Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-07-18
Attorney With Whom Detective
Says He Dickered for Par
don Enters Denial.
WAS TOO INTOXICATED
TO KNOW, HE ADMITS
Carolina Investigation Com
mittee Resumes Its Probe
at Columbia.

COLUMBIA. S C.. July tS.-Sweep-
ing denials We're made today by Sam
uei ]. Nichols the Spartanburg attor-
ney. that he had any intention of Of
fe-ins bride 10 Governor Cole l..
Blease for a pardon for Gus Deford,
notorious yeggman, Nichols denied
other charges made against him III
the testimony Of Detective +. S Reed,
IF tho Burns agency, before the South
Carolina legislative. committee nves-
tisatne Inc dispensary system and
charges of graft on the part of Gov
nor Blease The committee held a
special session here today to take
Nichols testimony. following the SEN
satonal disclosures of Detective Reed
and Thomas B. Fielder. the Atlanta
attorney before the committee at Au-
sUsta Last Saturday
Nichols declared m the witness
stand that he was in such an intoXi
Gated condition at the time of the in
fervieWs between himself and Detec-
rive Reed posing as Horace ~ Por
fer. a Chicago lawyer. that he knew
little of those interviews as recorded
by the dictagraph He declared that
some Of the statements by him were
too ridiculous to be taken seriously
He aatly denied some of the testi-
mony as reported by the dictagraph.
He positively denied that he had any
intention Of offering to bride the gov
'fnor and denied that he had done a
BIC pardon business with the gov
nor He denied the statement that
ne was delegate to the Democratic
national convention at Baltimore, and
mat he was instructed for Harmon
but said that if he said this it was
while under the influence of Scotch
whisky.
testimony Distorted
Nichols declared that the dictagrapn
testimony, taken in Spartanburg. Bal
lmoie and Washington hotels, had
oeen distorted by TRANSFERRING stenog
'aphels. He denied that he had tee-
sFaphed Reed to come to Spartanburg
20 close the pardon deal He declared
mat a telegram introduced as having
been received by Samuel Nichols
purporting to be from Reed. to the eff
tect that he had sent a New York
TRAIT for $4,000 for closing the pardon
deal was false.
me committee was in session three
hours hearing Nichols testimony
hartman Carlisle announced that he
mad requested Detective Reed to APP
pear mere today, but that he had fail
90 TO come. The hearing was attend
ca by large crowd. anxious to hear
another chapter of the latest sensa-
uon in South Carolina politics and
government affairs
Nichols IS represented by eight lead
Nhs attorneys of the state. chief among
Wnom is his father. Judge George w
Nichols, Of Spartanburg.
Ihe refusal of f. s. Reed the Burns
detective to appear before the commit
zee today or OF any future day in South
afolina has taken away considerable
interest in the hearing. and ii is like
~ mat the committees findings al
present win be Of little importance. r.
FIELDER and the detective say they
WIN appear before the committee in
CITY OF North Carolina. Georgia. or
o'nef nearby state, but that they will
"o' come INTO this state while Blease
Is governor. They say that there are
"ehchmen of. the governor who would
s'adly Kill them and that these would
immediately be pardoned by Governor
nlease Members Of the committee and
sam J Nichols and his array Of coun-
SCI arrived in this city this morning
Nichols Tells of Deal.
\. Porter, alias e. S. Reed.
saio Mr. Nichols. in reply to a uues-
uon came to me during court week
- epartanburg He said he was look
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