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THITRSDAY. OCTOBER 31, 1046,
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irias Statement Regarding Case
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-y l]'é'G“H‘aWkins, atforney or
Yar: ~gillman Yearwood, who
Wwilliam o 4 on October 22 for
Wik e;‘ff;“; of Harry W. Will
mrenSOsnzT today made .the follow~
8% gatement in wlich he says
mzfeels it is his duty in fairness
Fe sis client. to state the facts
W . developed between the
88 th?f the commutation hear=
.'mebeforp the State Pardon and
ing o Board on October 17 and
Pao excution in Tattnall State
Pl;\sfi-"nfla\,\ kins’ statemednt reads
we* h im
fls;.imtl,%fii never tried any case
in the newspapers that I : have
yepx‘eSGnt(’d as 1 have aI'WBYS'
thought that ~each case saould
o: on its merits in the
be fried
Court Iroms and leave it at that,
hut.for the past several days
there has been quite a lot said
"3 printed in reference to e
‘Walter Hillman Yearwood case.
1 think it is MY duty to state
the facts as they have develop
ed since the commutation hear
. pefore the Pardon and Pa
ing bE
wole Board on_ October 17, 1946,
in. Atlanta. and. the rotten treat
ment accorded me in the Gov=-
ernat’s office on Monday. Octo
per~2l and on Tuesday, October
22. 1946. :
wrpe facts in this case are as
follows: :
On October 17, 1946 at two
Jclack (p. m.) a hearing before
the Pardon and Parole Board
was begun on the question of
commuting the death sentence
of Walter Hillman Yearwood to
life imr¥isonment. This Board
save us a full hearing, the hear
ing lasting approximately %aree
wours. At the end of my argu
ment before the Pardon —and
parole Board, I requested this
Board to request of the Gov
ernor a stay of execution so that
it would give the ‘Boa¥d ample
time to review the columnious
ecord.
“«On Friday, October 18, 1946,
at approximately ten o’clock
(am) I talkeq with Mr. Edward
B. Everett, Maairman of the Par
don and Parole Board, and asked
if the Boarq had requested the
Governor for a stay of execu
tion. Mr. Everette stated to me
that ne request had been made
md that 1e would write me the
Board’c decision
Request Denied
“On Saturday, October,l9; 19486,
it approximately ngne o’clock
o ) 1 received a letter from
Roard denying commutation
stence. WhHen 1 arrived at
my office this Saturday morning
things begun to break to findi
cate to me that the truth had
not been discovered in this mat
ier. 1 immediately called® the
Governor’s office in Atlanta and
requested to speak to ‘the ‘Gov
ernor. 1 wag advised by Mrs.
Fellers ®aat the Governor was
not in. that he was out of the
State and that she did not know
Mhere the Governor was, Or,
when he woulq return. I taen
requested to her, to let me
speak to P. T. McCutchen, ijr.,
the Governor’s Executive Secre
tary, I was advised that Me-
Cutchen had just left the office
ond was on his way to Ataens
foafootball game. I then reques
tedi Mrs. Feilers to see that ihe
information reacheq the Govern
or that I wanted to'talk to him
in reference to a stay of execu
tion on the ground of newly dis
covered evidence in this case and
for him to please contact me
upon his return to the office or
have his Executive' . Secretary
contact me, that 1 was leaving
Athens going to Macon, Georgia,
and gave Liew the information as
so where T might be reached in
Macon.
‘T returned to Athens, Sun
day, October ' 20, about _one
oclock (p. m.) and discussed
with witnesses in reference to this
case. 1 then saw that it was
necessary to go to Reidsville
and falk withh Walter Hillman
Vearwood who was then confin
°d in the death cell at Tattnall
Pison. I Jest Athens approxi
mately three o’clock, Sun
day afternoon arriving at Reids-
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R ai e ail e ama
ville ‘at 8:15 p. m. I went imme
diately to the death cell and
took a last statement from Wal
ter Hillman Yearwood, whica
said statement covereq this case
from beginning to end. It re
quired a veriod of about three
hours! and in this statement
Yearwood denied that he did
the actual killing and named an
cther man as the actual killer.
I left Reidsviile approximately
eleven o’clock Sunday night and
returned to Atheas arriving in
Athens about five a. m. Monday
morning. i e
Sought Chairman
_ “October #2l, Monday morn-
Ing 1 proceded to Atlanta to the
Governor’s office, I was advis
ed that the Governor 'lad been
[in the office over the week-and
and received my message. At
three-thirty ». m. Monday, Octo
ber 21. 1 was finally given an
apbnointment with R. U. Hardin
ac I was advised that ‘ie was the
person to hear a request for a
stay of execution. I met Mr.
Hardin in his office at three
thirty and it took Mr. Hardin
thirty minutes to tell me that
he had nctiing to do with it—
that it was P. T. McCutchen, jr.'s
job to act on those matters. I
then went toe Mr. P. T. Mec
‘Cutchen’g office at about four
fifteen, after discussing the mat
\ter for a few minutes with Mc-
Cutcaen, I was adviseq by him
that it was not his responsibili
ty; that the Governor had fol
klowed a practice of never dis
turbing a death sentence unless
it was first carried through the
Pardon and Parole Board and
the Pardon and Parole Board
madé their recommendation. I
then tried to contact the Chair
man of the Pardon and Parole
Board and wag advisea by his
office that he and the o%aer two
members had left the office and
that they would not return that
day. Mr. McCutchen finally con
tacted Mr. Everette, %ae Chair
man- of the Board, at his home
and told him what we wanted,
in the meantime McCutchen
had called the Warden of Tatt~
nall Prison and the information
given me was that Walter Hill
man Yearwood was scheduled to
die in the electric chair at 9:01
the next morning, which was
Tuesday, October 22. When
Chairman Evevette was contact
ed over the phone he stated
that he would give me an ap
pointment the next morning at
nine oclock. I returned to
Athens.
“On October 22 at eight-thirty
a. m. I arrived at Chairman’s
Everette's office, Mr. Everette
came in a few minutes before
nine o’clock anq we begun the
discussion of this matter, Mr.
Everette stated to me that it was
not the duty orthe power of tae
Pardon and Parole Board to stay
an execution as the Attorney
General of the State of Georgia
had ruled this. Mr. Everette then
picked up the telephone and
called Mr. Marshal Pollock, the
Solicitor General of this Circuit,
at Monroe, Georgia, and after A
leng%ay discussion with Mr. Pol
lock over the telephone, I re
quested to be alloweq to talk
with Mr. Pollock, and Mr. Pol
lock stated to me “that he was
not going to take the responsiklil
ity of this boy’s life in hig hands
and he was not going to recom=
mend either way, yes or no, for
a stay of. Execution.” Mr. Ever
ette theén talked with Mr. Pol
lock again ang after the conver
sation Mr. Everette stated to me
again that it wasnot the Board’s
duty or power to stay an exe
cution but that he would make
a recommendation to the Gov
ernor’s office based on 'ais con
versation with Mr. Pollock if that
was what the Governor's office
wanted. He then called his Sec
retarv and dictated his recom
mendation that he saw no need
for a stay of execution and that
this recommendation was based
upon the recommendation of the
ine MacArthurs Go to a Parrty .
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Attending a reception celebrating “Double Tenth’Day,” China’s
Fourth of July, General and Mrs. Douglas MacArthur are pictured
being greeted by Lt.-Gen. Chu Shih-Ming, chief of the Chinese
mission in Japan. The party was held in the mission in Tokyo.
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Solicitor General.
. Phoned Governor
“I then requesteq Mr. Ever
ette to go with me to P. T. Mc-
Cutchen’s office wi¥ that wrec
ommendation, which he did.
When we arrived at the Gov
ernor’s office we imrmediately
went into the office of P. T. Mc~
‘Cutchen, jr,, tae Goverror’'s Ex
‘ecutive Secretary. I stated, “Well
Pat liere we are again.” He im
mediatelv called R. U. Hardin
back tinto the office and we dis
cussed the matter again. R. U.
Hardin statea, “Well Pat this is
not my responsibility, it is yours,
T have made my recommeidation
to vou and that is as far as I
can go.” After a few minutes
discussion, P, T. McCutchen, jr.,
requested to R. TT. Hardin that
he go with him into the Gov
ernor’s office and that they
woulqd call the Governor over the
phone. After about thirty min
ukes Hardin and McCutchen
came back to the office ‘and
stated that they had just talked
with the Governor, and that he,
the Governor, refused a stay of
execution. I' then requested P.
T. McCutcaen, jr., the Governor’s
Executive Secretary, to tell me
where the Governor was as I
wanted to talk with the Governor
personally. McCutchen stated to
me that he did not know where
the Governor was. I restateq my
request with this remark, “Pat,
you just stated to me five min
utes ago that you had talked
;with the Governo» and now you
tell me vou don’t know where
bhe is.” McCutchen says, “let’s
go and talk with the Governor’s
private Secvetary,” which we
did. The Governor’s private sec
retarv stated to me that she did
not know where the Governor
was and could not reach him by
phone. This was at one forty
five ». m. on October 22, 1946.
Yearwood Executed
“I left the Governor’s office
and returned to Athens and was
advised bv the Press that Walter
Hillman Yearwood died in the
electric chair at three-fifty p. m,,
on October 22, 1946, and that he
went to his death denying that
he had killed Mr. Williamson.
“I think it is a blot on the
fair name and®&yistory of Georgia
that a Governor will be in New
York City. or anywhere else. be
inZ entertained by a Book Pub
lishing Comvnanv that is to pub-
I'sh his book. while an execution
i% being carried out in the State
of Georgia and that he, the
Governor, hiding behind two of
his hireq underiings, namely—
P. T. McCutchen, jr., and R. U.
Hardin, without giving this case,
or any other case, a full and
complete 'aearing. |
“As the reader can see by ’thel
above facts that it took from |
three thirty p. m., on October 21
to one forty-five p. m., on Octo
ber 22, 1946.°t0 get any one to]
tell me who had the final respon
sibility, This responsibility was |
saifted from Hardin to McCutch
en. from McCutchen to Edward
B. Everette. from Everette to R.
U. Havden and then to P. T.
MeCutchen. and finally to' Mar
shall Pollock. the Solicitor Gen
eral.” |
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PORTMAN ELECTED
Bucky Portman, Savannah, was
recently elected president of the
Pledge class of Tau Epsilon Phi
fraternity at the University of
Georgia. Jerry Mendel, Atlanta,
was named secretary and Mendel
Romm, Atlanta, treasurer. Pledge
adviser is Ben ,Popkin, Augusta.
FOGLE ELECTED
Frank Fogle, Jacksonville, Fla.,
was elected president of Agrono
my Club at the University of
Georgia College of Agriculture
recently. Named to serve with
him during the.fall quarter were:
Dennis Rouse, Andersonville, S.
C. vice-president; Ralph Wehunt,
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Athens, secretary; Robert Mc-
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Ethelyn Lively, College Park,
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The Club is open to all stu
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who have competed two or more
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of the University of Georgia
School of Pharmacy, has re
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