Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1914-07-30

appointed upon his staff dago from
Charleston who had not at the time
of appointment citizenship papers. He
mentioned the asylum investigation
and accused the governor at attempt
ing to ruin the name of pure and
innocent woman, referring to Dr.
Saunders.
Lexington and saIuda.
At the meeting in Lexington there
were a large number of farmers and
a good many visitors from Columbia
an Newberry The meeting was with
out any particular feature, as was
also the case at the meeting the next
day at Saluda. At the Lexington
meeting the governor stated that he
had a complete organization through
out the state, and that he could tell
at the shortest notice the number Of
votes and the number OF people en-
rolled. He stated that State Senator
Sharpe was the president of his or
ganization and that his private secre-
tary Jno. K. Aull, was the secretary.
He referred in admiring words to Geo.
Bell Zimmerman, the county chair
man, who he said was a strong Blease.
ite.
DR.. McIntosh's Statement.
The following is the statement
which has been issued by DR.. J. H.
Mcintosh last Saturday:
The Knowlton Hospital,
Columbia, S. c., :
July rs, 1914.
On Thursday, July %, 1914, l was
still so much under the influence of
the anasethetic and of anodynes from
rns operation Of the night previous
that l did not see the afternoon pa,
per and consequently did not know
until Friday morning what had been
said at the campaign meeting on
Thursday. AS soon as / saw on Fri
day morning the certificate set out in
The State purporting to have been
read from the platform by Governor
Blease l imediately sent my father,
DR.. James Mcintosh, and friend to
the governors office to request that
he send the certificate to the Knowl-
ton Hospital by his private secretary
Mr.. Aull that might have an oppor
tunity of seeing and inspecting it. Mr..
Aull told these gentlemen that the
certificate was not in the office, but
that Governor Blease had 1t in his
pocket at the Lexington campaign
meeting, but that he would obtain it
and that It would be in tho governors
office on Saturday morning.
On saturday morning Of -applica:-
,aon al the governors office, Mr. Aull
told my father, DR.. James Mcintosh,
that Governor Blease had come to the
city Friday night but had not come
to the capitol and consequently he
had not secured the original certih.
eats.
The only certificate I signed IN this
case bears date Of January 3, 1917.
that being the date Of our visit 20 the
South Carolina penitentiary and Of
our examination Of r. A. Riehey. II
was prepared and signed In the o'ies
Of the South Carolina penjtentiary i'm
mediately AFTER our examination. n
10 written with pen and ink and is On
one Of the letterheads OF the South
Carolina penltentiaTy. II 10 IN my
handwriting, and II contains no re
ommendation Of pardon or parole. II
was signed BY both DR.. Knovlton and
myself. and I understand that II was
turned over By Or. Knowlton 10 Mr..
". \. 'Richey.
When this true certificate 10 pro-
duesA I will Identity X and will stand
by It, statement. And. this 10 the
only certificate that have ever sign
ID In the Riehey case. Unfortunately.
there is no COPY Of this certificate In
existence to my knowledse-ws made
no copy Of Il that Afternoon. and I have
not seen the original since.
This certificate ~ written By N
vas not satisfactory to Mr.. W. 4.
Riehey, and ON several days subse-
quent to our examination various
typewritteo notifications Of our cor.
unests were submitted to DR.. Knowl-
On and myself for our approval and
signature. Each OF these. after read
Ing carefully, I returned unsigned. as
IN my opinion they did not cover the
ease properly.
Tho certificate published IN the