The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1906-03-27
HIS WORK IS DONE REPLY OF HOLTON
BIackburns Charges of
Forgery and Favoritism.
A Court Record That Appears 10 be
No Record al All. Batch OF
Letters OF Much Inter
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OF somebody eNcsE Time ucu cus &C.
we're nled. - t4s teg4 I.t~t mute
ttA aiies -" It@le- senate ,"ufalt-
appointment he filed au answer to
I~a9ckburn'e latest charges ~ forgery
and faR.gtgi-.n to men Vlu should 10
indicted that in ordinary times a9ut1
have made q sensation in TN, @tae ii
these tumes. however. when nc ruhlis
HAS grown accustomed - hear every
uIins charged by rival Republican Of
dce-hoiacrs AGAINST each other. and
later sec il proven beyond q reasonable
doubt before q Federal court jury.
nothing make = sensation.
That portion ~ tioltoI. answer -
I~lackburn's charges which WAS fled
Monday is RIGHT interesting reading iii
North Carolina. ON his cE3r@" that
Hpltcn had forced his name. Black
burn produced the following purp9Il-
nag 10 hc Il copy If the record pf tire
Federal Court Ho!ton wired t.
Greensboro and NiIlcsuoro ana show
ea it was no record 1T all. and that
while tho original letter relied on by
! blackburn. VAS not produced. the
whole certificate was IN he hand
writing OF W. =. Blair, the then dc
putty c!eI.s. and the signatures o. Iiol-
tom and blackburn were .in Ilair's
handwriting. 1t is said hat the af
ginal statement if produced would
show c~onclusivcly whose naudNl4,..-
II wa in. and that It W"ul" hay" co.,
pletely cEonerated Holton from the
charge OF having written u. the
very headlnS Of inc statement
SHOWS that 1t was not PREPARED by
@H| man Niio MIG" ne 'iiHdii'i'9 %
'GHtidl 'ouie Pi~'tS'uIilS9
This is an " copy Of the doeu-
ment.
l.. ;. District Court-N cstcln District.
North Carolina-GuIlfor1 County.
United states Us. James Nicholson,
James r.. Wright. T.. l.. Felts.
The warrant in the above entitled
case having been docketed and dis
missed at the present term Of Court.
]. y. E. Holton, L. :. District Attorney
for the Western District of North
Carolina. dc hereby certify that there
is nothing on the docket against said
defendants. and tina they are free and
clear TO TINS date. n OCTOBER >,
1871.
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per EofNboi
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~ appearing lllal liIG above Sdse ! !
uiSnlSSeG pN = J.. iio.toh; IlS,t''l
Attorney l ftfet'5 ccltily lldt 'ieit
is nolhlhS now St1fldiHS on me "oclet
OF inns court a2alllSl sdlu de~lehudht7'
SAM l. l." ifkONDE.N'
ERIK l.. ;. Our
Fer W. r.. BLAIR. - :.
North CaroIina-Wilkes County
I. G. H. Solners. (. :, G., DO hereby
certify that the foregoing are correct
comics Of lcItc" Of j. NJ. MCNEIL and
statement signed by Black burn. Asst.
Dist. Atty. and ". T.. Blair, -. c.. OIL
file in my office.
Witness M hand and official seal.
March 18th. 1906.
c. Ii. CES. G.. :. p.
IL i.sp'A '''
Answer of y. +. Eto:ton 70 ad"l-
faNorltIsnl, etc-. the following doSu-
ment was fled by District Attorney
Holton Monday.
''AnseWr of \. T.. HOltOn to addl-
tional charges made by f. Spencer
Blackburn. March IL, 1906.
Hon. Joseph =. Foraker. Chairman
Il Respectfully state i'm reply to the
charge that signed the name of Rep
~respntative Blackburn to the certif-
cato in the case of the United states
vs. lanes Nicholson and others:
have no recollection of the case, but
/ am confident and feel justified III
stating in positive terms that | did not
sign his name thereto. and further feel
confident that an insncction Of the
instrument will show that he signed
the same. As Il circumstance corrob-
Grating this. the letter Of j. w. Nc