New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-04-15
PARDON OF DR.. GRAHAM

From the Albany Ersrfnd Journal 12u.
We have been permitted TO puDIshthe folowing S.
ter from Governor Clark to the Governor Of Louisisaa
giving the reason which induced him TO exercise the
pardoning power In this case;
EXECUTIVE CHAMBER, ALBANY, April s. 1885
Robert NJ Graham citizen your convicted q
in The ,oSRs hs Il. c sss
and sentenced o the State Prison Tor seven years
III, Gaze striking lu:'rson Of the ELECTS OF an ua"s"a
The cities designed for the comfort aud rstona
with temptations addressed low and dressed sppees
Wesk minded people seek them for purposes Of idle show and
as place. Tor exhibition Of noisy aud vsporns and
Vss controyepy Such Person, cOns1ie1, Of often being
toward them themselves with concealed weapons
@ SO sss ssw us in proportion a. men ar.
pared ed tor them In times and places who're eHesbe
Society has Hitherto seemed costent with the hazards Of
breaches The peace In Of public resort hsr than con
restrained appetite demands But while refusing TO
BY removing emptsiiOps society nevertheless ysnly
hoe 10 under tho influence Of ntepeiance
Louisiana With ii. wife and Charles Lcs nsive Of North
ard citizen of California with his wife were odSars
PARTIES occupied contiguous rooms bat were entirely unse
Dsd with each oss .Is aSs s h fSDS TWO
habtusy sword in his hand An ARRAY occurred be
At s' 9ST NJ the Ss q.
while h entsRon't was In the possession Of his aceustomed
Wien bs inmate. Of the hotel that morning there
drsS bod, sud a widow there They were naturally filed
with horror and ndgnson and for few days the city and
even State excited ard alarmed demanding speedy
and yDdcye Justice.
The O and Jury indicted Graham or murder His trial came
Oh at an early He acquitted Of tho charge Of murder
and convicted Of in the second and was
senenced years imprisonment In the State Prison
think the verdict and the sentence were sustained BY he
evidence the trial Bat since the sentence has gone INTO
testimony has been presented 10 me which III had
tsen produced the trial would in oPin9n have mate-
rally modified tho verdict This testimony has
been ooroboaed and confirmed By circumstances which are
By 10 the prisoner
and visey that druDke ba not
crime Neyertheles would be s wiser II society would
consent prevent Drunkenness But certainly cannot do
this by and lndctye punhmsnu Of the crimes which
iu,emperance engenders - .
bis good chsrscer and sbe conduct from yourself and the
Governor Kentucky and also from the Senators and Repre-
sentatyes both Kentucky and Louisiana and from the
Msyor and authorities Of the City OF NewO
leans and the medical profession and other citizens OF thu
vsous pieces where the doctor has frequent resided accom-
panied opportunities for his pardon While these
Testimonials in Orsbas conduct exhibited N this
have only served To embsrass me am not unrdu OF
kat and comfy wbh should eIt between the chief
Executives States IL unusual as Ia this case
for Of different States In eonfedsscy 10 sac
for eemeney behalf Of Of their FELLOW eiti-
also opinion prevails the section Of the country TO
which Graham belongs that bis trial and punDhmenI wsfo
more rigorous account Of bis Southern nativity than hey
.houd have been and that be tired al tune "nSn ns
c nil uesy excited and possby peJudsea IL mas ne
dny atreed pleasure to DO able 10 come ~ M present
remark that nv examination Of the sad dsei-
sion have been somewhat hssensd BY certified intelligence
the prison keepers and Phynesns A .no hssn o. os
on terminate il insanity death Unless relieved BY Exseu
tive erfer.Toe The ssnes Of The prisoner sentence must
lsc,nse IN nv Judgment, qus doubtful whshcs the
ysctlop could have place tho evidence before
had been produced On the tnsi; ,,..
NV MYRoN II. CLARK.