
the State having been cancelled I am at lib
erty to 60 wheresoever please without your
permission: Your efforts 10 MAZE ai - my m moVeI @ ef
lrnpertinence which your official position
protects you in offering. You know full well
that II leave the State at oil 1t isonly to at
tend the meeting at h CINCINNATI OF ,sa tne insa-
which absence from the state Is for q few days
only, Respectlpiy,
Governor Tillman read to-day in The Snns
day News and in Gen. Bonham's manuscript
the letter oi the latter in reply to the Gov
ernor's letter granting him permission 10
ieave the State. Governor Tiliman was
called upon to. day and asked II aS ne had re- re-,
following statement 10 the representative OF
The News & Courier:
THE GOVERNORS STATEMENT.
Before the matter was arranged Yesterday.
Gen. Bonham and Col. Alfred Aldrich came
into my Office, accompanied by Attorney
General Pope. After some discussion az To
where the money should be deposited and as
to the necessary preliminary steps 70 be
be placed to the credit of Adjutant General
Bouham in ths Carolina National Bank and
that they should bring certificate Of depos-
II from the cashier OF that bank. That was
amount had been placed In bank to cover the
expenses OF protests and also the fees Of MIR.
Symmers, the expert accountant. the latter
being paid In my presence by Col: Aidricn. GSi1
eral Pope, Col. Aldrich impliedly acquies.
cling that write Gen. Bonham a letter, stat
Ing that he could leave the State. wrote the
letter asked for in as BRIEF and polite Terms as
quest should have been made and that my
com pliance with the request shou Id have, been
met with such discourteous rejoiner. That u
all l care 10 say.
THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF BoNHAM's EsPIoN-
AGE.
II was learned to-day that the following
are the circumstances under which Gen. Bon
ham was placed under espionage: On the
night that The newspaper men were asked To
withhold the news Of the shortage, Govern
or Tillman sent for Sheriff Rowan and In.
structed him to act according to certain state
ments made, which have rot been made pub.
lic II Is not known whether this condition
was known to Gen. Bonham and his friends,
at lea.t until yesterday. When Gen. Bon
hams accounts had been settled yesterday,
or soon thereafter, Sheriff Rowan came out OF
the Governors Office. and II Is presumed
had then been relieved OF his Instructions.
From what Governor Tillman said TO- day,
and from what Attorney General Pope and
Gen. Fairly have frequently said, they never
regarded General Bonham's actions In the
light of any criminal intent II they had 80
regarded 1t II is plain that the officers OF the
law could not or should not have even pub
lished the o1ense, Either way II Is hard
nut TO crack; but the action of the State off,
cials must certainly be regarded as COM
plele exoneratlon OF Gen. Bonham if he ever
needed a testimonial. The talk about past,
prexent and future prosecution Is the apothe-
osis OF bOsh and newspaper slush.