The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1917, 1914-07-28
NEVER SIGNED THE PAPER
PURPORTINC TO COME
FROM HIM
GIVES THE DETAILS
Says w. r. Richie of Laurens
Was Displeased With Paper
That He Signed
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Columbia. July 25.-In signed
stateme issued today from the hos
pital, l.. James II. Mcintosh. the CO.
lumbia physician who was shot by an
unknown man early Thursday morn
ing, denied that he signed the state
ment read by Governor B'ease at the
campaign meeting here Thurs ,ay.
Il did not sign 1t. and any signature
thereto purporting' to be Ipine Is not
genuine" says the statement Of DIR.
Mcintosh. In. sum and substance DR..
Mcintosh declares that the governor
.aau forced hiuicuiont. Or. Junius
II. Mcintosh today gave out the fol-
lowing signed statement:
"Thc Knowlton Hospital,
Columbia, g. c.. July 25th, 1914.
"On Thursday, July %, 1914, was
still SO much under the influence of
the sanaesthetic and OF anodynes from
the operation OF night previous that 1
did net SEQ the afternoon paper and
consequently did not know until Fri
day morning what had been said ut
the campaign meeting on Thursday.
AS soon ae saw on Friday morning
tho certificate sot out in The State
newspaper purporttng to have peen
read from. the platform by Governor
Bleaso. Immediately sent my father,
DR.. James Mcintosh, and q friend to
the governors Office to request that he
send the certificate to the Knowlton
hospital by his private secretary, Mr..
Aull, that might have an opportunity
Of seeing, and Inspecting Il. mir. Auli
told these gentlemen that tho .csrtffl.
atasgwaa gnqtS In ttei .Qff3 Ge, J. fhsk
uofBtnor ABlease- had sit I'd siitss J spOGKet
nts the Lexington ripaign fYleetitg
hut that ne you'd obtain, 1T antt that II
would be In the governors Office on
Saturday morning.
s"On Saturday morning on applica-
ton at the governors office MT. Auil
tDid my father, DR.. James Mcintosh,
That Governor Blcase had come to the
city Friday night but had not come to
the capitol and consequently he had
not secured the original certificate.
THE only certificate l signed In this
case bears date OF January .. 1912,
that being the date OF our visit to the
South Carolina penitcntiary and OF
our examination 0f r. A. Richey. It
was prepared and signed In the Office
OF the South Carolina penitentiary i'm
mediately after our examination. It
was written with pen and ink ant, is
on one Of the ietterheads of the South
Carolina penitentiary. It is III my
handwriting and It contains no rccom-
menddtion. of pardon or parole. 1t was
signed both by DR.. Knnwltnn and N.Y.
self and I understand 1t was turned
over by DR.. Knowlton to Mr. w. II.
Richey.
when this true certificate Ia pro-
duced will identify II and will stand
by Its statement. And this Is tile only
certificate that have ever signed in
the Rachey case. Unfortunately there
lis no copy of this certificate In exist
ence to my knowledge. We made no
copy OF It that afternoon and / have
not seen the original since.
w. r. Richey Was Dissatisfied.
"This certificate as written by us
was not satisfactory to Mr.. w. r.
Richey and on several days subse-
quent to our examination various
typewritten notifications OF our cer-
tificate were submitted to DR.. .Knowl-
ton and myself for our APPROVAL and
signature. Each OF these. after read
Ing carefully. returned unsigned, as
In my opinion they did not cover the
case properly. tsi
Inc cerLlncate puDllGncd In the
newspapers an having been read by
Governor Blease, purports to be writ
ten on the letter paper OF the Knowl-
ton Hospital and bears date of jan
uary 10, 1919, whereas the only certifl-
cate signed was written on letter
paper of the penitentiary and bears
the date of January, 8, 1912.
The certificate set out in the news
papers Is not the true certificate. j
did not sign 1t and my signature
thereto purporting to be mine is not
genuine.
itSignedi "Jarnes' H, Mcintosh"
Il. Saw the Ting.
It was learned todly that Mrs. j.. W.
Marshall and her daughter. Miss, Mary
Marshall. of 1914 Bull street saw q
man leap the brick wall and come out
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