The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1873-03-27
sDSSf Hanged.

rUW the Car.hoOk murderer, Wa!
hang ID BY the neck until dead. In &C
cor ahxN witn his aentence, = nins
q clock Ast Isiday aaorning. ill.,
J No nanrder for yeais, ustess thaf0
Fisk b Stokes. hasbesn moreswidsly
knowuaAni noted throughout tine
country; nor the probable result OF any
crime to the criminal 30 universally
commented and speculated upon.
After legal processes Of relief had been
totally exhausted. pressure ofpuoiic
(opinion tbfosgh the press and ~ petit
tion from men in oil positions-d'
vines. judges and Iaw-maksrs, the
the Jury Who 90 vicssd. aud last but
not least the widow Of the murdered
man hsrssls- -sO affect communication
az Posters sentence was brought to
bear apon the Governor such as
Nv men have ever sustained, and
much fewer yet have ever resisted.
But john A. Dix proved himself de-
serving oil the credit for conscien
tious firmness which long years Of
public life have given him; and like
the noble old Roman that he IL, hav-
ing once decided what was best for the
public veal aud the vindication of
law, nothing could induce him TO turn
aside. His answer to the petitions for
Foster has been published and Is well
worth reading. We can only repro
duce small part Of 1t here. After
recapitulating the circumstances of
the murder, he turns to the course Of
trial, his statement OF which, together
with the concluding paragraph, We
append
The murder was committed on the
18th of April, 1871; the trial began on
the Odd OF May ensuing; the verdict
was rendered on the 18th, tile sentence
assed on the Goth, and the 14th Of
July was fixed for his execution. !
Early 10 July, application WAS made
for communication Of his sentence, and |
on the 9th writ Of error was filed and
a stay of proceedings granted. On
the 2lst OF February 1872, the judy
ment was affirmed 1t the General
Term In the City Of New York, and
the 2lst Of March was fixed for the
Of the sentence. The app
plication for q Communication was
renewed. and was denied by my pred
ecessor on the 4th of March. On the
llth Of that month writ of error 10
the Court of Appeals, with stay of
was granted, and on the
2lst of January. 1873, the judgment
was affirmed BY the last uamed tribu
nal
Thus 1t appears that all the remedies
provided by law for contesting the ru-
lingy of the Judge before whom the
trial took place, have been exhausted,
and that his action has been affirmed
BY the two judicial tribunals having
Of the case-the latter the
court Of last resort. X
The question presented to me IL,
shall interpose the execu- S
i've authority Of the State and COM I
mute the penalty of death, which the :.
sw awards to murder, TO imprison-
nent for life.
I am asked, in disregard OF the evi 4
ence and the judgment Of the high Ii
It judicial tribunal In the State on
ls law, to set aside the penalty
warded to the most atrocious Of
rsmes. 1t seems to me that the in e
vitable effect Of such a proceeding on q
~ part, under the circumstances OF /,
lis case, would be to impair the force :,
judicial decisions, and to break r. =,
own the barriers which the law has !
t up for the protection Of human m
fe. To this act Of social disorganiza- W
On cannot lend the Executive au- r.
ority confided to me by the people -
the State. / deem 1t due TO the -
cd order Of society to cay that, so IA
IS depends on me the supremacy Of to
. law will be iufiexibly maintained,
d that every man who strikes
IrderOus blow 1t the life Of his fell
;, must b made to feel that bis own
n certain peril. II we cannot by
nness of purpose attain this end,
may soon be forced to acknowl- G.,
ge the disheartening truth that -
IRE Is nothing SO cheap or 80 ill-pro- ~
tied a. human life. RI
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