The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1903-09-23
Mr.. HARRIS GIVES
HIS POSITION.
The Mrs. BOyesen Case
Again.
HARRIS MAY SUE.
Objects to AsheviIle Pa
per's Statement.
Digniaed Letter from the Proprietor
Of White Stone Lithia Touching
Unfortunate Matter.

The Asheville Citizen in publishing
an account OF the death of Mrs. Boye-
sen, has used language which Mr.. Har-
ris, proprietor of White Stone Springs,
thinks is not only untrue, but which is
entirely unwarranted by the facts in
the case. Mr. Harris has sent a COM
munication to the editor of the Ashe-
vile Citizen regarding the affair and
its treatment by the paper in question.
Mr.. Harris than intimates that it
is now his time to institute q suit for
libel, as the following communication
will reveal.
The Asheville Citizen, Asheville, N.
C.-Gentlemen: The sensational arti-
Gle which you published on the 10th of
this month in regard to the death Of
Mrs. jamie Stewart Boyeson is mis-
leading and positively untrue in sew
eral respects 1t is calculated to injure
me and the White Stone Springs Hotel
in the eyes of the public. [ would like
to feel hat is not your intention and
that you have published the account of
her death simply as q matter of news
and with no intention of injuring any
one.
While you say that the physicians
state that Mrs. Boyesen died of Bright's
disease, you take it upon yourself to
declare hat ''she died of a broken
heart and grief, resulting from the
shame put upon her." Again you say,
"but the shock of the accusation is said
to be the cause of her death.
The last paragraph in the article is
also misleading and was evidently in
tended to make the impression that
though her innocence had been estab-
lished, [ had not been generous enough
to write to her and say so. AS o mat
ter of fact | have never heard of her
Innocence being established" and [
do not believe any letters have been
found in her room to this effect 'from
people concerned"
If [ know my own heart nobody
would be more glad than / to establish
this woman's innocence. What I have
done was entirely for the protection of
my guests, and q certificate to that eff
feet was prepared by many prominent
persons in the hotel a. the time of the
unfortunate occurrence and voluntarily
handed to me. | have not found any
pleasure in this affair and never under
took a more unpleasant duty than that
which was forced on me in the inter-
viewing of Mrs. Boyesen after she had
been suspected by the guests of White
Stone Springs. l approached her as
delicately as [ knew how and stated to
her that if she would give me the adj
dress of any responsible party my
where in the United States [ would
telegraph at my own expense, and if
the reply was favorable as to her char
acter [ would allow her to go on her
way and nothing should aver be said
about it. This she fatty refused to do.
distinctly told her that I did no want
any publicity given the matter, for I
knew that the tendency would be to in
Jure her and me both. She requested
that her trunks be searched and was
very solicitous that we do exactly
what was done in the searching of
them. | have her request and free
agreement in my possession now. None
of III would have ever touched her
property except at her request.
The guests at the hotel must have
had abundant grounds for the suspicion
which they expressed to me, for Mrs.
Boyesen had acknowledged in the
presence of five gentlemen that she
was in other guests rooms while they
were all at dinner.
L trust that in justice to myself and
my business you will give this letter as
wide publicity as you gave the libel
lous article of the 10th of this month. /
have stood patiently q great many mis-
representations in the newspapers, but
the worm turns sometimes, and it may
be my time to go into the courts next.
Yours respectfully,
(Signed:) J. r. HARRIS,
Proprietor White Stone Springs Hotel.
Before taking any further action
Mr.. Harris will await a prompt reply
from the editor of the Asheville Citi-
zen. There promises to be interesting
developments in this case.
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