Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-07-19
FRIDAY, JULY 1e, 1919.

his friends, T. B. Pearce, l. j. Jennings
and Chas. Calvert. Nichols said he
never was offered any bribe by any
body for anything.
Nichols said IL he told the dictagraph
he was a delegate to Baltimore in
structed for Harmon he must certainly
| have been drunk for he was no dele
gate at all. There was laughter on the
part Of all present when this statement
was made.
Nichols denied he never represented
one Green in securing pardon.
Nichols told Of joining the campaign
party in Barnwell. He said he wenl
there with the intention Of asking the
governor II he would consider any
pardons before the election. He said,
however, that when he found the gov
/ eriIor 80 busy he did not mention the
matter. Witness said he saw the
| newspaper story that Fielder had
said Nichols had wired Reed to
come to Spartanburg and get the par
don he went to the Blackville Office
and wired Reed: Things do not look
good, come to Spartanburg at once"
AID he said he was then cold sober.
He introduced the original message in
evidence and said he had not wired
Reed anything else. Mr.. Nichols said
he spent last Sunday here with Gov
ernor Blease and the first he knew Of
| any reported "crookedness" he read
| in Sunday mornings papers.
He said when he went to Spartan
burg he found Porter's answer from
Chicago to the Blackville message,
| though In truth, he said Porter" was
in Augusta. This wire was introduced
as follows:
Chicago, July 18th. 1912.
"Sam j. Nichols,
"Spartanburg, 8. c.
your wire received today. Take
Ii for granted paper ready. Am mail
ing New York draft twenty thousand
as agreed. Wire Immediately IL pa
pers were issued today.
Signed Henry N. Porter"
Witness said he had been told that
the stenographer who took the records
of the dictagraph was Tom Felder's
stenographer.
Can not a stenographer easily
change notes SO as to misreport state
ments?" asked Attorney Jones.
Mr. Nichols replied he thought he
could.
Chairman Carlisle stated for Mr..
Jones, that the stencSrapher had new
er sworn to his NOES as submitted to
Witness said the name of the man
who is alleged to have had the fight
with Mr.. Hearon as mentioned In the
testimony was wrongly reported. as
were other names Of Spartanburg peo-
pie mentioned in dictagraph records.
At one place In the dictagraph rec
ord Nichols had referred to the gov
ernor as necessarily sharing In the
profits" of the pardon. but witness
said he evidently was referring to Sims
and not the governor. Mr.. Jones said
the stenographer helf and In other
places, put in the Nbrd Governor
to make the record mis9arry.
Mr.. Nichols read from magazine,
the American Federatippist, state
ment from Geo. W.. Wfckersham, at
torrcy 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 In
the country. The attorney general,
this article said, had reported on
Burns work, characterizing certain OF
Burns reports In government inves-
tigation as "evasive."
Mr.. Jones said he had a letter tend
ing to show that the dictagraph as
used in the Lorimer case, was unre-
liable, and he said this will be intro
duced, IL the writer of the letter, an
official in Washington and friend OF
Nichols, would give consent for its
use.