The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1914-07-18
.REc0RD'S 'S,.ggEQgEhTs
ON GUS,RlCHEy Case
QUESTION OF vERAcITY BE-
TWEEN PHYSICIAN AND
GOVERNOR
INTERESTING CASE
The Columbia Newspaper Re-
prints Pardon Reasons, Es-
cially Interesting Now
INTERESTING

Columbia. july r7.-Thc Columbia
Evening Record. Thksc editor. Jas. II.
Moore, WAS arrested some time ago
for libel aud IL ready for his case
to come To trial at hhy time. has been
pouring some hot 'shnt into tho gov
crnor Of tho state. n was one of the
governors secretaries who sworc out
tho warrant. --+------s--%---
The Record Thursday afternoon dis
played II statement from Dr. Jas. II
Mcintosh directly contrhdicting
statement from Blcase in his speech
at Abhcvillo where the speaker read
Il number Of reports from reputable
physicians, among whom arc DR..
james Mcintosh and others, that
Richey is pnralytic and his condi-
tion would improve If released from
confinement" =
Or. Mcintosh In his written state
mcnts says: q
"lt /: not true that this report OF
the snid committee signcsf by DR..
psns n1w'iSn Spa #yBSis Y sS wag 0r ras. ,ss
said II. A. Richcy. the fact being that
both DR.. Knowlton and fully agreed
that this paralysis was feigned."
The editor OF Tho Columbia Record
in commcnting upon-.tfiis statement
says:
This is a iii5Bt remarkable con-
flict of statement tc0mipk Vrom rep
titablc physician atAf fprCs6nts this sit
ation: that ever since ho parolcd
Richcy in 1912 Governor Blease has
been on record rs giving 4mong tho
reasons deciding hinf to grant the pa
rclc that Drs' A.! b, Knowlton and
James H. M'IntSshl Among others.
made reports oapwllich he based his
action. In his 'paEaq9g message Of
the legislature tnfSeNyV9rnor said:
"Potition was ibfcaelited April. 1914,
asking for a patdoM pigned by large
| number OF the ycitiYnps of Abbcville
, county. Accompanying the .sar 20 were
affldnvits and certificates or to his
health, but Notwithstanding the nu-.
mcrouply signed petition and the
isprominenco. of -s9npefof the. names OF
mon appearing thereon. did not feel
that 1t was a case where pardon
should DO granted, neither. q E;:soia,
but. however. in xieM-ot.t tho statement
iAoHi ioupcElAScVutIt dTiIItlu anu Dr.
+. T. .IenningsAof tho pcnitcntiary,
and alao tho separate opinion of Drs.
a. b. Knowlton and James Mcintosh,
who made n special and separate cx-
animation of the defendant, and also
of still another Tet3tt signed by DR..
VIM. u. simpsoh 4g4S tho physical
condition Of tii6" Hcfai!dant, and in
view OF the further fact that It is
stated in said papers, certificates. af-
ffdavits. ETC.. that tho said r. A.
Eichey. since his confinement in tho
State pcnitentiary. has. been and is to-
day helpless invalid, not being able
to leave his bed, and even when at
tending the calls of nature has to be
handled as child. and the certificates
of tho physicians showing iand oil OF
them concurrlng in the fact that ho
can never improve. but will continue
, to languish and finally dtel IL kept in
;,iprison. but that II given the benefit
Of air and sunshine that the probali-
itics are that he may get well. or at
least improve worry much In health.
And now DR.. Mcintosh. says that
DR.. Knowlton himself did not
recommend d'lichcya-parole or pardon
hut fully agreed that Richey's 'pnral-
ysi: was fcishedtf5t0
What Is tho anfwer?n,
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