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Eichelberger Agent Gulf Refining Phone 33 WALKS OUT OF GOVERNOR'S Off ICE WHILE FEDERAL OFFICERS WAIT 7 . "Portland Ned," off Dictagraph Fame, Paroled by Gov Blease, Escapes from his Office while Federal Of* f icers Wait Outside with Another Warrant. Columbia, April 27.?James John son walked out of the private ofllco of the governor yesterday, while a deputy with a warrant for robbing a postof flce In North* Carolina waited hi the office to arrest him. Although Colum bia police and tho county officials are doing everything possible to capture "Portland Ned," as he is known In police circles, nothing had been heard of him at a late hour last night. Announcement was made in The State yesterday morning that the gov ernor had granted a parole to James Johnson, known to tho yegmon as "Portland Ned," who was convicted in Spartanburg on the charge of house breaking and larceny and sentenced to 10 years in the State penitentiary. It was also announced that ofllcers of the United States postofflce depart ment expected to arrest Johnson Im mediately following his release from the penitentiary on the charge of rob bing a postoffice at Plymouth, N. C, In June, 1898. The officials at the penitentiary had been notified of the intention of the postoffice Inspectors and the warrants had been left with Sheriff McCain of Richland county. The inspectors did not arrest Johnson, the reason Is given below. "Portland Ned" gained notoriety du ring the sessions of the dispensary in vestigation committee held in Augusta last summer. It was there that De tective Reed gave his sensational "dic tagraph proof" of a conversation with Sam J. Nieb?lls, of Spartanburg. The conversation referring to the getting of a pardon for the prisoner, or John son, was held fh Spartanburg. It was stated that Nlcholls agreed to act as associate counsel in the endeavor to get a pardon for Johnson. Detective Reed stated that he represented him self as a Chicago lawyer, and wanted to Kot Johnson freed because he was heir to a large estate In Chicago. Order by Governor. "The governor ordered James John son brought to his office this morning, dressed in citizens clothes and and un der the care Of a guard," said (.'apt. 1). J. Griffith, superintendent of the penitentiary. The prisoner was brought to the governor's office by Guard Robblns of the penitentiary, accompanied by two officers repre senting tho postal oflleials. lie was carried into the private office of the governor and delivered into the care of the chief executive, according to Capt. Griffith, by Guard Robblns. La ter W. H. Sondley, captain of the guards at the penitentiary, notified R. Beverley Sloan, United States commis sioner here, that the governor had or dered Johnson brought, to his office at the state house. Mr. Sloan immedi ately telephoned to the sheriff's office, and upon being Informed that Sheriff McCain was out of the city, deputized it. S. Hipp, rural policeman, ns a depu ty marshal to servo a bench warrant on Johnson, charging him with rob bing the potolllce at Plymouth. Statement by Hipp. "I was waiting in the corridor out side the governor's ofllcc," said Mr. Hipp, "when the governor sent a ne gro out to tell me to come into his ofllce. I went in and he asked what kind of papors I bad for Johnson, who was seated by the governor's desk. I handed the governor tho United States warrant. He looked at it and asked mc if I wasn't a rural police man. I told htm that I was. The governor then asked me What right I had to serve United States papers and said I had better attend to my own , business before I was out of a job. \ The governor warned me not to put ? my hands on Johnson, ns he had a let > ter from Cochrane and told mo to go \ on and to attend to my business or I ' would'nt have any job. All this took > place in his private office, which I , would have not entered except for the [ fact that ho Invited mo In. 1 walked 1 out of his office and met United State? Dopuly Marshal Scnn, to Whom I I turned over the warrant for Johnson. \ I believe it was my duty to arrest < Johnson when I had been deputized \ by United States Commissioner Sloan I to do so nnd the warrants had been 1 In the sheriff's office ever since John > son was put In tho penitentiary." Prisoner Escapes. \ Later Commissioner Sloan went to 1 the governor's office with a warrant ! sworn out by H. T. Gregory, postoffice , Inspector, for tho arrest of Johnson. ' He was accompanied by Charles D. Senn, deputy marshal. Commissioner ! 81oan turned over the warrants to I Deputy Senn and instructed him to ' wait until Johnson came out of the. ! governor's private olfieo nnd to make \ the arroBt. Deputy Senn tok a seat ; In tho anteroom to the governor's pri vate office to await Johnson. In a few moments the governor came out from Iiis office, leaving Johnson, Ho talked for several minutes With some visitors and then returned to his office und found that Johnson hud disappear ed. It Was said that Johnson lUado his cscnpe through the door connect ing the governor's olllre with the cor ridor. I Col. John K. Aull, told a roprosenta I tlvc of The Record of the occurrence, i He said that Hipp was courteously treated by the governor, but the chief executive gave him u piece of advice. Col Aull said: "Governor Please told Mr. Hipp that he had better attend to his duties as a rural policeman of Richland coun ty, for which he was paid and not to attempt to attend to his duties of the United States government or the gov ernor's office. The governor did not forbid him executing the federal war rant, nor did he order him out of the ofllcc. He went out on his own voli tion." Governor Denies Report. Rural Policeman Hipp having been quoted as saying that he was ordered out of the Governor's office when he wont, there this morning as a deputy from United States Commissioner Sloan to serve a Federal warrant on "Potlnnd Ned." liefere the latter "faded away," Governor Blease was asked about the report and dictated the following reply: "1 was sitting in my office, and Col. .lohn K. Aull, my secretary, came in and stated that there was an officer outside who wanted to see .lames Johnson. 1 told him to come In. lie walked in my office. When he came in 1 asked him to let nie see his pa pers. He showed his warrant to mo. I saw it wag a warrant issued by the United States commissioner. 1 also saw that he was a rural policeman for Rlchland county. A Itunil Policeman. "I said to him, 'are you not a rural policeman for this county ' Ho 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 he Governor's of fice? He said ho supposed so. 1 hen said, 'well, If you want to hold your job you had better try to attend to tbe business of Richland county, for which you are employed: 1 don't know of any business you have of serving warrants for the United States Gov ernment when you nre in the employ ment of the people of Richland Coun ty; and don't you in your position put your hands on this man Johnson.' "With that ho 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 I walked out of the other door. Rural i Policeman Hipp wan not ordered out of my office and was not treated Im-J politely. either by my secretary, so! far as I know, or by myself. I spoke pbsltlvoly to him, as I always speak positively on a matter of immediate business to everybody. "Neltherl nor my secretary or ste nographer have any duty to perform either as detectives or as marshals or policeman, and if the marshal sent l>y the United States commissioner want ed to sit down in the outer office, to to which I was called by my secretary on a matter of business, hwlle James Johnson walked out the other door, it j was none of my lookout and none of my business." OLK A US F.IOK OF PIMPLES, BLACKHEADS Wonderful ZE.MO Also Stops Terrible! Itching AT ONCE} Cures All Skjn| Troubles. 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