The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1906-02-20

that Horton was the agea. of conspir-
.ators TO effect the escape Of Ellison
Horton has been discharged from
the employ Of the c0unty
Tie Griffin Case.
Howard a. Griffin. steward Of tbs
Falls camp. had been watched Tor
some time before the letter Ia j =
IpchurCn vas taken rs came To-
Raleigh THURSDAY. February lst. and
on Friday. Feb. :. be stated - Slpt
Holding that G2ehusch desired 81 ee@
clark. Griffin came - Raleigh again
honda. Feb. >. ON the 9Th Clark
fell while al. Worl. and pretended
that 90 had been burt in the back
ana that the injury gave hlin con-ia-
eTanlc uain. Wednesday ne was left
1T quarter.
supu Holding haa warned Griffin
~ the character 81 Clark, eayIn2 NJ
was q dangerous Z Griffin did
not have "A pistol and Supt Holding,
wG was just leaving camp. vent -
E:s quarters and returned Win ms
own pistol. which ne gave - Griffin.
telling him upon no occasion - Dr.
around CLARK without his TeYolEeT.
and also told him not 70 hofd N
conversation with the conyicts.
superintendent l. NJ. BaIIeE }hl7
same dIv saw Griffin in tIarE
apartment. talking with he prisoner.
and he saw Grifiin's pistol lying on
tine outside. Griffin being defenseless
with Clark. and violating the cana"
rules.
Thursday. Feb. s, Clark had a let
ter TO mail, which he refused 10 give
the guard. Mr., Bunn. and ne saNe
il to Griffin. Another letter on the
same day was given to Grimm by
Clark through q hole, which was OBJ
served by Supervisor Bailey.
1t 9 o'clock Thursday morning. the
same day that he received the letters.
Griffin asked r. J. keaTes, who was
culplovcd at the camp, for . saw. A
1880 or o'clock he had 'iaIK.s
letters. and was searching for the
mail Carrier. Griffin had already ask
cd permission Ia come 10 ltil"iSn
I4Iday. The following day,
Supervisor Pailey in the prclimi-
nary examination, which was held
before County Attorney Norris !ast
Saturday. stated that when he 50"
Griffin TO SO with him up+taif%, ana
.aele the letters were o1eneo.
Woman in the case.
One letter was To Mamie Ee}l,
uf West Davie Street, Raleigh,
IA which Clark thanked nor
for d box she had senI
him. and he referred 10 things which
indicated tLat there was some kind
Of an understanding betWean them.
This letter was unSealed, as the ECU
lation required. The letter 10 j.. ;.
Cpchurch was sealed, and read, and
surrendered 10 Supt. Holding.
The superintendent brought it di-
rcctIy To the county attorney, ,his
being last Friday. and on Saturday
there was held a brief examination,
which was attended by Griffin,
Eeaves, Holding and Upchurch.
4 Careful Conspiracy?
1t seems to be the opinion of the
authorities that there has been dis
covered q WelI-Dlanned conspiracy.
and they are said to be determined to
leave no fact hid.
At the time ii is supposed
Clark would have made his ESCAPE
had his plans prOspered, his cOmpan-
ions in his apartment We're Ellison,
who q before been suspected Of
having attempted to bride a guard,
and who had in his possession. or
was about to have in his possession,
$35, which, it was said might have
been added to CIark'S $50; and Al
pheus w. Vaughan, the man convicted
CT embezZling from the Singer Sewing
Machine Company.
The Hearing Yesterday.
The hearing before the Board of
County Commissioners yesterday was
held in order that Supt. Holding
might nav an opportunity Of pre-
senting the facts he knew to them,
and he was desirous that the prose-
cutiOn hOuld be conducted by the
Board. In fact he refused to be q party
to the prosecution. He was first eN-
amined and stated that Griffin had
BEEN steWard at the Falls camp only
three weeks and as soon as it was dis
nnXvnIn6 that hn had II lotion. from
Clark discriminating him, he was dis
charged, and the matter carried be
fore the county attorney. Previous to
this incident he said hat Griffin was
of exemplary character, and was &C
customed to going to his home near
Cary. one a week. Monday of last
week he returned to the camp un-
der the Influence Of Whiskey. He
said that he had possessed the OppOr-
tunity 10 entrap all the persons con
nected with the alleged conspiracy.
but that he would not be a party TO
their indictment, except that he would
give all h facts he knew. He said
he did not know what letters or how
much money Clark. Ellison. or any
other prisoner had in their possession.
Glriffin's statement.
Griffin was permitted to make q
statement in explanation of his cor
duct. He said that he had mailed 800
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that there had been no criminal intci.t
on his part for he had
sufficient opportunity to have
acted dishonesty had he SO desired.
He said he voluntarily pulled the
sealed letter to Upchurch from his own
pocket and read it to Bailey, and -
marked at the time that il was liable
to get himself (Griffinp in trouble. lie
says that he kept the letter. and that
he himself turned it over to SuDcrjr.-
tendent Holding. He said he TALKED
half an hour With Clark privately, and
did not state the subject of their con
Nersation. The letter from Clark to
Upchurch, he said. was handed to him
by Clark in the mess room. and not
through a hole. He aid he saw Up
church only once, and that was in re-
gard TO the nail which Clark said Up
church had and would give him Grit
mn. Clark wanted Upchurch to go
out to the camp, but superintendent
Holding declined to permit them to
have an interview eXcep in the pres
ence Of the superintendent or super
visor, and q guard. He said he wanted
the saw for the purpose of making
shelves. n not to cut an opening for
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