Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-09-30
'M'LAUR|N ADMITS He
NEEDED The MONEY
A'chbod and Mclaurin Issue Stale.
meats. Hearst Letters s!o|eD,
Says OH Isghals.
~ ctu)f0D ccfle ljIrYIfIfh
fxsFnllOR. FEELS JUSTIFIED
In Getting Money from Standard Oil
Company to Conduct HIS Fight for
"South's Emancipation - Recent
Afcetations Of Morality Hypoeritl.
cal, He Says,

NEW YORK, Sept ga row
phase of the so-called Standard Oil
correspondence made public recently
: by William X. Hearst. was entered
upon late today when John ID. Arch.
hold. vice president of the Standard
+ Oil Company, made statement set.
, ting forth details of the alleged theit
> of correspondence from his files. For,
mer United States Senator John
Lowndes McLaurin. CT South Caro-
Ira. also entered the field with 4
signed statement indorsing his state
merit in the present matter as re-
CARDS himself and Mr.. Archbold.
! Letters for SAFE.
Mr.. Archbold said:
In response 10 many inquiries as
to the theft OF letters from my files.
/ the following may be made known:
Over three years ago report reach,
ed me that certain of my letters had
been offered for sale to newspapers
of this city, Cst =nsil!y stolen letters.
Examination showed that some let
, tiers were missing, and they could
only have been taken by some one
NOT only familiar with the office de-
tails. but highly trusted. The party
g sh sa, tsIe f ia. s!onsx denied
man. who represented himself as act.
ing between the thief and those TO
whom the letters had been sold. pro-
posed TO return some CT the letters
for a consideration.
His stCry was that the idea Of the
theft had been conceived b. his bro
thcT. who had at ore time BEEN in
the company's employ. and that hfs
brother had induced the employa
already supected to accomplish the
theft. According TO the go betweens
story. he had disposed OF tie letters.
or some Of them. TO two men who
purchased them on behalf OF Mr..
Hearst's newspaper. the Journal.
Copying Book Toe.
Not only had stolen letters bAen
thus traded for. bot the thief was in
duccd TO carry off one or more letter
copying books. many Of whose pages
he claimed were photographed. other
pages being removed altogether. The
hooks in question. were the gc-be-
tween said. returned after IS hours.
1T is impossible to say how many
were stolen and sold in this way.
The thieves worked at their leisure.
II is not thought necessary to say
more at present or 10 mention names.
OF the go-between's
story OF three years ago lay in his
return Of some OF the correspondence
at that time. The production q.
stolen letters ly Mr.. Hearst IS fur
Their confederation now.
obviously. among such cote-ie '
be lightly accepted The oppcr;uni
ties for Justification. suppressiug OF
cont ext and distortions of passages
are many"
Mr.. McLaurin who has jus. reached
New York, gave out signed state :
men: as follows:
An effort has beer made to create a
POLITICAL sensation by the publication
IF certain correspondence between
%r. JOHN u. krchbold. vice president (
II the Standard Oil Company. ar:
myself
Needed tire Money.
For thai correspondence. have ~
IroiGCics TO MAKE. At the time the
et:'rs were written I had the honor
o enjoy. and am proud still to pos
-. the friendship Of Mr.. Archholn.
or whom J have the highest rcgsri.
/; the time the letters were written
was engaged in a bitter struggle il
shi"h was involved. not only nv own
oliJical future. bat the economic aEu
oliiicsi principles for which ] stood. ,
I'D which Sat-d briefly. meant tho ;
81 the South from the ,
.nOranf. prejudice Of BouTbonism -,
nd the 'blo~dv shirt and in the In ..
'rFst Of freedom ~ an snlirh'cu"I =,
~ irtCr"Et Of an INF ilcctasI indus -,
rialism.
Any Means 20 Good End.
In III" supper; az these Tr:pcTo'cz ]
nd the hope % tho suc-f Sc % this
rn<ram. Saw then no impropri"'y {
! cnlisting IL practicable. tho Assist y
1r- of tho most progressively ad- +,
and the mos; intelligent .,
"fic"Tri corporation that human IN. :
!iiz"Ec0 has vct rrrdu -cd Nor has :
10 'norTarus body of s:stuturv crime '
ncr created. or The hypocritical ~.
~ alton ~ noraJiv assumed b;
INC Of the legislatures and congress =
arywise changed NV point Of view b
convinced my conscience Of It's d