The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1912-07-24

Wnen he went into Reeds room at
the Hotel Finch there were two
quarts Of Scotch whiskey on the
dresser, that he got drunk and that
now he can't say what took place;
that Whiskey has peculiar effect
over him, and that the dictagraph
testimony does not represent his
case.
He said he didn't kno wwhat con-
dition he was in when he left for
Baltimore. but thought the dictagraph
told the truth when it said he was
drunk. He said this whiskey affected
him as none had ever done before
and was, after he sobered, unusually
bad.
Drunk on Train.
He was asked II he thought the
whiskey was drugged. He said he
couldn't say. Nichols said he did not
know he was on his way to Balti-
more until he woke up on the Pull
man In company with friends, T. B.
Pearce, l.. j. Jennings and Charles p.
Calvert. Nichols said ne never was
offered any bribe by anybody for any
thing.
Nichols said II he told the dicta
o. "ph hC was Il ueleSaCe TO Baltl-
more, instructed for Harmon he
must certainly have been drunk. for
he was no delegate at ALL There
was laughter on the part of all pres
ent when this statement was made.
Never Represented Green.
Nichols denied that he had ever
represented one Green in securing a
pardon. Nichols told of Joining the
cAmnnipn N Do
he went there with the intention of
asking the governor if he would con-
slider any pardons before the election.
He said, however, that when he found
the governor so busy, he did not men
tion the matter.
The witness said when he saw the
newspaper story that Fielder had said
Nichols had wired Reed to come to
Spartanburg and get the pardon, he
went to the Blackville office and
wired Reed:
Things do not look good. Come
to Spartanburg at once" and he said
he was then cold sober.
He introduced the original mes
sage in evidence, and said he had not
wired Reed anything else.
Two kilograms.
Mr.. Nichols said he spent last Sun
day here with Governor Blease, and
the first he knew of any reported
| "crookedness' he read it in the
sunday morning papers. He said
when he got to Snartanburg he found
| Porter's answer from Chicago to the
Blackville message.
Though in truth" he said 'Por-
ter was in Augusta. This wire was
introduced and is as follows:
''ClipDpn Iuly
Sam j. Nichols, Spartanburg. S. c..
Your wire received today. Take
it for granted papers ready Am
mailing New York draft twenty
thousand, as agreed. Wire immediate
| ly if paper is issued today.
HENRY n. PORTER"
| Notes DOctOred.
The witness said he had been told
the stenographer who took the rec
ords of the dictagraph was Tom
Felders stenographer.
Can not a stenographer easily
change the notes so as to misreport
statements?" asked Attorney Jones.
Mr.. Nichols replied he thought he
| could Chairman Carlisle stated, for
| Mr. Jones, that the stenographer had
never sworn to his notes as submitted
to the committee. The witness said
the name of man who is alleged to
have had a fight with Mr.. Hearon,
editor of the Spartanburg Herald, as
mentioned in the testimony, was
wrongly reported, as were other
names of Spartanburg people men
toned in the dictagraph records. AT
one place in the dictagraph record
Nichols had referred to the governor
as necessarily sharing in the profits"
of the pardon, but the witness said
he evidently was referring to Sims
and not to the governor. Mr.. Jones
said the stenographer had here and
in other places put in the word gov
ernor' to make the record miscarry.
An Attack on Burns.
Mr.. Nichols read from a magazine.
the American Federationist. a state
ment from George w. Wickersham.
attorney general of the United States,
to show that w. j. Burns stacked
the cards" using Burns own words.
and had used improper methods in
the investigation of certain cases i'm
the country. The attorney general
this article said had reported on
, Burns work, characterizing certain OF
, Burns reports in government in
Yestigation as "evasive."
MIR. Jones said he had a letter tend
Z ing to show that the dictagraph as
. used in the Lorimer case. was unre-
liable, and he said this will be intro
| duced If the writer Of the letter. an
, official in Washington and a friend of
Nichols would give consent for its
l use. This Will be introduced later, II
. at all.
As to the Brides.
1 On question OF G. p. Sanders, OF
his counsel, Mr.. Nichols said he
never made any agreement to receive
any money for Governor Blease and
hn dih ~ :,