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I GOV. BLEASE REPLIES / TO JEFF D. GILREATH / TOLD RECTOR TO CONSULT SOLI1%A%'?T A ir I III UK fiU.^nA.U. lioveriior (rives Oat Correspondence in B Greenville Case Relating to Senm satiornal Arrest. Columbia, Nov. 6.?Governor Blease coday gave out a copy of a letter he w:x>te to Mr. J. D. Gilreath, of Greenvillf. answerine soecificallv the lat iter's question whether the governor ordered his arrest. The governor says in his letter that after Mr. Rector talked over the Vaughn escape charges with him he told him to consult Solicitor Bonham, and if the latter so advised him, then to make the arrests. The governor also relates the charges it.. /~?;l>.qq +>i haH diet 1.11 ot .VI1 . vjintam, " mvi. ? !?- ~ ? reported to him. The letter in full follows: "November 6, 1912. "Mr. J. D. Gilreath, Greenville, S. C. ?!>ear Sir: On November 1, 1912, I received the following telegram from you: "Greenville, S. C., Nov. 1, 1912. 'Governor Blease, Columbia, S. C.: " ? i- TT J ? J 1 Z .Did you oraer my arrest, runaiv wire at my expense. "(Signed) J. D. Gilreath." To which I replied as follows: "Columbia, S. C., Nov. 1, 1912. ' "J. D. Gilreath, Greenville. S. C.: Tour wire. Primary obligations, in my opinion, bind all parties. The violation of the 'oath in one instance relieves all others therefrom. If my wire is to be used against a democratic nominee, I shall remain silent. "(Signed) Cole L. Blease." At that time I was reliably informed that Mr. Rector was the Democratic nominee for sheriff of Greenville coun-1 ty, and that one. Virden, was a can- j didate on the indepedent ticket. My, first duty, as a Democrat, was to the! nominee of the Democratic party, and I to use every effort to secure his elec- j tion, and mcst assuredly to do nothing j "which would cause his defeat; hence, j my reply to you at that time. Since the majority of the people of; Greenville county have stood#to their j colors and shown to the world that j they are not perjurers, but they, I like true men. have abided by the oath which they took when they swore i to support the nominees of the Demo-. * ! ratic party, I now take pleasure in . answering the question in your tele- j - gram specifically. ; r.YIr. Hendrix Rector called me over j the long-distance telephone and stated | that Vaughn had made a confession,! fn which he had said that ex-Sheriff j Cilreath. Jailer Phillips and another, person, whose name T now do not re-: member, were the ones who had re-! leased him from the county jail; and j Ithat he (Rector) had other testimony,! which went to show the truthfulness of Vaughn's statement. I advised Mr.: Rector to go to Solicitor Bonham and lay the facts before him, and if he' fthe solicitor) thought the-m sufficient, i to immediately issue warrants for the, arrest of all of the parties. The next j information T received over the 'phone,1 was irom a geni.it man wuuse ? understand to be Morris; he sta'e'l that Rector had had warrants sworn out for the?c three parties and th?.t ho j had gone into the country to arrest one j of them and that as soon as he r^- j - ? ? ?. - a. r\ 1 rurnecl ne was gon;g 10 arrest urn-; reath, and requested, on behalf of Rec-, tor, not to allow any person or persons to have any communication whatever with Vaughn, as they felt som? of the parties or their friends would | ? Von O-Vl >1 tn flllQll CP cwnc auu uiuu^c ? uu^im Ills statement. The next information I received wasi from Mr. Rector, who stated that he had arrested the three parties and that they were in the conn-' : ty jaiL j< ? Mr:. Jack Power then took the 'phone I: and stated to me that Rector had sue-; 1 ~-3 ni>i<aefinor tho nflrtiPS 3nd ' 1 CCCMt;U I'll en 1 <_ o omb t-? , that there was a great deal of feeling, ' and jokingly remarked that if they ; put Rector in jail that I must stick | to him. I replied to him that I would. j Thfc fs in substance, the entire con- j < versatioms had over the 'phone, and T did not direct the arrest of any of these parties, but advised Mr. Rector to consult the solicitor and if he;1 iiiought the testimony sufficient, to i Ji- ~ ""iff U'hpn T was ! TLUCJVft llic awtov, '^ronecf that the arrests had been j made, I presumed they had been made J after consultation with the solicitor, j Sheriff Poole came to the Mansion on | Sunday, October 27, and told me that: ? tmoHp t>" confession and i Y?LHgXin UL<XU. muv4v u, told who had done the work in re- j leasing him from jail, implicating the! three parties, whom I am informed iave been arrested. He asked me what to do. I did not intimate to him what .Rector Lad said to me over the 'phone, Because Rector had requested me not to say anything about the conversation. I told Sheriff P(5ole that if he had suf-; Scient testimony to proceed to. have i I worui j OUR MOTTO IS III ! Quality should be j you buy it foi only o have good music on ; and terms before buy * HOLL Greenwood, ! t the parties arrested and referred him to Chief State Constable P. H. Corley, who had been in Greenville working on the case for some time, for such further assistance as he might be able to give. After some further conversation the sheriff asked me to write a certain communication, which he tbnnp-ht wrmlri assist him materially in the matter. I told him that I would do this* which I djd not do later because Rector, having had the arrests made, the communication would have been of no value. As the sheriff was leaving, he said that it would take Monday and possibly Tuesday to get the matter in proper shape. I told him to go by Oorley's home and take him to Greenville with him, and to proceed in tne enure i maiter at once. Thus, you will see, that I only ordered your arrest upon condition, which condition was that Mr. Rector was to consult with the solicitor, and if he (the solicitor) thought the evidence sufficient, to convict, that the arrests then be made If Mr. Rector consulted Solicitor Bonham and Solicitor Bonhain told him to proceed, then I presume it could be truthfully stated that I ordered the arrests. I will further state, for your information, that I was informed, first, that Mr. Vaughn boarded at your father's home while he was attending school at Furman university, and that he and you were good friends; second, that at the time of Mr. Vaughn's escape you owed him $2,000; third, that you were a candidate for snerin, ana lUdl I Vaughn's escape would cause, and did cause, Sheriff Poole's defeat; that these were the motives which prompted you. In addition to this, the confession of Mr. Vaughn, as I have stated f above to you, coming from Rector and j Poole and affidavit from one Alexander, j who was in the iail at the time, swear- | < ] ing that he saw you there assisting I Vaughn and knew it to be you. j ^ I do not state that any of these facts J are true. It is simply the information I which came to me, and there are men jin the penitentiary today on much less J evidence than these facts, and for this j reason Mr. Rector was directed to see ! Rnnham. and Solicitor Bon- j J ham, I presume, knowing all of the I parties and knowing what credence to j give their testimony, would be in a j position to advise. I was not in a position to advise direct and did not j do so. | I have been somewhat lengthy in this reply to you, but have set the facts ?J- - icrlir til or out fully, ill oruer uiau v>^u oughly understand my position in the | matter as well as your own. Very respectfully. Cole. L. Blease, Governor. ' STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF NEWBERRY. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. John Stockman and Belton Stockman, i Plaintiffs, against ! H. T. Ren wick, J. S. Ren wick, -7. A. j Burton, and E. A. Griffin and B. F. j Griffin, as partners doing business j under the firm name and style of E. 1 A. Griffin & Company, Defendants. ( < By virtue of an order of court herein. I will sell to the highest bidder be- , X four Consi< SATISFACTION OR A NE\ SflSf We Can Give J i Credit il S \l Our Prices Ar< PXhe above facts contemplating the \ a consideration when purchas ne thing and that is to make i poor piano. See us or wi rag. AND BROT fore the courthouse at Newberry, S. C., within the legal hours of sale, on! 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Said two tracts of land being all of the land conveyed to us by M. A. Renwick by deed dated October 2, 1912, and recorded in Book No. 10, at page 440, except the tracts heretofore conveyed by us to J. A. Burton, by deeds dated October 27, 1909, and December 12,1910. Terms of sale: One-third cash, the balance in equal installments of one and two year, with interest on the credit portion from the day of sale at the rate of 8 per cent, per annum, interest to be paid annually, the credit portion to be secured by bond of the purchaser and mortgage of the premises, which said bond and mortgage shall provide for ten per cent, attor - - - * Vnt. ^+ Keys iees in ea.se ui uonwuuu uj ouu or by an attorney; with leave to the purchaser to anticipate the credit portion in whole or in part.- Purchaser "o pay for papers and recording same H. H. Rik*rri November 7, 1912. 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