Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-02-05
KING Of CLIMAX
WILL OPEN BANK
A. D. OLIVER, WHO WAS FORCED
TO SERVE A CHANGING SEN
TENCE BECAUSE OF HIS CLOSE
RESEMBLANCE TO BROTHER, Is
NOW FREE
Has Papers That PROVE
That He Is Innocent
Just Like Amy Other Man, His Troubles
Began When He Got Married-Affair
Now Tangled in Bankrupt Courts

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Now Tangled in Bankrupt Courts
A. D. Oliver, widely known as the
King of Climax" and the Wallingford
of South Georgia." has arrived in
Americas and will become a citizen Of
this city. AS soon as he clears his
skirts Of charges pending in the bank
rupt court presided over by Judge
Speer he will enter business in Ame,-
icus
Column after column of space has
been devoted to the checkered career
Of this man His is an interesting his
tory. Because of the close resem-
blance between him and hir twin
brother he was forced to serve four
years on the Georgia changing for Z
crime that he has since proven he
was innocent of.
Oliver landed in Climax and imme
diately stepped into the limtlight He
organized a bank, started several co :
porations, and made things hum ia
| general around the sleepy village
Then the people got sore. They decid-
! ed that all the income of the different
institutions was going into the peck
cts Of this modern Wallingford. They
tried to convict him on divers and
sundry charges. One after another
he was cleared Of every charge AMI
set free by jury after jury. Then, man
uike he made his fatal step. He mar
ried woman. Immediately it was an
nounced that Oliver was in reality one
L. C. Harding and that he was not only
wanted in Mississippi for jail breaking,
but that he had a wife in that state. So
charges of bigamy were preferred
against Oliver. In spite Of afIidavits
to the effect that he was the twin
brother Of Harding and other evidence
he was sentenced to four years on the
Georgia chain gang When his term
was out he went to Mississippi, and
was given afidayits by court officials
showing that he is not Harding. He
now has these credentials in his pos
session that prove his innocence Of BIZ
gamy and other charges.
Il want to get on my feet and make
another start" he said yesterday to d
reporter of the Times-R Recorder. l in
tend to locate in Americas just as soon
as Judge Speer lets me alone Incl
dentally,' he added, q could give lois
of testimony on the way he conducted
my case that would not be beneficial
to the judge
IF was in a position to do so, l
would open bank in Americas to-
morrow. l don't care if didn't get 4
single deposit, / have enough re-
sources that can command to go into
the loan business and make a success.
Il have suffered four years for a
crime that was not guilty of, and be-
lieye me some one is going to sweat for
it yet. / believe that they knew l was
innocent and that they railroaded me
to jail"
Say where is that brother of yours
who resembles you so?" he was ask
ed
Il am not sure" he said, but think
he is in Honduras. When we were lit
tie tots our parents died He went TO
live with people named Hardin; that
accounts for the difference in our
names. We closely resemble each
other, but l do not want to serve any
more chain gang sentences for the sake
of any resemblance again"