New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1928-09-13

such a letter to any woman In Park
ersburg, West Virginia. MIR. Kelley
carried out my suggestion and call
ed to see Mrs. Sanford. Following
is the report Mr.. Kelley makes to
me of his conversation with Mrs.
| Sanford:
After introducing myself to Mrs.
Sanford. informed her that ! had
a. letter from Parkersburg, West
| Virginia. She in turn without letting
me go farther said Yes, it is from
Mrs. Bauer l said No, it is from
Mr.. keenan, and the letter came
| to the democratic headquarters yes
terday and l have forwarded it to
the governor who in turn has asked
me to see you and inquire whether
or not you made the statement re-
ferred to in the letter to some lady
in Parkersburg who says she re-
ceived a letter containing such
statement from you. Her reply was
that she had written Mrs. Bauer
saying that, of course, she and her
family disagreed with the Cover
nor's attitude on the eighteenth
amendment or his ability to change
prohibition. l said that is not the
question: did you or did you not
write the article mentioned in this
letter?
Deniese Writing Letter
"She in turn said 1 did not: ]
was not at the fair on Thursday;
did l write anything of that sort to
Mrs. Bauer l asked her if she
would write a letter to the gov
ernor to that, effect which l might
send to him. She at first said she
didn't see why she should, but she
would write Mrs. Bauer. l replied
that that would not be sufficient,
that the governor was in possession
of this letter and if she was not
guilty of writing it felt it was her
duty to write the governor and tell
him so. She promised me she would
do so and tell him that she neither
saw him while at the fair, nor was
she at the state fair on the day in
question, nor did she say the things
contained in the letter from Park
ersburg, West Virginia. l informed
her that that sort of propaganda
was being practiced and that We
We're going to find out the source.
She said Yes, l received a letter
from Mrs. Bauer in which she told
me OF lot of things being said in
Parkersburg. West Virginia.
Before sending ME the above,
however, Mr.. Kelley called me again
on the phone and stated that Mrs.
Sanford had positively denied writ
ing any such letter. / forthwith Con
Saturday, about noon) called Mr..
keenan, on the phone at Parkers-
burg. West Virginia, thanked him
| for his interest IN my cause and
asked him if he would call upon
Mrs. Bauer, the woman who claimed
Mrs. Sanford. and ask her if she
would be kind enough to let him
see the letter. At six o'clock on
Saturday night i again called him
and he informed me that it had
| been impossible for him to get in
touch with Mrs. Bauer but that he
would attend to it on Sunday morn
ing. Carrying out his promise he
saw Mrs. Bauer on Sunday morning
and at 1880 o'clock ] received
from Mr.. keenan, the following
telegram:
Letter Not obtained
western Union
| Received at
! NC 400 80 rsburg
WVIR 1016A
Governor Alfred F. Smith
Albany N Y 1928 Sept 9 am 10 40
OBS
IMPOSSIBLE TO GET SANFORD
LETTER PARTY HERE SAYS
| SAME IS LOST OR DESTROYED
BELIEVE SHE MUST HAVE GOT
INSTRUCTIONS FROM SYRACUSE
TO DESTROY OR NOT DISCLOSE
HOWEN Elk SHE DOES NOT DEN
STATEMENT IN LETTER But
HAS QUIT TALKING
W A KEENAN,?
It. will be noted that Mrs. San
ford promised Mr.. Kelley that she
would write to me and make denial
Of the letter attributed to her by
Mr.. Bauer Up to two o'clock on
Tuesday afternoon, September 18th
] received no letter from Mrs. San
ford.
IF Mrs. Bauer made the state
ments attributed to her by Mr..
Keenan, and Mrs. Sanford made the
statements attributed to her by Mr..
Kelley, both can not be telling the
truth. Which OF the two women in
volved is guilty of the Islander / do
not know