The herald and news. (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, September 27, 1912, Page SIX, Image 6
HE IS NOT THE MAN TO '
LET BULL MOOSE IN
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GOVERNOR BLEASE IS M>! HI HI
TEDDY.
Says He is a Democrat First, Last ami
All the Time?Expects Harmony
in Legislature.
Spartanburg Herald, 24th.
Gov. Cole. L. Blease came to Spartanburg
yesterday afternoon on the
Carolina Special with his brother and
attorney, Eugene Blease; his cam
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paign manager, Fred H. DominicK,
and Senator J. D. Bivens, a member
of the subcommittee of the democra-i
tic executive committee, who are investigating
the charges of fraud in the
primary election of August 27. In a
landau provided by friends of the gov.
crnor, they drove to the Finch hotel.
The executive was assigned, to wnai
Is known as "the dictagraph room,"j
from the fact that in this room was
concealed the dictagraph through
which were recorded the words of
Sam J. Nicholls when E. S. Reed, the
Burns detective, tried to trap Mr.
Nicholls and Governor Blease into
1 ? : Tr," n * f nr Kn'haa Tn
paruuiiiiis a wu.ivi,
this room the governor held aD informal
levee for his friends, of whom
a dozen or more called during the afternoon.
In Cheerful Jlood.
The governor was in a cheerful
mood. He expressed confidence that
he would be declaredNthe democratic
nominee for governor, and voiced the
hope that bitterness and partisanship
would De laid aside ana an iorces
unite for the upbuilding of the state
in the things worth while.
"What have you to say," the governor
was asked, "as to the report
that you may form a coalitio-n with
Roosevelt?"
"It's a lie," answered Mr. Blease.
"I will form no coalition with Mr.
Roosevelt, or Taft, or with anybod}
else, against the democratic party. I
am a democrat first, last and all the
time. I was nominated as such and |
I will be elected as such. I am
stronger now than I ever was. I am
getting letters from men who supported
Judge Jones, even in Lancaster
county, who are disgusted with
the dilatory tactics of the executive
committee and promise me their support.
I have had 10,000 letters from
men who voted for me. /
The governor was asked what he
expected in the coming session of the
legislature.
Looks for Harmony.
"I look for good, clean, sensible
men," he answered, "except a few
others who will lay aside partisanship
and work together harmoniously
for the prosperity and uplift of the
state and government. This will be
a do-something session. Of course;
there will be some opposed to me pofiticaliy,
but I look for at leasjt some
patriotism in them, and I expect them
to join hands with us for the upbuilding
of the state."
The governor was asked what legislation
he would urge the legislature
to enact.
For Two-Cent Fare Law.
"I will recommend all measures,"
fce said, "which I recommended to
fict T?var4o fnrA n n A AVI n?Arn
mot aiuic auu v>
Snared. If they had merit "before
ttrey have merit now. I will will renew
my fight for a two-cent fare law. I'm
with it, I'm for it, and we're 'gwine'
to 'nave it."
As one of the reasons given for the
governor's liberal exercise of the
;
pardoning power was that many cases
worthy of clemencv had been allowed
to accumulate in the penitentiary
trough the inactivity of preceding
governors in this respect. Mr Blease
was asked if he had weeded out most
of these meritorious cases.
"There are seme left," he answered,
"but not a great many. I have
in mind a negro named Caroline, or
something like that, who has served
23 years of a life sentence. That
man has been kept in the penitentiary
fcr no other reason than because
he makes such toothsome pickles
that the penitentiary officials are
unwilling to lose his services. On
that account they have resisted his
erioris to get a paraon. i liueiia icj
act in his case, however, as I believe
that a man, after having made a good
prisoner for 22 or 23 years, ought to
lie given another chance outbid? of
pnspn walls.
Forgotten Prisoner \
*Ther ? are some prisoners in the
penitentiary who have been there so
&>ng that they have been forgotten
By peopel on the outside. So for as
their friends or relatives are concerned
they are dead. There was one
prisoner, Bacchus Holbeck, a Charleston
negro, .who had been in the
penitentiary so long that when he was
refected he felt strange and ill at
ease, and actually returned to the
penitentiary and asked! Captain Griffith,
the superintendent, to give him
work, and that" man is now, although
a free man, working behind prison
walls.
"I believe in giving a convict, who
has behaved himself in prison, an- :
other chance in the world. But it i
| would, of course, be out of the quesI
tio'n to unlock the penitentiary doors
and turn everybody loose. I have
seen all the prisoners- in the penitentiary
lined up?the white men on one
side and the negroes on another. And
I am sorry to say that on the whole
the faces of the white men were meaner
and more vicious than those of the
negroes. The faces of some or the
I white convicts are so sullen and mean
as to be absolutely repulsive. It would
be out of the question to pardon these
fellows, for they would be more than
likely to kill the men responsible for
their conviction, or burn down their
houses."
Governor Blease said he believed
the people approved of his pardon record,
and that instead of hurting him
it had actually helped to re-eiect mm.
"Pardon Brokerage*' Charges.
Speaking of the charge that it was
impossible to get a pardon except
through certain lawyer friends of the
governor, Mr. Blease remarked that
Joshua Ashley, of Anderson county, a
farmer, had probably obtained more
pardons than any other man. Mr.
Blease also remarked that he had
granted a number of pardons at the
solicitation of men who opposed him
in politiest, mentioning Frank Tompkins',
attorney for Judge Jones; Christie
Benet, secretary of the Democratic
State executive committee, and T. B.
Butler, mayor of Gaffney, as political
enemies to whom he had granted such
favors.
In this connection Sam J. Nichols,
who was present during the conversation,
stated that although he had been
spoken of as the one man through
whom pardons could be obtained in
Spartanburg county, as a matter of
fact he had been interested in only
three of 27 cases of executive clemency
in this county.
The governor discussed the reports
that the lawyers designated as "pardon
brokers" were paid for the pardon.
Mr. Blease said it was no more
than right that these lawyers should
| charge fees for their professional ser
vices in drawing up and circulating
the petitions for the pardon. He
said if he had been rewarding
his close lawyer friends by throwing
a big pa/rdon business their way he
would have directed all applicants
for pardons to his brother, Eugene,
or his former law partner, Fred Dominick.
But as a matter of fact, he said,
these men had not asked him for a
single pardon, except that Eugene
Blease has transmitted the applications
of others in a couple of cases. (
$55,000 RETURNED BY ROBBER.
.Kissing Package Found on Bank Steps
by Janitor?Detectives Hot on
Trail.
Pensaccla, Fla., Sept. 23.?As a re?
suit of the mysterious return to the
First National bank, some time last
night, of the $55,000 stolen while being
lelivered to the Louisville and Nashville
pay car at Flomaton, several days
ago, a conference was held tonight
between officials of the bank and private
detectives and special agents investigating
the robbery.
At a late hour it was stated that an
arrest was momentarily expected.
The package containing the money
was in the original wrapping as made
up by the bank employees, it is aid,
and was enclosed in a newspaper. It
was found this morning lying against
the grating of the back door of the
bank by the negro janitor, who first
thought it -a pair of old shoes. This
indicates, according to the officials,
that "some one with previous knowledge,
had prepared in advance the
dummy package containing magazine I
nd crcu? n-Vl i ?ro? "Inn" '
i> uivu >> cio t-inu ill piaoc UJ.
the money when the shipment was
opened in the Louisville and Nashville
pay car.
Detectives Hot on the Trail.
Burns and Pinkerton detectives and
special agents of the Southern Ex- j
press company are hot on the trail "of j
the man.
They claim the package of currency, j
in its original package, was found i
wrapped this morning in a morning j
Journal published on Thursday mora^j
ing. It had been placed at the back!
door of the bank some time durine the !
night and had rested th^i-e unnoticed.
The janitor had occasion to go to the
door, and opening the inside door saw :
a package resting against the iron j
grating. He thought it was a pair of j
old shoes, but when he picked it up i
the paper dropped off and he saw j
plainly labelled "this package contains i
$55,000." He tok it to the bank officials
and the latter identified it as the
original package intended for the paymaster
of the Louisville & Nashville
Railroad company.
Every Dollar in Package.
Every dollar was there, and the
pacKage nad ro been broken by the
man who stole it, and sent along a
dummy to the payp^aster of the Louisville
ail'.1! Nashville. This dummy was ,
t
made up of old magazines, the sheets
being cut to the size of a silver certificate
or bank note. The money had
evidently been resting against the
bank door for several hours, for it
had been out in the rain which came
down in a downpour during the night,
and the newspaper in which it was
wrapped dropped off when the janitor
picked it up.
? ^ t 1- :
me rear 01 me uaati 15 cutiuocu uy
a brick wall about five feet high and
the door at which the money was
placed was only about five feet from
this wall. The party returning it either
threw it over the wall against the
door or else scaled the wall and deposited
the package where it was
found.
Notified by Telephone.
A peculiar thing connected with the
return of the money was that Saturday
night Assistant Cashier ?\V. N.
Roberts received a telephone message
at his house from a party giving no
name and leaving the phone as soon
as he had spoken a few words. This
party, said: "You will find what you
lost at the bank's back door."
The party doing the telephoning
first made a mistake and got the wrong
Roberts. He telephoned to the home
of Cashier Clyde W. Roberts, of the
Pensacola State bank, and delivered
such a message, but was told that the
cashier had not lost anything. 'He
then telephoned to W. N. Roberts, but
that official thought some one was attempting
a practical joke on him and
refused to go out in the rain to the
bank to take a look. The various
Burns and Pinkerton men, who have
been securing evidence, called the express
and bank officials into conference
tonight, and it is expected that
there will be arrests in the case within
o fern* hnnrc
CLERK CONFESSES THEFT $55,000.
Young Man Admits Taking Package In
Pensacola?Tells to Protect
Brother.
Pensacola, Fla., Sept. 24.?William
H. Bell, 20 years old, a bank clerk,
tonight confessed that he robbed the
local First National bank Tuesday of
a package containing $55,000 of the
T /Miiftrill A P. XTooV^tnll A i 1 t?/so /I 'o r\o T?_
jLA/uioriiiu ot, naouvmc iaiiiuau o paj"
roll and substituted a bogus package
in its place. Fear tnat the officers
would suspect his brother is said to
have caused Bell to confess.
The young bank clerk has been in
the employment of the local bank for
two years. In his couit^ion to detectives
he declared that he planned
to secure the money a week before
the payroll was made up. Last Sunday
he madfc a bogus package, simi'pr
in shape and size to the payroll pack
age of money, filled with magazine
slips.
Tuesday afternoon when the Louisville
& Nashville payroll was being
fixed for shipment, he slipped the
package containing the $55,000 into
his locker and substituted the package
of paper in its place.
No one noticed the change and the
bogus package, together with a shipment
of $20,000, was taken to the express
office and receipted.
Tuesday night Bell took the package
of money to his home in a suit
case. Activities by detectives and officials
when the robbery became
known caused him to return the
monoy Saturday.
xie wrapped iiit; pannage iu a. ue?opaper
and after notifying the cashier
of the First National bank where the
missuig money would be found, he
placed it on the back steps of the
bank building.
The cashier disregarded the anony?nous
telephone message. The package
was found after it had been on the
steps several hours by the janitor.
ADMITS TAKING MONEY
AND ASKS f'OR SENTENCE
Pensacola, Fla., Sept. 25.?William
H. Bell,I the 19-year-old bank clerk
who last night confessed to stealing
the package of $55,000 from the First
National bank here, was arraigned by
a United States commissioner this afternoon
and entered a plea of guilty.
Bell declared he had no accomplices
in taking the money from the bank
cr in returning it to the back door of
the bank, where it was found by the
negro janitor. His bond was fixed afe
$5,000.
In his confession, made public today,
Bell declared he yielded in a mo
ment of weakness in taking the
money, but after he had it he did
not know what to do with it. He said
he desired to be sentenced for his
crime as quickly as possible.
Bell was not under suspicion up to
the time he presented himself to the
bank president and confessed to the
crime.
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