The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1906-03-08
He Makes Sensational Charges
Against Pritchard and Hol-
ton. Defying Contradiction.
He WANTS FAIR PLAY !!
Cites Parallel Cases to Indictments Against
Blackburn in which the District Attorney
Failed to Take Proper Action. Hender-
son Man Takes Bold Stand and Seems
to be Well Fortified.

ii. 8. An ierson, of this city. whose DIS
closures in the press of the state at
the alleged inside workings of North
Carolina republican political machinery
have created so much commeut, and who
now seems to be siding with Blackburn at
least against Holton and Pritchard appear
with another open letter in the Aahe
3Citizen, which contains sensational
a., eations, and which has aroused much
cor sent.
- letter ia an effort to discredlt the
> ~ss of the district attorney in his pres
ions, and in support of his slEega-
improper actuating motives the
H~4.uo.son county man cites a number of
parallel cases in which Mr. H0lton has
brought action o-,A- -h---H-.ad to bring ac-
tion and alleg 1terest as the
reason for acti act.
The first cas- at Of SenteI,
of Haywood Comfy anu Evans, OF Hem
nerson. Mr.. Anderson says that Sertea
was charged with embezzling postodics
fnnds to the extent OF $500. or thereab6uts
and Evans with the ambezzlement of post
once funds to the extent of something
more than $500. The latter of these was
prosecuted and convicted and served q
term in prison. The former. says MIR. A n
derson, had influential friends who reEAid
the money, and he was not prosecuted.
Mr.. Anderson then cites the case of N.
Glenn Williams and one Green, both OF
whom were charged with violating the
revenue laws. Williams the personal enc
my of Holton, was brought TO trl&l at
Greensboro, and in an effort to convict him
Holton summoned every recourse at his
hand. Green, says Mr.. Anderson. was
caught in the act of carrying liquor from
the cistern room of a government distil lary
to the retail house of the distiller, thus de-
fraudlng the government out of its taxes.
instead Of protecting it as he was sworn 70
do, and no action was ever brought against
recalls that w. s. Hyams, at present clerk
Of the Federal court, at Ashevllle, was the
private secretary of the then Senator eoer
G.: Pritchard, and the Henderson man al
leges that 1t was because of the Influence
and at the request of Mr. Hyams that the
Green case was not prosecuted.
On the other hand, he says that j Idge
Pritchard admits having practj ced be fore
the department while United States ena-
tor, and pleads ignorance of the law a.. an
tho hoA
actuated solely by sense Of regard TO 9 the
duties of his office, he should have pro-
ceeded alike IN the cases against Pritt shard
and Blackburn. He disclaims desn re 70
involve Judge Pntchard, and says tha t he
contends, merely, that all should have been
treated alike.
This attack of Anderson on Judge p ritch~
ard, and the statement that Blacl kburn
would before Judge Waddill, of the dts
trict court make an attack on q United
States circuit judge has created sensation.
II is admitted, even by Blackburn's fir len ds
that when Judge Pritcbard is alleged TO
have practlced before the departments, It
was q common practice of congressne I
held that such practice was illegal, there b
NO allegation that Senator Pritchard waS
consciously engaged in corrupt practice
and acting l. known violation Of the law.
Blackburu's friends say he is merely intro.
ducing this charge as a support OF hls con-
tentiOn that his indictment has been secured
by no proper motive aud that all should be
treated alike.
The letter of Anderson also brought forth
q strong statement from w. s. Hyams re-
garding the allegations made as 10 the
waving of the prosecution in the GrUen
matter at his request: He said:
The statement contained in 81. &. Au-
derson's letter to the effect that Di strict
Attorney Holton refused to indict. my
hrother-in.law, MIR. Green, on accou 1t Of
the fact that was Mr.. Pritchards pl ivate
secretary, 10 deliberate falsehood- 4