Foltz Too Sick To Go Home and Support His Family, Says Governor, Nov. 30, 1924

Sick Man Stays in North Carolina. . . Governor Refuses to Honor Requisition After He Has Seen Picture of Lungs

By the Associated Press

Raleigh, Nov. 29—After he had seen the negatives of the lungs of Frederick Foltz of Philadelphia, Governor Morrison this morning promptly declined to honor the requisition of Governor Pinchot for the return of Foltz to Pennsylvania to stand trial on a charge of non-support and abandonment of his wife.

Governor Morrison said the negatives and representations made to him by physicians convinced him that Foltz was suffering with tuberculosis in a virulent form. The executive said he thought it not only unjust to allow Foltz to be removed from the state in his present condition, but that it would be unjust to the members of the man’s family in Pennsylvania.

Foltz was arrested at Wilmington several days ago on request of Pennsylvania authorities.

In declining to honor the requisition, Governor Morrison mailed the negatives showing the condition of Foltz’s lungs to Governor Pinchot of Pennsylvania.

From page 14 of the Sunday morning Durham Herald, Nov. 30, 1924

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