The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-11-16
STATEMENT IS MADE
 BY DIR. E. T. FIELDS
Makes Corrections to Col. Bowman s References to Himself in Jef-
 ferson Speech

h. 4 statement made yesterday aitef- noon pr. F. T. Fields correets references 10 himself made by P. G. Bowman lh HIS sneeoh at the Jefferson theater Fuesday night. Tn his statement pr. Fields said;
 Bowman stated in his speech that | said the governor promised me that he would not remove pr. Yam or n'yseH' but that Bowman was the man ne was after I wish to state that I never maoe such g. statement to Bowman or any one else as. the governor never gave ne any intimation that he would retain pr. Nahh or myself. I did say to pr. Nann tllal in my opinion the governor had no ldea of removing him.
 "Now as to the statement Bowman made concerning the $500 transaction between he. Dr. Yam and myself wish to con- tradict with my sworn statement as 1ol- lows. which was published in The Age Herald on Sunday. November 5;
 Statement of F. T. Fields,
 "'Ensley, Ala. 10-2o-11.
 |" This conversation came about in the neighborhood of one or two weeks before the appointment was made Dr. Vann
 
 give him $500 without my solicitation II he would '1and' the Flat Top position for him.
 CT called Colonel Bowman over the phone (from my residence in Ensley) at Gay Teague hotel in Montgomery, and told him that Dr. Vann said he would rive him $500 for his help in the matter, provided he got the job. Colonel Bow man asked me at this time if Dr. Vann was all right. told him he was, and ln my opinion the best man applying Tor the position: that I had inquired into the list of applicants and that I would Vouch for pr. Nanns statement-Dr. Nanh not being known to Colonel Bowman at this time. pr. Yam was informed the next morning by me that I had put the mater to Colonel Bowman and had vouched for the statement he made to Colonel BOW man.
 .Dr. Vann without my request placed a certified check for $500 !n my hands payable to me to make me safer for the promise l made for him to Colonel BOW man, which check I locked in my sale until the appointment was made. W'ls in Montgomery the day the appointment was made, and l gave my check to Col. | P. G. Bowman for $500 and as soon as l returned home I cashed pr. Nann's check l pay able to me for $500 which was to cover 1 the $500 had given Colonel Bowman. pr. Yam and myself went to Mont | eomery and saw Colonel Bowman q lew days before the appointment was made l and I think pr. Yam at this time gave | Colonel Bowman his recommendations, and told him of other men-Senator l Brown and Representative Quin. who | were also using their influence for him and could be counted on to help him (Col- onel Bowman) in the matter
 "'Colonel Bowman asked me what this job (Flat Top would pay and I told him l thought $40O or $500 a month could be made out of the job, considering the prac- tice surrounding. together with the salary paid by the state of Alabama. and the Soss- Sheffield company. The colonel then said he ought to pay 5000 to land this job or words to that meaning, and Dr. Vann agreed to it, and later went to the coloners room and told him thought st00o was too much for him to charge Dr Vann and he said then let it go at $500
 |" 'E. T. FIELDS
 Subscribed and sworn to before me this 18th day of November. 1911.
 "'C. C. BURKE, Notary Public
 "As to Bowman's criticism and accu- sation that I did not dictate the letter that replied to the governors letter 10 me, I wish to say that any man who says that did not dictate this letter has made a gross mis-statement. I did dic- tate that letter to MT. Evins. the goVer- ners legal advisers and he, AIr. Evins, wrote the same down.