The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1871-09-16

The CASE OF WIN. PEIToHAED.-On Friday OF
last week Mr.. Alex. NJ. Rogers, Assistant uni
ted States District Attorney, and Talbot j. AL
bert, ESQ.,, prisoners counsel since the trial,
visited Annapolis in the interest OF VIM. Prltch-
ard, colored, sentenced TO be hung at Towson-
town on the Goth of the present month"; They
submitted a petition in Pritchard's behalf,
which stated that the punishment of death is
not in Maryland the usual and 'oper punish
ment for Iape but is plainly reserved fof a
class of cases of t~anscendent criminelity, and
the petitioners further claimed Executive Glenn
ency for the criminal on the following grounds :
that he is uneducated, but sixteen years old
and never before committed any crime that it
was proved at the trial that Levin Palmer, col
ored, a man of twenty four years, was the auth
or and principal in theoutlage; that the in
jured woman, accompanied by an old man,
Adam Bickel, lett baltimore about 10 p. M,
August 3D., for the purpose ofpicking blackber-
ries on Patapsco Neck that they were met by
the two men about six miles from the city; that
Palmer assaulted and drove off the old man,
and with threats compelled obedience to his
desires, and then to his comrade, VINO acted at
the instigation of Palmer that the woman bad
worked ordinarily in an oyster factory along
with negroes that the Trappe road at mid
night is frequented by low gills and bad char
acters of all sorts that Immediately af.e: the
assault, after having walked six miles out
the outraged woman walked over mile to
a certain house, then retraced her steps to an
other place seven miles from the city, and then
hung around the neighborhood until A. NJ,
apparently collecting herself; called at the
home Of a eolored woman appeared es II nothing
had happened, and only complained that "the
BOYS had run her and Struck Inc old man )" that
sha then walked to Daltimo e; that Pritchard
WIS defended bv unpaid counsel, assigned at toe
order Of the cou1t, who Immediately proceeded
Il .ioY, hot, No
were examined in his behalf, nor any syste-
matte defence undertaken. The petition bore
the signatures of VIM. j. Albert, John L. Thorn
as, Jr, Archibald Stirling, Chas. A. Bishop,
VIM. NJ Marine, Chas. C. Fulton, Alex. Fulton,
Gen. Summerfield Berry and others.
On Monday Fred. S. Hobliszel, Esq., who was
assigned by his Honor Judge Gilmore to the
defence of Pri;chafd, addressed Letter to the
Governor touching the statements contained in
the petition, aad informing his Excellency that
Piitchard had til zee months III which to
prepare fof trial before he was assigned as his
counsel that FL tie witnesses he mad desired
to be summoned were present and testified !;
that he (Mr. HoblitzelD had e1erSed hi nself
in his defence but that the proof was SO over
whelming that the july gave their verdict
without leaving their seals that there was 40
evidence of the outraged woman being ever en-
gagged IN a factory with negroes; that within
half hour after the preparation of the outrage
she informed most esDectaDle lady IN the
neighbornood of wat he'd occurred. and that
there was no evidence oil tue bed reputation at
tributed 70 the Tsapoe road by the pc. ion end
that the proof in tee case fastened the crime
on P:itchard equally with Levin Palmer.
lev. Mr.. Hoff, Rector OF the Episcopal Church
at tn S place, recently visited TIE Governor, for
the purpose of Obtaipi1g a comm utaton of
Pritchard's sentence, and was informed that
the law would have to take lis course.