The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1910-08-18
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CAPTAIN Barrett. For obvious reasons
the gentleman does not care to talk, but
if he had anything to say at all on the
subject it would be to substantiate the
charges against Hardwick.
Knowing Hardwick as we'll as [ now
do | felt certain that he would rush to
Macon, settle up those repudiated gam
bling debts and make an appeal to the
gentlemen referred to above; therefore, [
got my friend, James Anderson, to 90
over to Macon and watch Hardwicks
movements. HardlCick had eUddently set
tied up ar5th the man q0hO had tori, up
has check and thrown the scraps IN has
face, for lohen James Anderson and FeHr
Baltam approached the gentleman on the
subject he merely stated-"Oh, that is
all off nom."
Mcdowell and his partner held
gambling debts of Hardwick to the
amount of something betweenSl0 900 and
$4,000. Mr.. Mcdowell, as [ understand
it, lives at Barlow, and was interested
in gambling resort in Macon Hardwick
would lie around it drunk for days and
nights at the time, gambling furiously,
when sober enough. Apparently he has
settled those notes, too.
III Oil VI iSlildl 1tllcl WIlGlell DN MIC
Dowell he stated a couple of weeks ago
IN reference to those notes "they mag
hare been settled" The original letter
written by Mr.. Mcdowell is in my pos
session. He declared that he did not
know the present whereabouts of those
notes. His partner doubtless made the
settlement with Hardwick The first of
those repudiated gambling debts which
Hardwick settled up after those ques-
lions were published in The JEFFERSON
IAN months ago was one of 5000 held bv
a Macon man. SO far as that goes, there
are t.uo men az the district of McDuffe
county acho hare not only seen Hardocick
gambling and drinking IN the augusta
Club rooms, but one of them gamb1ed
with him and has assisted him to has hotel
achen he aras too intoxicated to make the
trip alone, and the other has time and
again aided the ideal statesman to get
array from the club and to reach has
couch IN the hotel. Among his associates
IN Augusta, IN Macon, in Atlanta and in
Washington he is VIGOROUSLY known to
be a chronic drinker and a desperate
gamester; in fact he was so certain that
these facts would be proven on him that
at first he had the audacity to contend
that the public had nothing to do with his
private character. He had the hardihood
to virtually contend that Alex Stephens
old district did not have the right to COM
plain when the private life of it's Repre-
sentative was SO bad that necessity
caused him to 90 on his knees to O. gam
bier and beg for q statement e1onerdting
ham from charges of sham eIess dishonesty.
Referring to my statement that Hard
wick promised to hel me with Governor
Smith in the Glover case, the Ideal Con
gresham asserts: II merely told hin, l
arOuld talk to the Governor about 1T. and
call has attention to Watson's claims
about It,"
That assertion reminds me of Tom
Billy's statements concerning my file of
the Peoples Party Paper; the invita-
lions to my house; and the cause which
he assigned at Louisville for my falling
out with him. The most charitable ex-
PLANTATION of his departure from the
truth, in each of these cases, is that his
memory has been impaired by a too init
mate acquaintance with j. Barleycorn.
He has made the issue, has made it as
prominent as possible, and has compelled
me, therefore, to prove, as was done in
the other cases, that he is altogether
wrong in his recollection. Under date of
September 10, 1910, Hardwick writes me
in reference to Governor Smiths inclina-
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