The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1912-12-24
ASKS BLEASE FOR BODY GUARD.
Governor assures J. armstrong Chal-
oner No Harm will BefaII Him
While in South Carolina


charge ot lu.acH, and his subsequent
escape TO Viz gina, ana effor's to re-
cover his New York prop r;y, which
naG been turned over 20 d committee
upIoiHted b. the ecu, WhcA h. was
sent 10 The asylum, bro,;g, into ~
tional prominence by his Esh. On lrn-
acy laws, has written Gov Blease ask
ing for safe conduct and a body
guard during visit he wants 10 make
10 Columbia. The letter was received
this morning at the governors Office
along With lot of newspaper clip
pings detailing the lectures OF Mr..
Chaloner on the lunacy laws.
Mr.. Chaloner, in his will, left $780,
900 to Virginia and North Carolina col
leges. He is considered sane in North
Carolina. Virginia and South Carolina,
and he takes refuge in the first two
States. AS things now are he is under
the ban in New York, where so much
OF MS property now exists.
TO Interview DR.. Mitchell.
1t is, says Mr. Chaloner in his letter
to the governor asking for a body
guard. for the purpose OF holding an
interview with the president OF the
University OF South Carolina, that he
wants to come to Columbia and asks
for safe conduct and a body guard
Tor the purpose He says that he has
wiiled $4,000 to the University of
South Carolina, $4,000 TO the College
of Charleston, $4,000 to the Citadel
and $4,000 to Clemson. He wants an
interview with the governor and says
that he will arrive at Hamlet, \. c.,
on Friday night and to have the body
guard meet him there and he will come
to Columbia on Saturday, transact his
business nere and return to Hamlet
that night
The governor replied, through his
private secretary, that he did not think
Mr. Chaloner needed a body guard,
and cited him to the fact that he
couldn't be arrested and taken from
this State without a requisition.
Mr.. Chaloner says that he has rela-
tives in Charleston, who he fears would
rush him on a yacht and have him
returned to New York and Blooming
dale asy lum
His story of the origin Of the fued
between him and his family is that it
was while he was paying attention to
Miss Amelia Rives, the novelist, whom
he later married, and who is now
Princess Troub; stkoy, that her novel,
The Quick and the Dead, appeared
in d magazine His brother, Winthrop
Astor Chandler, wri2te sarcastic COM
ments" on the margin OF copy and
mailed it 10 him AS a result only one
memb;r OF the Chqloner family OF hi2
seven brothers and sisters was invited
10 his wedding at Castle Hill, in AL
bermarle.
Wants Judge Inlpeached.
1t was Federal Judge Holt, who COM
mittsd Chaloner 10 the asylum, and
he is trying to have the judge inn
peached He says that he has scat
tered petij;o@ss throughout Virginia,
North and South Carolina asking the
people to sign and forward them to
congress Tor this purpose. He has
also addressed a letter to President
TAFT asking for a safe conduct so he
can go t2 Washington and lay his fight
against the lunacy laws before the
judiciary committee OF the house.
MIR. Cnaloner is oGe Of the most IN
.teresting figures Eefore the country.
Born OF a wealthy family in New York
and inheriting a considerable fortune
he fell out with his family, who thought
his doings so eccentric that they ap-
nlied for writ to have him placed
ir an insane asylum and his property
TO be managed by committee appoint
ID bv the court He was pronounced
insane and committed to Bloomlngoale
asylum, from which he erected MS
escape and went to Virginia, where he
had landed interests. roFm his re-
treat there he conducted his fight TO
have the New York courts declare him
sane and to return his property to nm.
This he has never YET accomplished
although he is held to be sane IN VIZ
ginia, North and South Carolina ana
New York can't get him.
EI,,,,,od His Name.