The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1911-11-28
letter given out by Governor Bleas
was as follows:
FIRE PROOF
EUROPEAN AND AMIPLAN
THE PIEDMONT.
VIII V. thinner, Manager.
C.. J. Owen, Asst. Mgr.
Atlanta "a Oct 9 1905.

C. J. Owen, Asst. Mgr.
Atlanta, Ca Oct. 2, 1905.
Dear Hub: have just returned from
Peoria, Ill. I have framed up our
company in such a way that we Will
he able to make all the money out OF
it, by the time your term as commits
sioner expires as We will reasonably
need, and you can then retire. I want
YOU to think seriously of the plan
which 7 submit and make an appoint
ment as soon as possible, either here
or elsewhere, and I can discuss Wlth
Won more fully and satisfactorily the
details. The plan is sufficiently feas1-
BILE to Justify our taking our associates
in on the ground floor. 1t is this, the
capital stock of the company at pres
ent is 100000 owned by you and l.
It is all paid for and I have the actual
custody of the stock. Hull, the gen
eral manager of Clarke Bros. & Co.,
wants an interest, and We may need
him, but not at present. If we can get
for October, November and DECEMBER
large orders from Cardinal can is
sue s5O0,0OO of preferred stock of the
company, sell it to parties who have
already agreed to purchase, We can
divide the proceeds from the sale OF
the preferred and then do one Or two
things, sell the common and let some
new company run it, or run it our
selves. Meantime, We will have IN
hand s25O,OOO each less such sums as
we may have to pay to others to secure
business in the meantime.
Now, Hub, I want you to give this
matter your serious consideration and
cooperation. If you will do it. I will
make you fortune and that very
quickly. Write me when and where
YOU will meet me upon receipt of this
we have very little time in which to
pull the scheme together" Have
been working ON the plan for. several
months and now have it perfected. I
have brother-in=law In indiana, d
millionaire, who assisted me ID work
ing out the plans and will assist me
in selling the preferred stock as soon
as we can make a good showing. He
has, as all other very rich men, ac-
cumulated his fortune by the nanipu-
lation of stocks. There is enough in
the plan to justify us in paying more
for business than any one else can
afford, as you will perceive. Then,
too, as Clarke Bros & Co. are the larg-
est distiIlers in the United States no
one can be criticised for giving them
large orders. Whatever is done, must
be speedily done. Can you get your
associates to meet US here or in Au
gusta, right away? Now Hub don't
dilly daily about this, for after months
of labor my plans are mature and we
can make a killing.
Yrs, T. B.
Following is the Fielder Indictment
in full:
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
COUNTY OF NEWBERRY.
At court of general sessions begun
and holden in and Tor the County of
Newberry, and State of South Caro-
lima, at Newberry court house, in the
County and State aforesaid, on Mon
day, the 9th day of November, in the
year of our Lord one thousand nine
hundred and eleven.
The jurors of and for the county
aforesaid in the State of South Caro-
lima aforesaid, that is to say, upon
their oaths present:
That Thomas B. Fielder, late of the
County and State aforesaid, on or
about the second day Of October, in
the year OF our Lord one thousand
nine hundred and Eve, with force and
arms, at Newberry court house, in the
County and State aforesaid, did then
and there unlawfully, Wilfu!!y and
corruptly give, offer and promise to
Herbert H. Evans, be the said Evans
being then end there ~ executive c.