The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1912-07-19


Fielder and detectives testimony, from
the State house steps, tomorrow night
at s o'clock, at which time he had
been invited to make an address, This
address will be separate from the reg
ular campaign meeting 10 be held in
the opera house at 10 o'clock tomor-
row morning.
Spartanburg, July 15.-"At my re-
quest Senator Howard B. Carlisle has
consented to call meeting of the
dispensary committee, to be held in
Columbia probably some time this
week and at that time l will go on
the stand and tell of the dictagraph
conversations which are alleged to
have taken place between myself and
Mr.. Porter, the Burns detective" said
Samuel J. Nichols, the Spartanburg
attorney, so prominently mentioned
in the testimony before the committee
in Augusta. Until that time I have
no statement whatever to give out, -
continued Mr.. Nichols. "What l say
want to say on the witness stand and
after being sworn, so that it will be-
come part of the record. If talk
now, it would merely be a statement
and must refuse to say anything
whatever"
Only Expected Fee, Says Nichols.
He did state, however, that he was
acting in good faith with the Chicago
attorney" and was only expecting a
fee for the services rendered Mr..
Nichols was in the governors man
sion in Columbia on Sunday morning
when the papers came and the faring
headlines were the first intimations he
had that he had been trailed by
Burns man. 'It was all news to me"
he said, "and I was as much surprised
as anybody when 1 read the testi-
mony." He did not say what comment
Governor Blease and others present
made about the. matter.
c. P. Sims, the other Spartanburg
attorney, who drew up the petitions
for the pardon of the Gus Deford and
circulated them in Spartanburg and
obtained number of signatures, said
he had nothing to say of the matter
today. He expressed the opinion that
at the time he did not believe Porter
was an attorney but rather sized him
up as being another yeggman, pal
of the prisoner, and he said he knew
that these fellows often paid big fees
to secure pardon for one of their
number
Don't Fear Blease's Threats.
Mr. Nichols is anxious that the COM
mittee meet on Thursday, but Chair
! man Carlisle said he did not know the
date of the next meeting of the COM
mittee. 1t will be held in Columbia,
probably this week. Mr. Carlisle did
not know whether or not any more
testimony from the Burns men would
be introduced before the committee.
''No, we are not very nervous over
the threats of the governor" contin-
ued Senator Carlisle, "and We will con-
tinue to probe into the affairs of the
recent State dispensary regardless of
the governor" Mr.. Carlisle stated
that he had heard criticism of the
committee for spending the States
money in order to employ the detec-
tives. He stated that these expenses
were not being paid by the State, and
also said that he knew Mr.. Fielder was
paying the Burns men.
Refrafned From Pressing Probe.
"The committee has been abused by
Blease," continued the chairman of the
committee, ''but we refused to take
advantage of the situation and retail
late by allowing testimony which
tended to throw light on the private
life of the governor Col. Fielder
wanted to introduce this testimony,
but the committee refused to hear it,
as it had no bearing on the dispensary
situation" Mr.. Carlisle refused to
idivulge the nature of the testimony,
but it was stated from another source