The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-08-01
NO. A..
TOUGHS FAILED
Ia an Effort to Make Governor
Glenn Pardon
A BOWERY SWINDLKR

q DOWEkY SWlNDHEk
Who Was Serving Sentence Ia the
North Carolina Penitentiary for
Working His RascaIly Schemes
GA Some Citizens of the
| Old North State.
a dispatch from Atlantic City,
N. J., says: Govarnor 3 obert D.
Glenn, Of North Carolina, discussed
gnardedly Friday night the report Of
his having been held up By gang Of
Tammany men in New York City and
threatened With injury il he refused
to sign a pardon for a Bowery swtnd-
ler, who vas serving . sentence In the
North Carolina penitentiary.
The fact that Governor had besn
subjected to such an outrage has been
suppressed carefully for a year for
fear OF creating undesired political
prejudicss.
The hold.up episode, as related by
those close to the Governor, occurred
while he was the guest Of Tammany
Hall as one Of the orators at the
Fourth Of July celebration last Sum-
mer. Governor Glenn and L:euten.
ant. Governor Sanders, OF Louisiana
another guest, at the conclusion
the ceremonies we're invited to join q
party going to Coney Island.
There was deliberate effort, ac-
cording to the Governor, to get him
drunk, several Of the party being In
scxlcated. The Governor, however,
had been discreet and was unaff acted.
They stopped at Hendsrson's restaur-
ant aud wine was ordered.
Scarcely had they seated themsel7-
es when one Of the men-a district
leader, it Is said-drew from his pock-
OF legally drafted pardon in favor
Of a gold-brick artist named Halsey
or Halstesd, then doing time In
Raleigh, North Carolina. but whose
headquarters were between the Bat.
terry and fourteenth street.
Thinking she Governor was suf1-
ciently toVlal to sign anything by that
time, the leader remarked:
Just favor, Governor. We would
like you to sign this and let tnat man
come back to New York.
Governor Glenn told the.leader that
a petition had been presented to him
just before be LETT home Tor that
mans pardon; that he had looked
into the case, and had decided in the
negative. He was sorry, bat he could
not reverse himself then, even TO
ob1ge his hosts. The man is reported
TO nave become ugly, and shouted
that the Governor would not get out
alive II the pardon was not signed.
Some allege that q revolver was brao-
| dished.
The Governor rose from the table
and said:
IF ] have any friends In this
crowd, l wish they would coma on this
side Of the table, for there's likely to
be something doing here pretty soon."
IN stand by you Governor" re-
sponded Lieutenant Governor Sanders.
The remainder Of the party assumed
an attitude Of helpless intoxication.
Nov, gentlemen, do your worst"
Is the reported challenge by Governor
Glenn. I'm see you In hell before III
sign that PARDON
The politicians refused to carry out
the bluff Of keeping the Governor as a
hostage for the convict, sn6 he STROBE
out Of the building unmolssted.
He returned to his hotel and paid
his own expenses.
Toe gold-brick swindler died In
prison few weeks ago and his wife
applied to the Governor for permission
to take the body from the State for
intarment. In recounting her efforts
to obtain freedom for her husband she
confessed she had arranged to have
the Governor invited to New York and
80 overwhelmed with kindness that he
could not deny her pardon.
The truth OF the matter was this,"
that the Governor ursday
night. AFTER making an address at
the Tammany meeting, 1 went out
with a party Of men to see the town.
They were not Tanmany men 50 tar
as know, but they did try to get me
drunk.
'Afterward, I learned that these
mon had been engaged by the wife
OF the man In our penitentiarY to get
me drunk 80 that could be induced
to sign a pardon.
Instead Of begging or requesting
me to sign pardon, they made an
Immediate demand, and they were
downright insolent about it, too.
''Well, sir, ] Just picked up my
hat, turned on my heel and walked
out. cannot tell you who they
WERE"
DENIES TIE STORY.
a dispatch from Raleigh says
Governor Glenn expresses just indig-
nation at the publication made In
the New York American, reprinted
| in some OF the State papers about
what is declared to have been an at-
| tempt on the partlof certain Tam
many leaders on the occasion Of the
Governors visit to New York some
months ago, to force the Governor OF
North Carolina to sign q pardon for
Hawley, one Of the noted "gold brick"
con7icts. he says the whole pubhca-
tion Is tissue OF lies and that he told
the representatives OF certain papers
by whom Il has been reprinted that
this was the case. It would seem
that the purpose Of the publication
on the the part OF the New York
paper was to discredit Tamma1y,
whose guest Governor Glenn was
while In New York, on that occasion.
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