The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1904-04-14
Is Charged With Conspiracy
in an Extradition Case.
A COMPLICATED TANGlE
For interference in Harden Affair an
Atlanta j. P, an Attorney and
IA. Deputy Sheriff Run Afoai OF
Your Uncle Sam.

Charged with collusiOn and with IN
reference with the service of extradl-
ton papers in the case Of Charles Bla-
ger, alias Leroy c. Harding. alias D.
C.. Ray, alias John R. Davis, Justice OF
the Peace Walter Ormond, Attorney
w. H. Withers and Deputy Sheriff T.
J. Jones were indicted by the United
: States grand jury at Atlanta Monday.
Papers were served on the three de-
PENDANTS and bonds taken. The case
will hardly come up for trial before
next October.
At different times it is said that
Harding has been known by over
twenty names. His real name, howev
er, is declared, to be Charles Blazer
and it was under this name that he IS
said to have committed the offense for
which he was extradited from Florida.
He is charged with cheating and
swindling in Ohio, the particular Of
tense being that he bonght a quantity
: of Jewels from jeweler and gave
check on a bank which did not exist.
Then he left, and it was not until
{ two years later that his Whereabouts
became known. He was at that time
in Tampa, Fla3 and was under arrest
by the United States authorities at
Z that place charged with using the
mails for fraudulent purposes. He was
acquitted.
The governor of Ohio issued a re-
uuis:tion on the governor Of Florida.
and the extradition papers were grant
ed
He was at once taken in custody by
Detective Dan Callahan, who had been
sent from Cincinnati, Ohio, for this
purpose, and the trip home began.
When Atlanta was reached Callahan
: took the prisoner to the police station
and left him there for the night.
During the night, the prisoner, who
. said his name was Harding, claimed
that be was being kidnapped by the
I Chic detective, and enlisted the aid OF
several attorneys in the city.
Judge Ormond was appealed to and
issued a warrant for Callahan, charg'
ing him with kidnapping. The next
! morning when the detective went 10
! the poHee station for the purpose OF
taking charge of the prisoner he was
arrested on the charge and carried be-
I fore Judge Ormond. There he showed
his requisition papers and the warrant
was at once dismissed.
Before Blazer could be taken from
Atlanta another effort was made TO
Give him his freedom. His attorneys
swore out habeas corpus proceedings
before Judge Calhoun, and Callahan
was again summoned to protect him
self and preserve his prisoner. Judge
Calhoun refused to entertain the ma
beas corpus.
Just as the trial was over Deputy
Sheriff Jones appeared and placed Bla'
ger under arrest on the charge Oh
cheating and swindlihg sworn out by
Attorney Withers. The prisoner was
taken to the police station, and there
y is was agreed that he should be turned
over to Deputy Marshall Rinard, rep
resenting the United States.
Harding was then taken from the po-
lice station, carried to the United
States building and held there. Later.
Judge Newman advised that the prls-
oner belonged to Callahan, and that
neither the state authorities nor the
United States had any right to him.
Therefore Deputy Marshal Rinard
turned over the prisoner to Detective
Callahan, who hustled him into mail
car and left for Cincinnati.
Since that time news comes from
Cincinnati that the prisoner has been
positively identified by his prosecutors
there, and by many others who have
known him for many years.