The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1893-08-03


dict ated by Senator Irby. told Mr..
Gllllspie that | could not handle the
lrby dispatch and requested him TO go
with me to the Senator's quarters for
the purpose of returning to him the
matter he had dictated. and from there
we would go to the telegraph Office and
file my remaining dispatches. one re-
lating to Cleveland's opposition to
Crisp, and the other giving some per-
SOnalS and matters Of local Interest.
After returning to Senator lrby's room
| handed hun the dispatch. and rs to
what conversation took place between
us beg leave to refer To the following
letter from Mr.. Gillespie:
COLUMBIA, 5. G., july -, 1928
"Mr. JAS. II. rilm,n, Clari'S Hill, =. G..
My DEAR SIR: However much regret
To have my name figure in Il newspaper
| cOntrOvi ISy, [ feel honor bGund, when
called upon 10y you, to tell all know in
connection with that portion of the article
Sigrcd Cradd0ck. now IN dispute.
AS You know, at and previous to the
time this dispatch was sent was stopping
with you in your room at il2 Sixth Street,
y. W.
"On March nth, white we were ut din.
mrr, You told me of a conversation YOU had
| with senator lrby at the Capitol that
morning in which the la ter gentleman.
uuotin% man named I.cftwitch, of Spar
tanhur", III his authority. told you of an
alleged political combination between But.
l"r, Shell Farley and others, and asked you
|" print ii in tn" Augusta Chronicle. You
said you told him you would think over
III" matter and call at his room that night
we parted after dinner, and 1t was in the
lobby of the metropolitan Hotel at about
10 Up. m. that | next saw you. Yon had
some dispatches in your hand and called
me into the reading room where you read
Them. II am not mistake YOU first read
the one about Cleveland opposing Crisp,
thrn y"H said: Here is that thing that Irby
dictated to me a while ago and wants me
t" send Off, but have just read it to some
friends who advise me to have nothing to
do with it and propose to stick to their
advice, or words to hat effect. You then
room with you and from there We would
:" t" the telegraph Office. After reaching
Nrnat"r lrby'S room you called him out in
the halfway near where / was standing
and handed him the dispatch about tho
political combination, telling him as YOU
"Id so, q d" not remember the exact lam
%uag") that you could not handle the
stun, for the reason that you did not he
HrVc the acclSations true, and knew that
part, at least, which referred to Yourself
was false: that you could not refer to YOUR
self in one of your own-dispatches, and that
Mllle YOU lclI 0DliSatGu Tor his endorse.
mcnt, YOU could not and would not use
your paper to lure gentlemen whom YOU
regarded as your fIiendS. We then left
and went directly to the telegraph Office,
at con lnrr Of Fifteenth and + streets, where
you filed your dispatches, and from there
we went to your room and retired. This
is all that | now recall relative To thr
matter. ] am, very respectfully,
IHoS. ID. GILILsrIE.
This dispatch. which | returned to
Senator lrhy, was that night filed at
the Western Union telegraph Office af
ter had gone to bed and clearly with
out nv KIN )wlodgc or consent.
AS to the card Of Mr.. Tighe | beg
leave to introduce the deadly parallel
| with All affidavit from Mr.. i G.. Cauph
man whose Ntracity no man will Seri.
ouSiy question in Mr.. Caughmans
| presence: