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Show LETTER THEFT CllflEDUPTO FriSco Newspaper Declares De-clares Stolen Note in Senator Johnson Case Was Revenge by Worker SAW FRANCISCO. Bent, tt The San Francisco' Call-Post pub-llshss pub-llshss today sn article atatlng that tha confidential letter written hy United States Senator Hiram W. Johnaon to C. K. Mct'latchy. editor of the Sacramento (Cal l Bee, In which the eenaror outlined hi political po-litical chances In lift, waa stolen from the private ftlee of Albert B. Boynton. chairman of tha Republican Repub-lican atate central committee, by George O. Hard wick, a former employe, em-ploye, who turned copies over to Governor Friend w. Rlrhardao and Andrew M. Usraoet, publisher pub-lisher af the Ban rranclaco Journal. Jour-nal. The Call-Peat says It la In poser pos-er salon of a slgnsd confession from Hsrdwlck, a resident of Berkeley, CaL, who admits taking tha correspondence corre-spondence for reaaona ef personal revenge agalnat Boynton. and not to injure Senator Johnaon, whom he did not know. Hard wick waa die-mleaed die-mleaed (rem Boynton'e employ laat July. . Ha aeeerted In bla atatement to the Cell-Post thst bs had been promised employment both by Governor Gov-ernor Rlchsrdson, from whom, hs aald. he received a letter of thanks for Bonding tha Boynton correspondence, correspon-dence, and doors e D. Bqulrea, atate Ineurance eommlaalonsr. Ths premised prem-ised employment, however, did mot materlallss, Hsrdwlck aald. and hs la In dlstrssssd circumstances with a wife and three children to support. sup-port. Ths confession waa obtained, the Call -Poet assorts, by ths hsad of a local private detective agency, who acted on a tip cent to Senator Johnaon from Chicago by aa anonymous anony-mous fiisnd. |