Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1914-08-05
Summing UP THE EVIDENCE" "
Richey Matters Taken as Whole and
Viewed Calmly.
(Greenville Piedmont.)

up as to the controversy as to the
famous report of an examination Of
r. A. Richey, purporting to bear the
Careful reading and comparison
OF the statements is all to the ad-
vantage of Dr.. Mcintosh, but leaves
some matters for Governor Blease
and w. r. Richey to clear up.
First, keep in mind that Governor
Blease himself bore testimony to the
veracity of Dr.. Mcintosh, testimony
which has been corroborated by
many and will be corroborated by all
Who know that physician, whose pro-
'essional and personal reputation are
spotless.
Governor Blease presents a type
written statement as to r. A.
Richey's condition, dated January 10,
1912, purporting to be signed by DR..
\. B. Knowlton and DR.. J. II. McIn-
osh, together with an affidavit from
!. J. Earle, a brother-in-law Of DR..
knowlton, who died recently, that
Dr. Knowlton's signature is genuine.
DR.. Mcintosh does not question the
genuineness Of DR.. Knowlton's sigma
IRE and makes no charge against
GOVERNOR Blease. He simply says
1e did not sign the statement in
uestion. He says he and DR.. Knowl-
on examined r. A. Richey at the
penitentiary on January 8, 1912, and
re wrote out with a pen, on peniten-
larry stationery, a report of their ex-
amination, which he and DR.. Knowl-
jon signed.
The paper in Governor Blease's
possession, purportiDg to be signed
by DR.. Mcintosh, and which the Gov
@rnor says is the only one with DR..
AIcIntosh's signature ever presented
% him in this case, is typewriter on
knowlton Hospital stationery and
bears date of January 10, 1912.
DR.. Mcintosh states that Richey's
attorneys were not satisfied with the
report he wrote with a pen and
signed, but prepared other typewrit-
zen reports which he was asked to,
but refused, to sign.
Mr.. Earle's character and famil-
iarity with the signature Of DR.. A. B.
Knowlton, Of whom he was a bro
ther-in-law and attorney, settles it
hat Dr.. Knowlton did finally sign
one of thooc after-prepared type
written substitute reports, but the
Only evidence to contradict Dr. Nc
lviuah'a 9tt,tenlent that he did not
sign sucu % substitute report is the
as. orGuu Of ". r. Richey that DR..
Mcintosh did sign the report now in
the GovernuE possession.
Dr.. Mcintosh is not in politics and
has no personal or partisan interest
in the case except to vindicate the
truth.
w. r. Richey is an attorney in the
case, a brother Of II. A. Richey and
the man to whom suspicion points.
Clinkscales is an attorney in the
case and his statement confirms Nc
lntOsh and contradicts Biease, for he
says the report filed by Mcintosh and
knOwlton was not satisfactory when
inspected by him in the Governors
Office early in January, and that he
wrote to w. r. Richey to try and get
more favorable report from those
physicians.
w. R. Richey nowhere in his affi-
davit denies that Mcintosh made a
report which was unsatisfactory.
What became Of the report Clnk-
scales saw in the Governors office
early in January, and which was so
unsatisfactory that he advised that a
more favorable one be sought?
How can Clinkscales' statement be
reconcled with Blease's assertion
that only one paper signed by Nc
lntosh was filed in his office?
All the statements bearing on the
case by parties interested have been
published, and readers can compare
them and draw their own conclu-
sions. In comparing them they
should consider the points indicated
above.
LlV-VER-LAX relieves all ills Of