The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1914-07-26
ALL FORGERY
SAYS M'lNTOSH
NEVER SIGNED THE PAPER
PURPORTING TO COME
FROM HIM
GIVES THE DETAILS
Says w. r. Richie Of Laurens
Was Displeaaed With Paper
That He Signed
Especial to The Intelligencer.

Especial to The Intelligencer.,
Columbia, July 25.-In signed
statement issued today from the hos
pital, DR.. James H. 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 Bleese at the
campaign meeting here Thursday.
Il did not sign 1t, and any signature
thereto purporting to be mine Is not
! genuine" says the statement OF DR..
, Mcintosh. In sum and substance DR..
Mcintosh declares that the governor
read forged statement. DR.. James
II. McIntogh today gave out the fol-
lowing signed statement:
"The Knowlton Hospital,
Columbia, 8. c.. July 25th, 1914.
"On Thursday. July 20, 1914, was
still so much under the influence OF
the anaesthetic and OF anodynes from
the operation of night previous that I
did not see the afternoon paper and
consequently did not know NM Fri
day morning what had been said Mt
the campaign meeting on Thursday.
As soon as saw on Friday morning
the certificate set out in The State
newspaper purporting to have been
read from the platform by Governor
Blease. Immediately sent my father,
DR.. James Mcintosh. and q friend to
the governors office TO request that he
Eend the certificate to the Knowlton
hospital by his private secretary, Mr..
Aull, that'I might have an opportunity
OF seeing and inspecting it. Mr.. Aull
told these gentlemen thet tho eertifl..
cate was not I'M the Office, tut that
GOYernor Blease had It In; his pocket
Mt the Lexington campaign meeting
but that he would obtain It and that It
would be In the governors office on
Saturday morning.
ION Saturday morning on applica.
tfon at the governors office Mr., Aull
told my father, DR.. James Mcintosh,
that Governor Dlease 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 / signed in this
case bears date OF January Q, 1912
that being the date of our visit to the
South Carolina penitentiary and Of
our examination OF r. A. Richey. 1t
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 and is
on one OF the ietterheads of the South
Carolina penitentiary. It .is In my
handwriting and 1t contains no recon-
mendation Of pardon or parole. It was
Bigned both by DR.. Knowlton and N.Y.
self and I understand 1t WAS turned
! over by Or. KacwltoG 70 aiT. ". Il.
Richey.
when this true certificate Is pro-
duced will identify it and will etand
by its statement. And this Is the only
certificate that have ever signed in
the .Rdchey case. Unfortunately there
is no copy of this certificate in exist
ence to my knowledge. We made no
copy OF 1t that afternoon and have
not seen the original since. ,S
w. r Rlchey 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
typewriter 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.
"The certificate published in the
newspapers as having been read by
lGoyernpr Blease, purports to be writ
ten on the letter paper. OF tho Knowl-
ton Hospital and baars date of jan
uary 10. 1912, whereas the only certifi-
cate signed was written on letter
paper, of the penitentiary and bears
| the date Of January o., 1912.
n.The certificate set out in the news
papers is not the true certificate.
did not sign It and my S signature
thereto puIporting to be mine Is not
genuine. h,
lsignea, flames il, Mcintosh"
Saw tie Thug. !.
It was learned today that Mrs. J. w.
Marshall and her, daughter. Miss Mary
Marshall, of.1214 Bull street, saw a.
man leap the brick wall and come out
OF tho First Presbyterian chprchyard
near the gate on the Bull street side,
a few moments after the shooting. and
run south along the sidewalk in the
shadow. They last saw him IA he
passed the home OF DR.. William Wes:-
ton on the southwest corner OF Lady
and Bull streets. The bloodhonnds]
followed this trail. L. 5 81
Mrs. Marshall and her. daughter said
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