The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1911-03-22
SENSATION is SPRUNG
BY GOVERNOR BLEASE
r. b. EeIder Exposed In Al.
legged Conspiracy.
HUB EVANS SQUEALS
ON ATLANTA LAWYER
In a Letter Alleged to have been Writ
ten by It. B. Fielder Made Public
by Governor Blease Saturday Night,
Attempt mt Conspiracy to Defraud
State Exposed.

A letter which Gov. Blease says was
written by Thomas b. Fielder of At
lanta Offering to frame up 100000
deal with II. III. Evans, former mem
Der of the State dispensary board of
control, now under indictment for
conspiracy to defraud. was given out
Saturday by Gov. Blease as his first
grain of sand" on the dispensary in
vestigation situation.
The following is the letter:
Dear Hub: | have just returned
from Peoria, Ill. 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.
| want you to think seriously of the
plan which | submit and make an
appointment as soon as possible, either
here or elsewhere, and l can dis
cuss with you more fully and salts
factorily the details. The plan is suf-
ticiently feasible to justify our taking
Your associates in on the ground floor.
It is this The capital stock OF our
corpnanv at present is 100000, own
ed by YOU and l. 1t is all paid for
and | have the actual custody Of the
stock. Hull, the general manager OF
Clark Brothers & Co., wants an in
tercst and we may need him, but not
at present If we can get for Octo-
ber, November and December large
orders from Carolina, can issue $780,
600 OF preferred stock of the COM
pany, sell it to parties who have al
ready agreed to purchase; 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 our
selves. Meantime We will have in
hand $250,O 600 each, less such sums
as we may have to pay to others to
secure business in the meantime.
Serious Consideration.
Nov. Hub, | want you to give this
matter your serious consideration and
cooperation. If you Will do it | will
make you fortune and that very
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 several months
and now have it perfected. | have
a brother-m-law in Indiana, mil
!fOnaire, who assisted me in working
out the plans and will assist me IN
selling the preferred stock as soon as
we can make good showing. lie
has as all other very rich men, ac-
cumulated his fortune by the manipu-
lation OF stocks. There is enough In
the plan 10 Justify us in paying more
for business than any one else can
afford, as you will perceive. Then,
too. as Clark Brothers e Co, are the
largest dslillers in the United States,
no one can be criticised for giving
them large orders Whatevcl is done
must be speedily done. Can YOU get
your associates to meet us here in
Atlanta or in Augusta right away?
NOW, IluD, QOD uIily -uiilS uuout NhA'''
for after months of labor my plans
are mature and we can make a kill
ing"
This letter was signed "T. b.
The lo, dated Atlanta Ga,
October 2, 1906"
Mr.. Fielder Denies This.
r. b. Fielder yesterday when told
of the letter that had been given out
by Gov Blease said that ut was a
forgery" He denied ever visiting
Peoria ILL.,, and said that the letter
had been faxed up by the governor
of South Carolina
ii II. Evans, when asked as to the
letter. declared Vehemcntly that he
had received the letter in question
and many others and that T. II. Eel
der had tried "to frame up with sew
eral of the members of the dispensary
board of control.
Gov Dlease announced the letter
mad been obtained after months of
hard work He said he knew the let
IL.