Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-07-16

direct to Washington, and that he wa
pretty well intoxicated, when he ar
rived here at Washington, and did no
want to meet any Of his friends. HI
said he registered at the Continenta
Hotel near the depot. He stayet
around Washington for couple o.
days, and then went to the Altamon
Hotel in Baltimore, and had just ar
rived there and registered and was as
signed to his room when I called fol
him. He said he was in the bar room
at the time left my card at the desl
Of the hotel. and that he called then
down for not looking him up. ther
remarked that l was wondering II M
caught that train on Saturday evening
at Spartanburg. as he had only four
teen minutes after / left him. l ex'
planned that he ran his machine a.
great speed from the Merchants Clut
to the depot, and that while we were
en- route we hit a buggy; that I stop,
ped him, and after being questioned as
to who ] was / left the vicinity very
shortly after, leaving him and his ne.
gro chauffeur to proceed alone to the
train, and that l walked back up town
with his father. Mr.. Nichols remarked
that Mr.. Pagsy was also a justice OF
the peace, or a court justice, and that
he himself was city attorney; conse-
quently we could not have gotten In
trouble for a violation Of the speed
laws. I told him that all I was afraid
of was that we would kill somebody.
"I then began to discuss our matter
in a general way, saying to Mr.. Mich
OILS, in regard to that deal Of ours. ]
have been thinking the matter over,
and my opinion is that we should per-
haps reduce the amount agreed on
$4,000, to a smaller amount Mr..
Nichols replied that he had been
the matter over. too, and
thought that he ought to make posi-
bly, some deduction, or at least agree
on a different amount. Mr.. Pagsy
had very little to say, and at this juno
ture, Mr.. Nichols suggested that per-
haps as long as he and myself had
personal matter to discuss that we
would meet Mr.. Pagsy a little later.
Mr.. Pagsy excused himself and left the
room, saying that he would see us
down in the lobby. I remarked as he
went out the door that we would not
be long, and that we would soon be
down for lunch. closed the door, and
Mr.. Nichols and I took the same seats
as we had occupied before and started
in on our conversation, which, no
doubt, was recorded by the dicta-
graph. The confusion Of the three OF
us talking for about five minutes would
no doubt prevent the stenographer
from being able to distinguish the
voices and record accurately the con-
versation. No one was present In my
room until the conclusion Of our inter-
view, except Samuel ]. Nichols and
myself.
''When we left the room, the stenog-
rapher, Mr.. Reik, according to my In
was in the hall and saw
Mr.. Nichols and myself leave Room
AL; saw me lock my door, and also
saw Mr.. Nichols and myself proceed
to the elevator and we proceeded down
together. Mr.. Nichols and his friend
and myself proceeded to the bar.
where were served drinks, and later
went into the dining room. where we
were served dinner. After dinner was
served Mr.. Nichols insisted that I ac-
company him to Baltimore; that he
wanted me to meet Senator Tillman.
of South Carolina. and also Senator
Smith and q few Of his friends. con-
sented to do so, and securing taxi
cab we were driven to the railroad
station and boarded a train for Balti-
more at o'clock
The Alleged Dietasraph Record.
1t was stated, in the testimony that
the conversation below, between Mr..
Nichols and Mr.. Porter, was made in
the presence Of Pagsy. county recorder
from Spartanburg, 8. C..
Mr.. Porter: / will never forget that
trip as long as I live.
Mr.. Nichols: I don't even remember
leaving you. When did / leave you,
anyhow 1 took that automobile ride
with you.
Mr.. Porter: When we hit that bug
gy; do you remember that?
Mr.. Nichols: No, don't remember
that.
Mr.. Porter: These people wanted to
know what my name was. l told them
| was only a spectator. There was no
damage done anything. So didn't go
down to the train with you.
Mr.. Nichols: Where did we hit the
buggy?
Mr.. Porter: After we turned on the
main square and passed the monu-
ment, we met a street car as we turned
down q side street. There were bug
gies on each side and how we managed
to get through without striking any
one / don't know. We made 1t all
right, however, and passed between
one of the buggies and the street car.
Mr.. Nichols: That was the widest
ride. Where did we hit the buggy?
Mr. Porter: Right down on the lit
tie street as you turn from the square
to go to the station. about the second
block down; anyway. that was the
place. After we struck the buggy !
shut off your power and you slowed
down. I left the machine, as a crowd
was gathering and one Of the citizens
asked me my name. About this time,
your father appeared and spoke to you.
He asked you. what you were doing
there; that you had told him that you
were going to Greer. ! stepped to one
side and allowed your father to talk to
you, and a few moments later heard
you tell him that you were going to
Baltimore on the o'clock train. When
l got out of the machine your father
was standing on the curb, and your
driver, Tony, persuaded you to let him
drive the car. You had but few min
utes left, and I wasn't certain whether
or not you would be able to make your
train. Do you know how much money
you gave to me that night?
Mr.. Nichols: How much?
Mr.. Porter: Fifteen dollars. Gaugh-
ter)
Mr.. Nichols: Where did you go to?
Mr.. Porter: I went to New York the
next day. wrote letter to Mr.. Sims,
and gave him the information he
wanted, and told him would either
go on east or go through Chicago: so
| got busy and went to Chicago.
called up Baltimore several times yes
terday to get you.
Mr.. Nichols: You left the hotel yes
terday and hadn't been gone five min
utes before got your call. You just
had gotten away and gone when I got
the call.
Mr.. Porter: I took that next train
back to Washington.
Mr.. Nichols: Some Of the boys
brought the card then, l was down In
the hall when you came in there. Then
l went out and didn't get your tele-
gram-well, didn't know until this
morning when l rang you up.
Mr.. Porter: Did you have a good
time last nightq
Mr.. Nichols: Yes, the whole bunch
of US; quite a crowd,
Mr.. Porter: / called you up last
night several times.
Mr.. Nichols: Yes, the clerk told me
you did,
Mr.. Porter: I was little anxious to
get back, but wanted to have a word
with you and to see you first. I had
some business in New York city, and
was also anxious to return to Chicago
as soon as possible, and decided to stop