The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1912-07-16

AND NEWS.
He said that Mr.. Burns put two men
to work in South Carolina and he also
said that the two South Carolinlans
had promised to assist him financially
in bringing those responsible for the
condition of affairs to justice, but that
the assistance was not forthcoming
and he had financed the matter alone;
that he proposed to continue it to the
end and to bring the culprits to JUS
tice.
Says Going to Grand Jury.
when this man in unfrocked of the
robes of his Office" said Fielder, re-
ferring to Blease, Il propose to lay the
evidence which I have gathered before
some grand jury in South Carolina
that he may be brought to Justice
He referred to Blease as the spirit
and genius of the "plunderbund' and
charged that he had received rebates
and fattened on the spoils of ill-got-
ten gain. Fielder said that ne under
stood that Blease had some letters
purporting to refer to some connec-
ton of his and the attorney general
with an improper woman and he an
nounced that if Blease had such let
ter it was a forgery and he defed him
to have it published
Fielder started to read some afida-
Wits concerning something which hap
pened during the peace confere ice il
Atlanta, but the committee would not
allow them to be read and they were
privately handed to the committee and
turned over to them. The affidaYits
concerned the conduct of Governor
Blease during his visit to Atlanta on
the occasion of the peace congress re-
ferred to.
Burns Man in Charleston.
Mr. Fielder said that following the
Augusta conference Burns put two
men to work in South Carolina; that
one Of them operated in and around
Charleston for several months, posing
as a big gambler and blind tiger, by
the name of Wilson, and seeking a 10
cation there. He said that this man
Wilson's real name was Bailey and he
was received with open arms by the
Charleston tigers. He said that Will
son represented that he wanted to get
a location in Charleston and that Far
mum and others were very attentive
to him and the result was that he
learned all about the Charleston situa-
ton and the financing of Governor
Blease's second primary election by
the tigers, all about the graft situa-
tion, the protection" money collected
by the constables, etc. He presented
documents gathered by Wilson while
in Charleston. He said that Wilson
was not present today, being away
on another case, but that he was at
the disposal of the committee when
ever they wanted him and in this Mr..
Burns assented. He gave lot of the
dictagraph information Wilson gath
cred on the Charleston situation.
Referring to the said Wilson's tenn
porary residence in Charleston, while
he was posing as gambler and blind
tiger and gathering the leaders of the
calling from all parts of the country,
Mr.. Fielder said that Wilson was so
we'll liked that he came near being
elected delegate to the State conven-
ton in Columbia.
"He obtained history of Charles
ton from Dan to Beersheba, found all
about how to obtain protection and
got the whole history of the seamy side
of the city," said Fielder, referring to
Wilson. The following is the affidavit
which was submitted on the famous
"T. B." letters:
"T. B." Letters Declared F0rgeries.
Georgia, Fulton county: Personal
ly appeared before the undersigned,
an officer authorized by law to admin
lister oaths, Daniel w. Rountree, who
first being duly and legally sworn, de-
poseth and saith:
"That during the years 1904 and
1905 F. H. Krauss was employed by
his law firm. Fielder & ROuntree, and