The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-03-23
LETTER IS A FORGERY.
Fielder Denies He Tried to Frame Up
Big Corporation.


board Of directors of the, South Caro-
lima State dispensary. The alleged
letter proposes the framing up of a
100000 corporation to control the
major part Of the liquor purchases
OF the dispensary, with the lions
share Of the profits going to Fielder
and Evans and with Mr.. Evans as
sociates ''let in on the ground floor"
The house which was to supply the
liquor was Clarke Bros. of Peoria.
Forgery" Says Fielder.
Evans declares the letter genuine
and says he has others like it. Gov
ernor Blease says he believes it to be
genuine. The governor threatens to
produce other communications of this
character. Col. Fielder says the letter
is forgery.
After the downfall of the dispen-
sary, Col. Felder's firm, because of it's
intimate acquaintance with the deal
ings between the dispensary and va
rious liquor houses, was engaged by
| the dispensary winding-up commis-
sion to recover from liquor houses
mony alleged to be due by them to
the State. The Atlanta firm was paid
on a percentage scale and it has been
extraordinarily successful in making
such recoveries.
The document handed out by Gov
ernor Blease had attached to it a
statement by Representative A. w.
Todd, of Charleston, Secretary of
State, R. M. McCown, and MIR. L. NJ.
Overstreet, to the effect that it was
true copy of the original. This
original the governor says he keeps
| in a bank vault.
Text of Alleged Letter.
The document follows:
Dear Hub: 1 have just returned
from Peoria, III. I have framed up
our company in such way that we
| will be able to make all the money
out of it by the time your term as
commissioner expires, as we will rea-
sonably need and you can then retire.
I want you to think seriously of the
plan, which I submit, and make an
appointment as soon as possible,
either here or elsewhere, and can
discuss with you more fully and sat-
isfactorily the details.
''The plan is sufficiently feasible to
justify our taking your associates in
on the ground floor. 1t is this: The
capital stock of our company at pres
ent is 100000, owned by you and
1t is all paid for and l have the ac-
tual custody of the stock. Hull, the
general manger of Clarke Bros. & Co.,
wants an interest and we may need
him, but not at present. If we can
get for October, November and De-
cember large orders for Carolina
can issue s500,00O of preferred stock
of the company, sell it to parties
who have already agreed to pur-
chase, we can divide the proceeds
| from the sale of the preferred and
then do one of two things, sell the
common and let some new company
run it, or run it ourselves; meantime
we will have in hand $250,000 each,
| less such sums as we may have to
pay others to secure business.
Fortune in Sight.
"Now, Hub, want you to give this
| matter your serious consideration
and cooperation. If you will do it, l
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 sew
eral months, and now have it per-
fected. I have a brother-in-law in
| Indiana, "a millionaire, who assisted
me in working 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, accumulated his for
tune by the manipulation of stocks.
There is enough in the plan to just1-
fly us in paying more for business
than any one can afford, as you will
perceive. Then, too, as Clark Bros.
& Co. are the largest distillers in the
United States, no one can be cr1tl-
cized for giving them large orders.
Whatever is done must be speedily
done. Can you get your associates
to meet us here in Atlanta or in
Augusta right away? Now, Hub
don't dilly daily about this, for after
months of labor my plans are mature
and we can make killing This let
ter was signed ct. B." The letter