The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, May 01, 1913, Page 7, Image 7
, ' "PORTLAND NED" PAROLED.
^ i
^ Yeggman Serving Ten Years to Be
Turned Loose.
Columbia, April 25.?James Johnson,
alias Edward Murphy, alias Edward
Howard, alias Edward Smith,
alias George Howard, alias Portland
i. Ned, the yeggman whose pardon Detective
Reed, of the W. J. Burns
V agency, posing as H. N. Porter, a Chicago
lawyer, alleged that he tried to
buy last 6ummer and failed, was this
, afternoon paroled by Governor Blease
(ikiring good behavior. Johnson, or
$ "Portland Ned," as he is better
known, is being held until a reply can
be had from a telegram the G9vernor
sent the Federal authorities asking
w him if they have further charges
against him. If they have not he will
be set free at once.
/
? Robbery Committed at Enoree.
Johnson was convicted, largely
through the efforts of Postoffice Inspector
Gregory, of robbing the postV
office at Enoree, in Spartanburg County,
and served a term of seven years
' " in the Federal pTison in Atlanta.
When his term there expired he was
tried in the State Courts and given
ten years in the State penitentiary in
1911.
The prisoner came ino the limelight
during the sessions of the dispensary
investigating committee in
r Augusta last juiy. At mat nine detective
Reed of the W. J. Burns
agency, gave the dictagraph proofs of
a conversation he held with Sam J.
Nicholls in Spartanburg, at which
time, it is alleged, Xicholls agreed to
enter as associate counsel in the case
and undertake to get a pardon for
Johnson. Reed said that he represesented
himself as Porter, a lawyer
of Chicago, and that they were anxious
to get Johnson pardoned as he
was heir to a large estate in Chicago.
^ Felder-Reed Incident.
It was during this sitting of the
W committee that Thos. B. Felder, the
^ * Atlanta attorney, was presenting his
V charges against Governor Blease and
? Detective Reed was telling of an atW
tempted "frame-up" whereby they
hoped to show that they could buy a
pardon. But no pardon was obtained,
and how that investigation, with its
charges raised a storm in South Carolina
is still fresh in the public mind.
? The scoring which the committee,
Felder and Burns received at the
hands of the South Carolina Governor
in public speeches, charging that the
whole Augusta business was an attempt
to blacken his reputation and
injure an innocent man, and how
these speeches and subsequent de?iPont>aH
r>amnnifn into
veiwpnirru. us iauu^. u v..-.."t 0
white heat, is recalled by the paroling
of the prisoner who figured in
the sensational dictograph testimony
at Augusta.
"Portland Ned's" Pleas.
"Portland Ned," from his cell in
the Penitentiary, has addressed several
letters to the people of Spartan,
/
burg, which were published in the
> newspapers there, asking for one
more chance and begging them to use
their influence to get him his free%
t dom and give him another chance.
Several strong appeals were made to
the Governor in behalf of the prisoner,
begging him in the name of humanity
to give him clemency.
Tonight the Governor finally yielded
and extended mercy. His reasons
are set forth in the following:
Reasons for Parol?.
"Johnson, James, (white,) alias
Edwara Murphy, alias Edward Howward,
alias Edward Smith, alias
c-onrp-p Howard, alias 'Portland Ned.'
convicted at the August, 1911, term
of Court for Spartanburg County of
housebreaking and larceny and sentenced
to ten years' imprisonment in
* the State Penitentiary.
"The following letter was received
from the clerk of Court of Spartanburg
County:
" 'Spartanburg, S. C., April ^3,
1913. v
In re James Johnson.
" 'Mr. John K. Aull, Columbia, S. C.
; * " 'Dear Sir: Replying to your letter
of April 22d instant, in regard to
one James Johnson, you will find cer>
tified copy of sentence imposed, and
as to Johnson being the same person
who served a term in the Federal
prison for breaking into the postoffice
at Enoree, S. C., will say that he is
the same person. This is about the
only reliable information that I can
give.
" 'Yours very truly,
(signed) "'X. Leonard Bennett,
Clerk of Court, by E. W. Miller, D.
' . C.'
Many Appeals for Parole.
"The defendant had already served
nearly seven years in the Federal
prison in Atlanta for breaking into
the postoffice at Enoree, S. C.. when
A-: ?3 """in i?-> 5nartnnhnr>
flG was invu again ?ii ^.. .
under the laws of this State and sentenced
to ten years' imprisonment, of
which sentence he has served nearly
" two years, making a total of nearly
nine years which he has served for
this offence.
"I have received several personal
letters from prominent people of this
State in reference to the man, asking
.k that he be shown mercy. A petition
MAY DISSOLVE MYSTERY.
New Evidence Promises to Clear Up
Mystery of the Dunbar Case.
Hattiesburg, Miss.. April 24.?New
evidence which promises to clear up
the mystery surrounding the Dunbar
kidnaping case was obtained here
today when several persons identified
the photograph of the alleged kidnaper
as W. C. Walters, of Jones
county, Mississippi, who, with two
other men, served a six-year sentonop
in thp federal Drison at Atlanta
for the murder of a negro who was
homesteading government land in
that county.
Last year a man named Walters,
believed to be the 6ame man, lived
in this city in the house with a man
named Bruce. He left home in the
spring of 1912, carrying with him
his wife's two children. He was gone
six months, and. according to neighbors,
returned to his home after dark
the latter part of last August, bringing
a strange child, in addition to
the two children he had taken away.
The strange boy was about four years
old, according to the neighbors, who
say Walters later left home with the
boy. He is said to have told his wife
that while he was away from home
with her two children he had been
working in a saw mill in Louisiana.
It is believed that the child which
he left for several weeks last July
at the Bilbo home, near Poplarville,
Miss., was one of the two children
whom he took away from Hattiesburg.
Bluff Exposed.
Bob Dwyer, fresh from college,
opened a real estate office in an attractive
suburban neighborhood and
hoped to make his fortune. For days
he sat undisturbed in his little office,
staring out at the dusty roads or
twiddling his thumbs. On the afternoon
of the fourth day he saw a man
crossing Ogden boulevard diagonally,
headed for his dooor. Surely this
was a customer. He must be made
to feel that business was flourishing.
As the man stepped over the threshhold
Bob had the telephone receiver
at his ear and was talking earnestly
into the transmitter.
"That's correct," he said, as the
man stood before him. "Right. We
will accept your $15,000 cash tomorrow
and let the $30,000 remainder
stand on a ten-year mortgage.
What? Yes. I'll bring the deed
around at 11 o'clock tomorrow morning.
Good-by."
Bob hung up the receiver and turned
an important visage to the visitor.
"Now, sir," he said, "what can I do
for you?"
"Why, I just came over," said the
man, grinning, "to connect your telephone
instrument with the wires."?
Harper's Weekjy.
1?
was presented signed by the foreman
and members of the jury who tried
the case, by Col. B. G. Landrum and
many of the other good, substantial
citizens around and about the place
where the crime was committed.
"The following communication was
also filed with the petition:
" 'Department of Justice. Office of
the United States Marshal, District of
South Carolina, Charleston, S. C.,
April 12, 1913.
"I>eserves Consideration."
" 'James Johnson, care State Prison,
Columbia. S. C.
" 'Dear Sir: I have yours of the
6th inst requesting me to write the
Governor and ask clemency for you.
You say that you have resolved to
'have done with the old life and be
a man in the future,' and I think that
if you can convince the Governor that
you would carry out this resolution
and intended to do it, that your case
deserves consideration, and I will
write him to this effect. Your long
imprisonment as a Federal and State
prisoner, for practically the same offence,
appeals to me and I think will
to all fair-minded and sympathetic
men. and I feel confident that if you
can convince those who have the power
to help you to liberty that you will
in the future live an honest and
straightforward life and everyone
would be glad to see you released.
" 'Respectfully,
(Signed) "'J. D. Adams.'
During Good Behavior.
"Thp dofpn riant having served
nearly seven years in the Federal
prison in Atlanta, and nearly two
years in the South Carolina Penitentiary,
for the same offence, and in
view of the petition, signed by so
many of the jurors who tried him, I
granted the defendant a parole during
good behavior on April 25. 1913.
in order that he may have an opportunity
to go forth and redeem himself
in the eyes of the world."
The Governor this afternoon late
sent the following telegram to District
Attorney Cochran, United States
Tudge Smith and Marshal J. Duncan
Adams:
"Have paroled James Johnson, alias
Uova \-/\n onv fnrthpr
rui Uctiiu .\eu. nair u".' . ? ww
charges against him or do you wish
him detained?"
Pending replies to this wire Johnson
is being held at the Penitentiary.
MARY AND HER LAMB.
She Took It to School in Massachusetts
Ninety-Eight Years Ago.
Anxious to ascertain beyond question
whether there was ever a "Mary"
who "had a little lamb,' as the widely
known nursery poem recites, Mrs. L.
W. Owens, of Pueblo, Colo., traveled
to Massachusetts?a distance of more
than 2,000 miles?to make a thorough
investigation.
She has done it. She has found
that there was a real "Mary," and
that she had a real lamb. The lamb
went to school, too, one day, as the
famous verses assert. The young
poet, John Roulstone, who immortalized
Mary and the lamb, took some
poetic liberties with the facts, Mrs.
Owens found, but the poem is correct
in the main points. Here are the
verses as they were written and handed
to Mary, the owner of the lamb:
Mary had a little lamb,
Its fleece was white as snow;
And everywhere that Mary went
The lamb was sure to go.
It followed her to school one day,
Which was against the rule;
It made the children laugh and play
To see the lamb at school.
And so the teacher turned it out.
But it lingered near.
And waited patiently about
Till Mary did appear.
"What makes the lamb love Mary
so?"
The eager children cried.
"Why Mary loves the lamb, you
know,"
The teacher then replied.
The "Mary" of the poem was Mary
Sawyer, and later Mary Sawyer Taylor.
She lived at Sterling, Mass., and
when she was S years old, 98 years
ago, she owned a lamb.
Mary's lamb was a pet. She kept
its fleece nice and clean, and sometimes
tied a ribbon about its neck.
One day she took the lamb to school.
When she went to the platform to
recite the lamb clattered after her.
Tnat maae a laugn.
Mary then took the lamb outside
and fastened it to a shed. She took
the lamb home at the noon recess.
John Roulstone, who was studying
for the ministry with Rev. Samuel
Chapen, of Sterling, was on a visit to
the school that day. The next dayhe
rode up to the school and handed
Mary the poem.
Mrs. Owens, who is president of the
Loyal Boy's Club of the West, made
the trip from her distant home for
the sole purpose of delving into the
past and getting the truth about the
lamb episode. Mrs. Owens will -write
a book on the life and death of Mary
and her lamb. In a talk about her
investigations Mrs. Owens said:
"I came from Colorado purposely
to learn if it were true that there existed
a Mary and a little lamb, who
followed her to school. I am satisfied
beyond question.
"Years and years ago in the town
of Sterling, near Worcester, lived
Mary Sawyer, who later became Mrs.
Taylor, and, like her lamb, which was
celebrated in verse by a clever young
Harvard man of the times, John
Roulstone, she also became noted.
"Mary Sawyer, at the time she
came into possession of the lamb, was
8 years old. That was in 1814. The
lamb, I find, after interviewing old
residents of Sterling, was born about
March 1 of that year, and, therefore,
was a spring lamb. The little thing
lived until the next November, when
it met an untimely and tragic death.
"I find that on Thanksgiving morning
Mary was playing in the barnyard
at her home. The lamb, which had
before this become very fond of her
and had created the incident of the
school, was following her about, frolicking.
Unfortunately for the lamb
and also much to the sorrow of Mary,
the little thing got within range of a
vicious cow, which seized the opportunity
to dispose of it.
"I have been led to believe that the
cow became jealous of the affection
which Mary showed for the lamb and
seized the opportunity to dispose of it.
"The incident which John Roulstone
made famous by verse as related
to me by Mary's old schoolteacher,
Rebekah Kimball, deviates
in some ways from the verse.
"It is true that the lamb on the
morning in question followed Mary
and brother Nat to school. They discovered
it as they were crossing a
stone wall, and at the suggestion of
Xat the lamb was brought into the
schoolhouse and hid in one of the
desks, but it was discovered by the
teacher and the woolly little animal
was removed by Mary."?Xew York
American.
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Tommy came home from school
very morose. He said that he had
been whipped and kept in.
"Tt was because you told me the
wrong answer," he added, turning to
his father. "Last night I asked you
how much was a million dollars, and
you said it was a 'hell of a lot.' That
ain't the right answer."
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