The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1912-07-19
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BY ATLANTA GRAND JURY
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more than he deserves.

more than he deserves.
when Blease came to Atlanta for
that commercial congress-" continued
Mr.. Fielder, 81 had him shadowed ev-
cry moment of his stay, And my de-
tectives saw the felony he committed.
That can be proved and if l. live I'm
going to prove it, and if don't live
there, still will be, witnesses who will
be able to convict him Of that crime"
. Reed Not Through Yet.-
AS Fielder talked Detective Reed, the
Burns sleuth of the dictagraph, came
into the interview. Reed looks; for all
the world the double of the late Paul
Morton, secretary of the navy under
Roosevelt railroad magnate, and in
surance chief, Reed opened the dicta-
graph which had received the con-
versation binding the alleged pardon
sale in Washington. "a.
"That's the same little machine that
trapped the McNamaras in the dyna-
mite plot" he said. cts the same
one I used to convict the. grating
councilmen at Atlantic City and the
legislators at Columbus. It's been a
a pretty loyal machine to the Burns
detective agency and it may do some
more work to undo Blease. I'm mot
through with the case yet" =.
Blease Makes Short Statement.
Cole L. Blease today said that in
the near future he would answer this
and other charges made against him
by Fielder in written statements.
But the governor did dictate a brief
statement today in which he charac-
terized Fielder as "cowardly charae-
ter thief and debaucbee," and called
William j. Burns, the detective en-
ployed by Mr.. Fielder, a cheap hire
lig unworthy of belief"
Blease denied that Nichols had
sought the pardon for Gus Deford, as
indicated in distagraph testimony pre-
sented the dispensary investigating
committee at Augusta late Saturday
afternoon by Detective E. S. Reed,
of the Burns agency.
The governors dictated statement
follows:
"The entire transactions as brought
out in Augusta have been done at this
time in the campaign for the purpose
of injuring me, thinking, as we had
passed over half of the state, that it
would be impossible for me to reach
the people again. That whole thing
is tussie of Misrepresentation and
wilful lies, which will show the peo-
pie of the state at the proper time
with the proofs. I have received NUM-
bers of kilograms, letters and telet
phone messages from my friends
throughout the state and from parties
who have heretofore never been my
friends, in which they denounce the
committee for the action it has taken
and assuring me of their undivided
support. am satisfied they have
done me no injury, but have materialt
ly strengthened me with my friends
and all other South Carolinians, who
love their state and who will resent
the manner in which this cowardly
character thief and debauchee has at
tempted to injure the chief magistrate
of this state with the assistance of
this committee.
Referring to w. ]. Burns, the detec-
tive, the governor said:
"In my opinion Burns proved him
self unworthy of belief and cheap
hirelinp as he has in other of his
transactions"
The governor said he did not care
to make any mention of the incident
of yesterday when he ordered J. N.
King and o. w. Watson out of his
resirence. He quoted one of these men
as using in his home words Of very
"ungentlemanly character"
Attorney Nichols, who swas connect
ed with the alleged pardon bribery
schceme as related by Detective Reed,
left yesterday afternoon for his home
in Spartanburg. Governor Blease
said today:
"Nichols never mentioned anything
to me about pardon for Gus Deford,
and no such pardon has been issued"
Nichols and other friends of Gov
ernor Blease were in conference at the
executive mansion several hours yes
terday.
The Vanishing Months.
Six months have slipped away.