Raleigh, April 5 (AP)—Charges of trafficking in pardons, alleged to have been made against pardon commissioner H. Hoyle Sink, by prison chaplain W.S. Shacklette, will be thoroughly probed here tomorrow afternoon. The investigation will be conducted by attorney general Dennis G. Grummitt at the instance of Governor McLean.
The charges are said to have been made to B.E. Everett, a member of the prison board, by Mr. Shacklette, along with similar charges against George Ross Pou, superintendent of state prison. Mr. Shacklette last week denied he had made the charges against Mr. Pou, whereupon the prison board accepted his statement and expressed its confidence in Mr. Pou. As to Mr. Sink, the first meeting to consider the matter, Mr. Shacklette had nothing to say, and at the second the board decided it had no power to investigate such allegations against Mr. Sink because he was not under the jurisdiction of the board. Attorney General Brummitt then announced the governor had requested he investigate the charges.
Mr. Shacklette and his attorney, Josiah W. Bailey, have expressed their willingness to attend tomorrow’s meeting, and Mr. Sink had his attorney, Albert L. Cox, will be present also. Mr. Sink has insisted the charges “are entirely false,” and has courted full investigation.
From the front page of the Goldsboro News, Tuesday morning, April 6, 1926
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Raleigh, April 5 (AP)—Charges of trafficking in pardons, alleged to have been made against pardon commissioner H. Hoyle Sink, by prison chaplain W.S. Shacklette, will be thoroughly probed here tomorrow afternoon. The investigation will be conducted by attorney general Dennis G. Grummitt at the instance of Governor McLean.
The charges are said to have been made to B.E. Everett, a member of the prison board, by Mr. Shacklette, along with similar charges against George Ross Pou, superintendent of state prison. Mr. Shacklette last week denied he had made the charges against Mr. Pou, whereupon the prison board accepted his statement and expressed its confidence in Mr. Pou. As to Mr. Sink, the first meeting to consider the matter, Mr. Shacklette had nothing to say, and at the second the board decided it had no power to investigate such allegations against Mr. Sink because he was not under the jurisdiction of the board. Attorney General Brummitt then announced the governor had requested he investigate the charges.
Mr. Shacklette and his attorney, Josiah W. Bailey, have expressed their willingness to attend tomorrow’s meeting, and Mr. Sink had his attorney, Albert L. Cox, will be present also. Mr. Sink has insisted the charges “are entirely false,” and has courted full investigation.
From the front page of the Goldsboro News, Tuesday morning, April 6, 1926
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