1. On Sunday Sept. 2, Redcliffe was broken into, through windows in basement and nursery. Elliot Walker, 16, Harold Jakes, 12, confessed to Sheriff. They denied they had stolen my telescope. Nor had they: the telescope was found in a locked room upstairs. I did not prosecute, on advice of Uncle Henry. Nor did boys' parents ever express regret to me, or gratitude for my clemency, [telegraph], Sept. 1951, from Henry C. Hammond to John S. Billings; Sept. 1951 Creator: Billings, John S. (John Shaw), 1898-1993 Collection: John Shaw Billings Scrapbook Institution: University of South Carolina. South Caroliniana Library