Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1914-07-29
lew Series No. S4O.-VoIume LXV.-No. 80.
SAYS SIGNATURE NOT GENUINE
DR.. Mcintosh Makes Statement as to
Richey Examination.

Columbia, July %5.--Dr. James II.
Mcintosh to-day gave out the follow
ing signed statement:
"The Knowltcn Hospital, Colum-
bia, S. c., July %, 1914.-On Thurs
day, July 23, 1914, l was still so
much under the influence Of the an
esthetic and of anodynes from +he
operation Of the night previous that
| did not see the afternoon paper,
| and consequently did not know until
Friday morning what had been said
at the campaign meeting on Thurs
| day. AS soon as l saw on Friday
| morning the certificate set out in The
State purporting to have been read
from the platform by Governor
Blease, l Immediately sent my ia
| ther, DR.. James Mcintosh, and a
| friend to the Governors office to re-
quest that he send the certificate to
the Knowlton Hospital by his private
| secretary, Mr.. Aull, that ! might
have an opportunity of seeing and
inspecting it. Mr.. Aull told these
| gentlemen that the certificate was not
| in the office, but that Governor
| Blease had it in his pocket at the
Lexington campaign meeting, but
that he would obtain 1t, and that it
would be in the Governors office on
Saturday morning.
"On Saturday morning, on applica-
ton at the Governors office, Mr.. Aull
told my father, DR.. James Mcintosh
that Governor Blease had come to
the city Friday night, but had no,
, come to the Capitol, and consequent
| ly he had not secured the original
certificate.
"The only certificate l signed in
this case bears date Of January 9th
1912, that being the date Of our visit
to the South Carolina penitentiary
and of our examination of r. A
Richey," says DR.. Mcintosh. at was
prepared and signed in the Office OF
the South Carolina penitentiary i'm,
mediately after our examination. II
is written with pen and ink on one OF
the letter heads Of the South Caro-
lima penitentiary. 1t is in my hand.
writing, and it contains no recon.
mendation Of pardon or parole. II
was signed both by DR.. Knowlton and
myself, and ! understand that it was
4 turned over sby Dra5knowlton gto w
r. RicRey ''f'zs
when this true certificate is pro
duced I will identify it and viii
stand by it's statement. And this i:
the only certificate that ! have evel
signed in the Rjchey case. Unfor
tunately, there is no copy Of this Ger
tificate in existence to my knowledge
we made no copy of it that after.
noon, and | have not seen the origi.
nal since.
'This certificate as written by us
was not satisfactory to w. r. Richey
| and several days subsequent to oul
examination various typewriter
| notifications Of our certificate were
Subnitted to Dr.. Knowlton and my.
self for our approval and signature
Each of these, after reading care.
| fully, | returned unsigned, as in my
opinion they did not cover the case
properly.
THE certificate published in the
newspapers as having been read by
Governor Blease, purports to be
written on the letter paper OF the
| Knowlton Hospital and bears date Of
January 19, 1912, whereas the only
certificate / signed was written or
letter paper of the penitentiary ant
bears the date Of January 8, 1912
| The certificate set out in the news
papers is not the true certificate;
| did not sign 1t, and any signature
thereto purporting to be mine is not
genuine. (Signed)
| James H. Mcintosh"