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COUNTRY NEWS LETTERS
SOME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS
IN VARIOUS SECTIONS.
k News Items Gathered All Around the
j^k County and Elsewhere.
Ehrhardt Etchings.
^ Ehrhardt, April 2S.?Mrs. W. H
Ritter and Miss Sudie Ritter, of Olar
visited friends in Ehrhardt last week
l Had on their usual good looks anc
k pleasant smiles.
fThe farmers are pleased this morning.
Nice rains, but rather cold anc
wind too high this morning.
Mr. Geo. McKenzie, of this place
' is circulating a petition for the posi
office at this place. No complaim
set up against present postmaster
N only the postmaster has had it a long
time.
Mt. Pleasant Sunday-school picnic
at Mt. Pleasant Lutheran church is
an annual picnic and all are invitee
> to attend and enjoy the day with the
school. Be social with them in theii
pleasures, singing, speeches, amuse
ments and basket dinner. So prepare
yourselves to enjoy the day
May 1st, 1913, is the day set aside
for the enjoyment. Don't forget the
day. JEE.
>
A Card.
To the Public: In circulating the
rvnfifinn ronontlv h\* AT r" ATC
MJ viwv?DV
Kenzie, of Ehrhardt, to have hin
appointed as postmaster of Ehrhardt
^ all kinds of reports were used tc
J make the public think different oj
me, when it is not so. Reports come
to me that "I have resigned;" that 1
^ did not want the office any longer;
that I had voted a Republican tickel
at election in order to get the postoffice.
Others might have been used
all of which are untruths of the vilesi
kind, and the truth is carelesslj
handled by parties using those remarks
to further their designs. Then
> is no use falsifying one's fame to gel
or try to get a few dollars added tc
their bank account. Gentlemen, its
wrong.
Twenty-eight years ago I startec
this office for the accommoaanor
of this neighborhood, as well as oui
business, C. Ehrhardt & Sons. I bore
i the expense myself of bringing the
mail from Yarn's Store to Ehrhardi
and returning same to that place bj
the time carrier returned from Folk':
Store for 5 or 6 years, then the department
added this office to th<
route and carrier from Midway tc
Folk's Store.
^ When I am tired of the office anc
resign, I will let all know it, anc
then all can have a showing by mj
consent, otherwise the governmen'
t' will have to call in my commission.
, " Respectfully,
JACOB EHRHARDT.
3 Ehrhardt, S. C., April 28, 1913.
Fairfax Fancies.
Fairfax, April 28.?Messrs. M. A
Moye and Miles Loadholt represent
ed the Confederate veterans from thi:
place at the reunion at Aiken. Ove:
500 delegates were present, and the:
had a grand time.. The applause was
tremendous when Col. B. H. Teagu<
sang: "The Old Confederate Soldiei
is Good Enough for Me" (to thet*n<
of "Old Time Religion"). At nigh
j a play, "Dixie," was given for theii
enjoyment by the citizens.
Miss Alice Reedy, of Charleston
and Miss Hattie Gooding, of Brun
son, were recent guests of Mrs. Wm
Anderson.
The G. B. C. met Friday evening
the guests of Miss Margaret Folk, a
the Commercial hotel. At the pro
gressive games Miss Harrison an<
Mr. Wm. Terry won the prize?a bo:
of confectionery. Miss Kenney woi
the consolation prize. Refreshment
were served, and the girls said the;
had an unusually fine time.
On Saturday our teachers were in
vited "over Duck Branch" to spen<
the day with Mrs. O. J. Youmans
They enoyed it immensely.
Miss Harrison visited Olar las
week.
* Our ladies are making every prep
aration for the comfort and enter
tainment of the delegates who are b
TTippt here on Wednesday for the TJ
D. C. convention.
Some of our young folks are at
tending the protracted meeting a
Brunson.
The health of our town is good.
C. F. Rizer, of Olar, who handle
the Ford cars in this county, has no\
on hand two Ford touring cars am
will receive today (Wednesday) si
Ford runabouts. He will be please*
to give a demonstration of thes
famous machines. Ford users ar
always satisfied, for there is no ca
like it for the money on the marke
today.
? TRAIN KILLS LEXINGTON MAX. i
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John P. Goodwin Meets Horrible
j IXeatli Under Southern Passenger. g
Lexington. April 27.?John P.
Goodwin, a white man, was run over
a ?
' and killed by a Southern passenger
train, near Styx, this county, late
yesterday afternoon and his body terribly
mangled. Coroner Wood con
ducted an inquest at noon today. The
? evidence adduced at the hearing tend- v
ed to show that the man was drinking
I heavily yesterday, after having re- l;
turned from Columbia with a quart c
- bottle nearly full of whiskey. The
I body of the unfortunate man was a
dragged beneath the cars for a dis- t
? tance of about 150 yards, his head be- c
t ing completely taken from the body.
t Parts of the skull were found all ^
, along the track. The man's arms and
> lower limbs were also torn from the ^
body and ground to a pulp. Every
J particle of clothing was torn from the
> body. 1
1 A double-barrelled gun, with one *
^ shell in it, was found on the ground, ^
near where the man was first struck. s
The stock of the gun wras broken off.
The three witnesses that testified E
swore that the train crew failed to C
- sound the whistle and ring the bell *
i for the road crossing. It was evident v
that the man was either lying in the
middle of the track, where he had (
stumbled and fallen, or else he was b
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lying just to the outer edge of the I
roadbed with one arm across the rail, c
^ Where the train first struck the man
the fingers were picked up by an un- t
J dertaker today. b
f John P. Goodwin was a son of Hil- ^
liard Goodwin, of near Styx, and was a
' about 27 years of age. He is survived t
, by a young wife, who before mar,
riage, was Miss Mabel Timmons, of c
Columbia. He is also survived by his
father and mother and several broth^
ers and sisters. None of the railroad v
, officials were at the inquest today, v
and it is now believed that the engi- t
4 neer did not know* that a man had
J been killed. It was stated today that
) Goodwin told some persons yesterday
. that he expected to have trouble with
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a negro by the name of Joe Boozer.
Millor maHo n epflrph for thft
ItJUVl XU VAW VW WWV-- ^ ? -
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. negro today, but could not find him.
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First Football Match in Jerusalem. c
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? For the first time in the history of
^ the Holy City its people have throng.
ed around a field almost within the
7 c
, shadows of its sacred walls, where
y
contending football teams strove toa
gether for victory. The victorious
} team, too. was composed entirely of E
American students from the Syrian
j Protestant college at Beyrout, and
. Uncle Sam's boys can claim to have
r introduced the sport of football into s
t the Holy Land. The contests were t<
spread over four days. The first af- o
ternoon the Beyrout men played a t
team made up of the young men of t
the missons of the London Jews so- h
ciety and of the Church Mission so- s
ciety of the city; on the second after- s
noon, with a team selected from the s
. ranks?Christian, Mosiem and Jew- s
- ish?of the Young Men's Christian f<
5 Association of the city: on the third v
r afternoon with a team of St. George's t
j college, and on the last afternoon h
5 with a team selected from all the
a Jerusalem players. The third game s
r was a tie, hut the three others were s
3 won by the Beyrout men. The teams s
t were made up of natives and Europr
eans, the latter being of several religions,
including Mohammedans. A
, local band of the American colony
- played on the last da. There was
. great enthusiasm, and. thousands of
spectators, including Moslem ladies f
, in their sheets and veils, watched the
o
t sport.?Strand Magazine. .
I CHARGED WITH EMBEZZLEMENT c
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1 Express Employee Arrested at Sum- g
c ter?Said to Have Confessed. v
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y Sumter, April 25.?Jessie T. Hawkins,
a young man in the employ of r
_ the Southern Express Company at ^
I this place, was arrested here yester- ^
day afternoon charged with the embezzlement
of money belonging to I
t the company. Hawkins was lodged
in the guard house, where, it is said,
. he made a complete confession. Later
he was transferred to jail, where he ?
0 is now being held until his friends I
r. can raise the sum alleged to have t
been taken from the express office. \
It is understood that money has i
I hpn taken from the cash drawer of
j the office at intervals since the first J
j of January. Twice deficits in ca6h c
j had to- be made up by the cashiers, I
s | when the route agent checked up the ?
^ I office accounts. About two hundred c
x dollars is the amount supposed to s
d have been taken. Mr. Jenkinson, t
e the agent for the company, stated i
^ this morning that the company would :
t not prosecute the case if the money ^
was paid back to the company. i
I
N THE PALMETTO STATE
OME OCCURRENCES OF VARIOUS
KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
tate News Boiled Down for Quick
Reading?Paragraphs About
Men and Happenings.
The next reunion of Confederate
eterans wil be in Anderson, in 1914.
The Methodists of Florence have
aid the cornerstone of a $50,000
hurch?to be completed by January.
"Chunk" Jones, a negro, was shot
nd killed last week in Colleton couny
by A. A. Griffin, a prominent merhant.
Dr. H. A. Bagby, of Liberty, Mo.,
ormerly of Greenwood, has been
ailed to the pastorate of the First
laptist church in Union.
KODert u-iinam, young sun ui
)avid Gilliam, shot and killed Ed.
Kennedy, colored, on Sunday in Abeville
county. The . coroner's jury
aid he was justifiable.
Ex-Gov. Jno. C. Sheppard is being
mentioned as probable successor to
'has. A. Woods, associate justice of
he Supreme court. The legislature
rill elect at its next session.
The hotel at Great Falls, on the
Catawba river, in Chester county,
urned down Wednesday afternoon,
t belonged to the Southern Power
ompany and was valued at $4,500.
Dr. T. P. Edwards, an inmate of
he old soldiers home, was convicted
y the recorder of Columbia a few
ays ago of selling cocaine. He is
native of Edgefield and had praciced
medicine fifty years.
At their meeting on Sunday the
ongregation of St. Pauls Lutheran
hurch, Colombia, decided to build a
ew church, to cost $40,000. Plans
rere adopted and the committee
vere instructed to go ahead with
he work.
President .wnson nas appoinieu
!has. A. Woods, of Marion, now
ssociate justice of the supreme
ourt of South Carolina, as United
tates Judge of the fourth circuit,
omprising the States of West Vir;inia,
Virginia, North Carolina and
louth Carolina, iio succeeding Judge
loff, of Wer.t Virginia, who was reently
elected United States Senator,
'he president has made a most exellent
selection.
SHOOTING SCRAPE AT BLAXEY.
Uoodhounds Rushed to Scene, But
Negro Escapes.
Columbia, April 27.?A report of a
hooting scrape among negroes in the
Dwn of Blanev, in Kershaw County,
n the Seaboard, reached Columbia
his afternoon and on request from
he authorities of the place bloodounds
from the Penitentiary were
ent there in automobiles. It was
tated that one negro had shot and
eriously wounded two others on the
treets of Blaney today and had afected
his escape. The bloodhounds
;ere unable to follow the trail and
he Penitentiary officers returned
ere tonight.
The negro who is charged with the
hooting is still at large and it was
tated that both of his victims were
till alive.
DR. FRIEDMAN SELLS RIGHTS.
VOl Receive $125,000 in Cash and
$1,800,000 in Stock.
New York, April 26.?Dr. F. F.
'riedmann has arranged for the sale
>f the American rights in his antiuberculosis
vaccine for $125,000 in
ash and $1,800,000 in stock in thiry-six
Friedmann institutes, to be or;anized
in as many selected States,
rit'n a total capitalization of $5,400,>00
according to the Times this
corning. A large wnoiesaie arug
irm is named as the purchaser.
riLLMAX FAVORS P. M. MURRAY.
Jelegation from Walterboro Confer
with Senator on Postmastership.
Washington, April 28.?Messrs. P.
J. Murray, J. G. Padgett, John H.
3eurifoy and Mr. Moore came here
oday from Walterboro in connection
vith the nomination of Murray to be
)ostmaster at that place.
Messrs. Padgett and Moore urged
senator Tillman not to oppose the
onfirmation of Murray, and Solicitor i
AnnAf OArtfir ro o tinn I
reui ilU\ cuuui luauvu.
senator Til'man said that he had eniorsed
Murray after the late Representative
Legare had done so, and
hat he saw no reason to change his
>osition now. It is understood that
dr. Legare's endorsement of Murray
vas actually filed with the Postmast e
General some time ago.
ESCAPES FROM HAMPTON JAIL, i
Jo? Cook, White, Cuts Through Brick
Wall to Liberty. !
Hampton, April 26.?Joe Cook,
who has been for several weeks past
confined in the county jail at this ^
place on the charge of housebreaking
and grand larceny, broke out of his
cell Friday morning early and up to
this writing has not been apprehended.
Cook is a young white man, who j
was tried here two years ago on the r
charge of housebreaking and larceny ?
and was acquitted. c
Recently, it is charged, Cook plead s
guilty to the charge at the prelimi- s
nary examination, the young man en- g
tered the same house as was formerly c
entered by some one and took'there- \
from blankets, meat, a pistol and a 2
number of personal belongings owned ^
by the negro occupants of the house, c
He was arrested by the wide-awake
policeman at Fairfax, wearing the alleged
stolen clothing, and having in s
his possession a quantity of the stol- j
en property, and on hie plea of guilty (
he was incarcerated in the county jail <
to await trial at the June term of the 3
local Court, but it seems as Cook be- ]
came dissatisfied with the heart of ^
the local jail and its pleasant sur- r
roundings, and with a small piece of 1
wire, which held the window of his 1
cell, he cut away the three or four i
layers of brick between him and lib- (
erty. g
It was a surprised jailer who car- t
ried the bounteous breakfast to the (
cell where Cook was supposed to be g
on yesterday morning. This is the i
first escape from the local jail by the ^
"hole-in-the-wall" route and has at- t
tracted interest. 1
TWO MAYORS SAVE ANGEL.
Seventeen-Year-Old Girl of Louis- \
c
ville Rescued in New York. j
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New York, April 25.?Correspond- Y
ence between the mayor of New York .
and the mayor of Louisville resulted (
today in the rescue of a Louisville :
girl and the confession of her ab- z
ductor. This is the story of Ethel ^
Angel, 17 years old, told in Court by {
Andrew Harris, a New York elevator r
runner, who pleaded guilty to the t
charge of abduction.
Early last January Miss Angel ^
ran away from her home in Louisville ,
with a commercial traveler, who had r
promised to marry her. After spend- ]
ing some time in Cincinnatti and other ^
cities they reached New York penni- ,
less, and the man induced Miss Angel (
to go with Harris. A week later Harris
put her out on the streets, and
there detectives sent out by Mayor j
Gaynor at the request of the mayor j
of Louisville found her. The girl will j
be sent back to her home. Harris f
faces a sentence of from five to ten j
years in prison. .
$50,000 FIRE AT BATESBURG. \
Cotton Oil Company Plant Destroyed. 1
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Insurance $25,000.
Batesburg, S. C., April 27.?A large ]
portion of the plant of the Batesburg
Cotton Oil Company was destroyed by
fire today. The entire buildings and j
machinery of the oil plant proper
were destroyed. The ginnery and the
fertilizer plants, operated by the ,
same company, were saved with little ,
damage. The loss is estimated at ,
from $50,000 to $60,000, with $25,- ^
000 insurance.
<
It is difficult to account for the ^
origin of the fire. The theory most
generally advanced is that it caught (
from a passing locomotive.
The plant being out of the zone ^
of the town's water system, it
was impossible to extinguish the
flames, and all energies were bent j
to the saving of the nearby buildings, j
The only stock destroyed was about ,
2,000 tons of hulls. All the seed had
been crushed, and the last car of oil -
was snipper out a iew aays ago.
The stock of the Batesburg Cotton j
Oil Company is held principally by
E. A. C., A. S. and C. E. Jones.
Arrested on Assault Charge.
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Greenwood, April 29.?D. D. Dix- ]
on, a white man, was arrested last <
night on the charge of assault and i
battery with intent to kill, the as- <
sault having been made on Mr. Henry <
Counts, a young man from Laurens, 1
who is employed by an automobile ]
concern here. The affair grew out
of an accident, it is said, to an automobile
in which Dixon and others <
were riding, and which was being i
driven by Counts. Counts, it is <
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claimed, was su uuk u> i^i.wu nun
piece of iron and was unconscious '
for some time afterwards. Dixon
was released on bail in the sum of ]
5200 by Magistrate B. L. McDowell '
today.
'PORTLAND NED" ESCAPES
VOTED YEGGMAN WALKS OUT OF
GOVERNOR S OFFICE.
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Tames Johnson Steals Out of Rlease's
Office While Officer Awaits With
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Warrant in Adjoining Room.
Columbia, April 26.?"Portland
s'ed," alias James Johnson, the yeggnan,
who was paroled yesterday
ifternoon, vanished from the inner
>ffice of the Governor this morning
md left a deputy United States marihal
with another warrant for him
guarding.the outer office. The fam>us
cracksman deliberately and cooly
took advantage of the Governor's
ibsence and waiKea out or rne auor
vhich leads into the inner office and
iisappeared.
Just Walks Away.
"Portland Ned," who served a
leven-year sentence in the Federal
>rison in Atlanta for robbing a post>ffice
at Enoree, in Spartanburg
bounty, and who had served two
-ears of a ten-years' term in the State
Penitentiary for the same offence
vhen he was yesterday afternoon paoled
by Governor Blease, was being
leld awaiting a reply the Governor
tad sent the Federal authorities askng
them if they had any further
iharges against the prisoner. Johnson,
or "Portland Ned," as he is beter
known, had been brought to the
Governor's office this morning, dressed
in citizens' clothes. He was taken
nto the inner office and was present
vhile E. D. Green and John L. Paige,
;he two Spartanburg prisoners, were
Deing given their paroles.
Was Wanted in North Carolina.
United States Commissioner Beverv
Sloan had issued a warrant for the
irrest of James Johnson, alias "Portand
Ned," charging him with having
lynamited a postoffice safe at Plynouth,
N. C., in 1898, and Deputy
Marshal Senn was present in the out>r
office awaiting to nab "Portland
<ed" when he came out. The war ant
had been sworn out on informa
-? v... Dnpfrtffina Tnonop.
LlUIl iUl JUl&LlCU U V ? uoiumvt
;or Gregory, who rounded up this
nan and landed him in the Peniteniary
for the Enoree robbery. Federal
Tudge Smith had telegraphed that
:here were no cases on the docket
igainst Johnson, and District Attotiey
Cocran had wired the same thing,
but had stated that he was telegraphing
the postoffice department
isking them if they had any further
:harges against Johnson.
Leaves Prisoner in His Office.
Governor Blease stepped out into
:he outer office, leaving "Portland
\Ted" and a lady in his inner office,
Deputy Marshal Senn being in the
)uter office with a warrant for "Portand
Ned." This latter individual,
iccording to what the lady toM?
md she never dreamed he was the
!amous yeggman, its he was dressed
n citizens' clothes?strode up and
iown the office a few times, then
ioolly unlocked the door leading into
:he lobby of the State House and left.
The Governor on returning to his
private office asked the lady where
;he man was and she replied that he
iad walked out.
Newspaper Men Notified.
The newspaper men were called in
ind told of the occurrence, and then
Marshal Senn was informed that
'Portland Ned" had flown, not more
:han five minutes after the disappearince.
"I didn't know I could serve
:he warrant on that man in your inler
office," said Marshal Senn to the
governor. "Why certainly you could,
10 one said you could not," replied
:he Governor. The marshal thought
Johnson would come through the
luter office, but the latter went out
through the private offi-Ni into the
lobby and vanished while the marshal
5vas waiting for him outside.
The cool way in which "Portland
\Ted" disappeared surprised everyDne.
He is said to be an old hand at
the game of safe-cracking and has a
noted career.
Governor Denies Report.
Rural Policeman Hipp having been
quoted this afternoon as saying that
tie was ordered out of the Governor's
nffice when he went there this morning
as a deputy from United States
Commissioner Sloan to serve a Federal
warrant on "Portland Ned," before
the latter "faded away," Governor
Blease was asked about the report
and dictated the following reply;
"I was sitting in my office, and
Col. John K. Aull, my secretary, came
in and stated that there was an offi
?er outside who wanted to see James
Johnson. I told him to come in. He
walked in my office. When he came
in I asked him to let me see his papers.
He showed his warrant to me.
[ saw it was a warrant issued by the
United States commissioner. I also
BODY FOUND IN BASEMENT.
Notes State Crime Was Done By New
gro Employee.
Atlanta, Ga., April 27.?With clothing
torn in shreds and other indica
tions of violence conspicious, the
body of Mary Phagan, 15-year-old
daughter of Mrs. J. W. Coleman, of
Atlanta, was found early today in
the basement of the National Pencil
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Company's plant at 37 Forsythe
street. Newt Lee, negro night watchman
at the building, who discovered
the body, was arrested shortly after *
he notified the police. A young man,
giving the name of A. Mullanox, also
has been taken into custody. The
police assert that the latter is alleged
to have been seen with the
Phagan girl at 12.30 this morning.
Both prisoners are being detained
under the blanket charge of "suspicion,"
and both deny any knowledge .
of the alleged killing.
Notes Tied About Throat.
The body was found, according to
the negro, at 3.30 this morning, when
he was making a round of the build ing.
In addition to a gaping wound
in the back of the head, bruises and
lacerations on the body, a handkerchief
was found knotted about the
throat. Tied to this was a short piece
of rope, with which, the police believe,
the body was lowered into the
basement through a small hole in the
v;tc?
floor above.
Physicians who were summoned
from a local hospital immediately
after the body was found expressed
the belief that death was due to
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strangulation.
Besides the body were found two
almost indecipherable notes scrawled
upon scrap paper. According to the
police the contents of one of these
notes was as follows:
"That negro hired down here did
this. He pushed me down that hole.
A long, tall negro, black, that did. it
worked. Long, lean, tall negro. I
write to people with me."
Not Her Handwriting.
Despite the fact that the basement
floor was littered with pencils from
the factory above, J. W. Coleman, a
local carpenter, and the girl's stepfather,
is quoted as saying that the
handwriting in the notes is not that
of Mary Phagan.
The girl was employed at the plant
where the body was found. The police
have the names of several people
who claim to have seen her in the
vicinity of the building, which is in
the business district of Atlanta, be^
-,A OA
iween n/.ou v uiuch. ia.sc uisut auu
12.30 this morning. Adam Wood- '
ward, a negro .night watchman employed
in an adjoining building, told
the police today that he heard a woman
scream shortly after midnight,
but thinking that the noise came
from a party of brawlers, he did not
investigate.
The Ehrhardt Cotillion Club has
issued invitations to a dance to be
given in Copeland's hall Wednesday
evening, May 7th.
?saw
that he was a rural policeman
for Richland County.
A Rural Policeman.
"I said to him 'are you not a rural
policeman for this county?' He said,
'yes, sir.' I said 'haven't you enough
to do to attend to your own duties
as rural policeman without trying to
run the business of the United States
Government and of the Governor's of- y
fice?' He said he supposed so. I then
said, 'well, if you want to hold your .
inh von had better trv to attend to
the business of Richland County, for
which you are employed; I don't
know of any business you have serving
warrants for the United States .
Government when you are in the employment
of the people of Richland
County; and don't you in your position
put your hands on this man
Johnson.'
"With that he left the office, and
the next I heard from the warrant I
learned it was in. the hands of the
man who was sitting in the outer office
of the Governor's offices when
Johnson walked out of the other
door. Rural Policeman Hipp was not
ordered out of my office and was
not treated impolitely, either by my
secretary, so far as I know, or by
myself. I spoke positively to him,
as I always speak positively on a matter
of immediate business to everybody.
"Neither I nor mv secretarv or ste
nographer have any duty to perform
either as detectives or as marshals or
policeman, and if the marshal sent by
the United States commissioner wanted
to Jt down in the outer office, to
which I was called by my secretary
on a matter of business, while James
Johnson walked out the other door, it
was none of my looko-ut and none of
my business."
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