The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-02-17
CONFIDENTIAL
REPORT ,. sn'S Z; s snAn.

negotiating for its sale by corre-
spondenee With both MIR. Rock
savage and Mr.. Blame, but neither
would make me u definite offer.
| | knew that il these two once
got together the chances were
that they would arrange an ANAL
gamation. That would have put
an end TO their competition and
my government would have had
| to accept q much lesser price IN
consequence. II was by business,
therefore, TO try and arrange a
deal with one of these two gentle
men before thev met.
| spoke to Mr.. Rocksavage soon
after ] came OH board in the aft
ernoon, and he was unwilling to
deal with me until he had seen Mr..
Blame. His position was, OF
course, then far stronger than
| Mr.. Blane's, because the shares of
the Blame companies had been
falling so heavily during the past
/ few weeks. In consequence, l de-
termined TO see Mr.. Blame, II l
could, and try 10 persuade him 10
make a firm deal with me. II ne
had done so it would have
strengthened his position in deal
ing with Mr.. Rocksavage tremen-
dously. ~
| do not know if you are well
acquainted with the methods OF
finance but whichever OF these
gentlemen had purchased the
monopoly I have TO offer would
have been able to float new Is
sue upon it and, thereby, draw
much fresh capital, which they
badly needed, into their concerns.
| hoped that Mr.. Blame might
have been persuaded TO see the
wisdom Of saving himself in TINS
manner. before he opened nego-
tiations with Mr.. Rocksavage.
X: And what did you hope 10
gain for yourself, If you could
have pulled the deal off?
H.: For myself, nothing. am
only the employee of the Shikoku
Products company.
h: So you say, but what were
you standing in to make on the
side?'
H: This suggestion you make
is one which resent most strong
k: Now you can cut out that
high moral stuff right away, and
I'm warning you that you had best
come clean. Mr.. Rocksavage has
given me the lowdown on the sit
uation. You'd have US believe
that you're trying to get the high
est price you can for the Shikoku
people, who are acting for your
government, but that is not the
case. The thing you're interested
in is the highest bride you can get
to split with the Totomi Soap PEG.
pie. in order to stall them of
from wrecking the deal.
Rocksavage told me himself that
he had promised you 81 100000
70 split with them if the deal went
through. It's my opinion that you
were scared that if Rocksavage
and Blame got together they would
no longer be prepared TO pay you
enough TO square the Totom peo-
pie, so the whole thing would have
fallen through.
H.: That | deny.
X: Deny it if you like. but it's
the truth and we can prove 1t.
In consequence it becomes. quite
plain now that you had the strong
est possible motives for getting
rid Of Blanc. If he and Rocksay-
age had ever got together II look
ed as IL you were goino to lose
your share of million dollars.
H.: Do I understand that you
accuse me of the murder Of this
man, Blame?
h: That's about what it looks
like to me.
H: No. uo-please. You make
here q big mistake. / have no
hand in that-none whatever.
X: Do you deny that Rock
savage had offered you big bride
which you intended to split with
the Totomi Soap company, and
that you feared you would lose 1t
if Rocksavage and Blame CAME to
an understanding?
H.: On that question | give not
my answer now. reserve 1t for
my defense. should you make the
error to charge me with this
crime.
N: Unfortunately you are un-
able to prove any abb. You say
you went to your cabin at 6:lO
and you did not arrive changed in
the lounge
H.: But l came up again. |
wrote the postcard which you
found in Mr.. Blane's cabin, here,
in this writing room, between
seven and ten past.
r.: You might have mentioned
that yesterday. What did you do
then?
H.: went down again.
n: Well, that doesn't help us
any as you were in your cabin be-
tween 1:45 and S:l5 and during
those 80 minutes you may have