The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1914-07-28

the governor read at the campaign
meeting DR.. Mcintosh said last night
that "t2e signature thereto of his
name was clever imitation, but that
it was not genuine
Denial by Physician.
The statement issued by DR.. Nc
Intosh yesterday afternoon follows:
July %, 1914.
The Nn1wltoL Hospital,
Columbia, S. c.
"On Thursday, July %, 1914, I was
still so muc1 under the influence of
the anaesthetic and of anodynes from
the operation of the night previous
that did not see the afternoon paper
and consequently cd not know until
Friday morning WAT had been said
at the campaign meeting on Thursday.
AS soon as l saw Oh Friday morning
the certificate set out in The State
purporling to have been read from
the pIattc!m ~ Gov. Blease imme-
Giately sent my father, DR.. James Nc
Intosh, and friend to the governors s
Office to request that he send the GER
tifcate to the KnoWlton hospital by
his private secretary, MIR Aull, that |
might have an opportunity of seeing
and inspecting it. Mr.. Aull told these
gentlemen that the certificate was not
IN the office, but that Gov. Blease had
it in his pocket at the Lexington cam
paign meeting, but that he would OBJ
tain it and that it would be in the gov
ernor's office on Saturday morning.
On Saturday morning, on applica-
ton at the governors office, Mr.. AulI
told my father, DR.. James Mcintosh,
that Gov. Blease had come to the city
Friday night but had not come to the
capitol and consequently he 1ad not
secured the original certificate.
''The only certificate l signed in this
case bears date of January 9, 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 penlten-
tiary Immediately after our eXamina-
ton. 1t is written with pen and ink
and is on one OF the letterheads Of
the South Carolina penitentiary. 1t
is in my handwriting, and it contains
no recommendation of pardon or pa
role. 1t was signed both by DR.. KnoWl-
ton and myself, and l understand that
il was turned over by DR.. Knowlton to
w. R. Richey
when this true certificate is pro-
duced l will identify it and will stand
by its statement. And this is tie only
certificate that l have ever signed in
the Richey case. Unfortunately, there
is no copy of this certificate in exist
ence to my knowledge-we made no
copy of it that afternoon, and l have
not seen the original since.
This certificate as written by US
was not satisfactory to w. R. Richey;
and on several days subsequent to
our examination various typewriter
notifications of our certificate were
submitted to Dr. Knowton and my
self for our APPROVAL and signature.
Each of these, after reading care
fully, l returned unsigned, as in my
opinion they did not cover the case
properly.
THE certificate published in the
newspaper as having been read by
Gov. Blease purports to be written
cn the letter paper Of the KnoWlton
hospital and bears date of January
-, 1912, whereas the only certificate
l signed was written on letter paper
OF the penitentiary and bears the date
of January 9, 1912. The certificate
set out in the newspaper is not the
true certificate; I did not sign it and
any signature thereto purporting to
be mine is not genuine.
James H. Mcintosh
Clever Imitation.
Last night the following statement
vas issued by DR.. Mcintosh:
Gov. Blease this afternoon on his
return rom the saluda meeting stated
that the first intimation he had that
H. a1oIn+nch dn-;ro2 tn coo tho nnrti-