The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1910-08-18
THE .JEFFERSONIAN

Oy or the At0tOn Hotel last FT1dGy and
tried to get that gentleman to sag that
his recollection might be at fault. Hard
rack's effort to suppress this euidence
aods an utter future. Captain Barrett
has signed q statement that Judge Ne1o-
man told him at q meeting of the Agri-
cultural Society that Hardaoick acas the
man acho stole those tao executions.
On May IA, 1902, the Rev. T. J.
Holmes, a Baptist preacher, living in
HardWick's home county, wrote from Mil
len a letter to Hon. William H. Elem
ing, in which this statement occurs:
when [ offered my resolution, the white
Populists were decidedly in the ma iority
in this county, and no one knoars better
than Mr.. Hdrd,Cick ho1O that ndjority
acds overcome. Not a single time were
they able to get their county ticket elect
ed, except once; and then under Mr.
Hdrdcick's management they acere de-
fedted u'ader contest proceedings" A gen
tleman of such high character as the Rev
L. j. Holmes would not have made such
serious charge against a citizen of his
own county unless he had convincing evil
dence to substantiate the accusation
Reading between the lines one can see
that the Req. Mr.. Holmes aods putting 1t
up to Mr.. HdrdaoicE that he lrds the n1ap,
acho burglarised the Ordinary's office 1t
is impossible to believe that Mr. Holmes
would have brought such a terrible accu-
sation against Hardwick if one of the
men who was led into this crime had not
made full confession to Mr. Holmes
I hare had IN nay possession continuously
since the t1centy-third of july the oriqi-
nal document rhich left no doubt arhat-
eper ON mig mind that one of Hard,cich's
0ccOmplices an the commission of that
burglary and of that terrible crime
against representative government made
fuU confession to the ReU. T. j. Holmes.
Now, it must be apparent to all that
Hardwick knows whether or not he com
mitted the crime which is laid at his
door If innocent, he can safely swear
that he did not get Judge Newman to
leave the county, did not secure the keys
to the Ordinary's office, and did not en-
ter 1t bur0ldriousIy IN the night time,
and steal the tax executions and other
wise mutilate the county records in such
a manner as to destroy the evidence that
his clients had received illegal votes
which ought to be thrown out in the con-
tested cases.
If Hardwick will quietly come to Thorn
son, or some other place in McDufie coun-
tv, sign an affidavit in denial of this
charge, I pledge myself to haze him I'M
mediately arrested for false Swearing, and
to haze him prosecuted to the full e1tent
of the la0 False swearing is a felony,
just as burglary is; and the crime is
punishable by a sentence Of from three
to five years in the penitentiary. 1t must
hare struck everybody as strange that
Hardacick qrent to the trouble to get
megatiUe affidavit from the SON of Judge
Ne,onnn, and has made none himself.
People aoho cannot see his guilt IN has
failure to make direct denial of the
charge, and the affidavit achich I sug
gest, must be so far grounded IN preju-
dice that they are not aciIIing to learn
the facts IN the case.
Can any one doubt the truth of the ac-
cusation concerning the damage done to
the Hotel Lanier by his going to bed
drunk and trying to sleep and smoke at
the same time? The name of John G..
Curd was given months ago as being the
agent of the insurance company that had
to pay the damages. Does not every one
know that Hardwick would have secured
statement of denial from Mr.. Curd had
it been possible for him to have done so?
Mr.. Curd's name has rung throughout
this controversy, for the last four months.