, 1875-02-26
CRIMINAL MATTERS,
A Rcprievc Of -Four Weeks
Granted the Thoinaston
tMc.) A1urdcrcrs.
Trial Of the Michigan BodJ-Ena9 a9chers
at Flint.
THE MAttiE MuRDERERS. -.
4 kErntEyC OY ruEA wKEI9 GRANTED,

AHEpnfEyE oY roUa wEEEs naAS1ED,
Spte,al Uispatrh to The Ciieaoa tribune.
Tn0xAsToH, Me-, Fell. 25.-Lcnal ingenuity
haa found q crack In tho psnop!5 Of iaw and Jus
tico and Wagner and Gordon, with the shadows
Of death hjsaont upon theu1 havo four weeks
mora allotted them. and how much moro no one
but those deep in tho yntories ind techn.callties
Of jufiapruaencs can conjecture. Tho feeling Of
tho community III that Justice Ia srflod WITH. and
tho administration Of law turned into farce
The eallo"s upon which tho murdcress ware 10
Ia tic quarry adjoining the cstraed ftetnry, and
sunk no far beneath tho surrounding county "a
only to DO Heen By those duly a1,nutsd
WAGNER TAKES A1s SITUATION cootEY.
and III not affected In LII sleep Of appetita. IIo
has supc,stitoua belief that tho Lord Will pull
him through tIis tight plzce. He anYs be lilall
not bo!iovs ho shall bo hanyod when ho stands
on Tho drop NTH the nooHc about his mock. uo
ths last momcut and save Linn, an Innocent .nau.
II tho worat should come, he sa,r, la hsG hut
ono death to die aud tlero Isn't any uee to mako
fnss about 1t. Ho thiuke Gordon IN vcry 1onl-
materially to his faith that ho was not born to
hwiny.
tH,npox HAS nEEx nnEAxlaa DOW.
hineo hh vas placed in solitary and hns rcanoely
gard appearance, ~ II hs had already sufge..d =
hundred tteHths 1Io gr1eves over hts Hirn but
decIareT that tho murder Of his Brothers taualv
ia no. in the catalogue. lfo IL in bet,cr phylncai
aud 1ncutal tono to-day. and Is evidently making
an effort to meet tho doom liz aupposea awaits
him. o nays 1t ia hot Tor hstnsaf that tio fosls
no bad, but for l,s poor mother. whom lie thinks
hls doom will kill. mud for ths disgrace that will
be outaitad upon his family connections. The.o
Ia
ooNsIDEgAnIE sTMpATnr Yon GORDON,
becauso of lin friends and bin present tendhr
faeting for ten1. No ona {ecla for Waguar, WHO
dnoH not sctl for himself, aud las no friends tlds
aldo the Atlantic.
Judge Dauforth has ordered notice for
bearing. and Gov. Dingley has granted no.
prioyo until tho last Friday in Atsrch. The pri1l-
cipal quaation involved Ia n to the constitution
ality Of the law which autno,izcA the Governor
10 6x tho timo Of execution. 1t ia claimed tbA4
fixing tho time is \ judicial net, 4 part Of
tho sentenco and that. iunemuch a. the
6tats in tho Supreme Judicial Court, and such
OF the Courts as tho Legislature may ea.xb,sl..
tho Legislature has no authority TO confer judi
cial poror1 upon tho Governor. THIS question
applies to Gordon's caso. A. Mo'l - WEgler's.
Notice Of tho roprieva was tolograrhed to Sheriff
Terrcy this morning. nhtle tho reptieve wsA co,-
yeyed by special messenger. The hearing will
the regular term Of Courr. Judge Virgin presd-
Ing. Tho ta1a OF tcpsicvo being granted
WILL BE 7iApE KxowE TO THE pRlsUSERs
thiS afternoon. Tho Information from them this
morning il to tho effect that Gorion is quite
calm. xhi1e Wagner fools conf}dent that le will
eHcapo tho gallons. Tho case, when made up
before Judge Virgin. will then 60 to tho Law
decided whether m injunction on thu petition
tnade will he granted. 1n case au adrarse de-
cisou ID rendered the cA2s Will b. carried I'D to
the United States Court.