Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1880-01-15

PARDON ~DEfESR-c

A. bri. ay sia,el in ~ Srvs yes'rr'
s.v. IN, stat. r. I'D y! fsrdcas, ''itfa
fuii AMI tar bearing ef the application
ot Az. Char. for perjrn and release
from the 5,ste Prison. TO Which be was
ooudsmnsd ioI life for the sillins OF
Rich. At Enrcia. refused Tie application.
iva voting 70. AID ;hree against 1t. Al
though Charz has served only about
sishteen months CT his sentence a very
strong and systematic movement in sup
port OF this application for pardon has
been inaugurated and carried out. One
petition to the Board was signed oy the
State officers and nearly all the members
Of the last Legislature /; another was
signed by nearly every editor, printer or
newspaper proprietor in the State. The
Grand Jurors who indicted him and the
trial Jurors who convicted him nearly all
signed . separate petition, and one very
numssously signed by prominent citi-
Fans of Eureka. as well a. one signed by
The legal fraternity Of ormsby and Storey
counties, where Chartz was well known.
were laid before the Board. Many let
tiers from wsll.known prominent citizens
we're also presented. and even Mr..
Thornton. special counsel in the prose-
cution OF Chartz. was among those who
earnestly joined in the request for his
pardon. Mrs. s. E. Carlton. q sister Of
Chartz. Who has devoted her best ensr
eiss to this object for months. was pres
snt In person. with Hon. VIM. Wood.
burn Is counsel. and altogether the
petition or application was the most
strongly and infiuentially supported OF
any ever laid before any Board Of Par.
dons In this State.
A letter from q brother Of Rickar, pro-
tssting against the pardon, was pre-.
scented. and . communication from Su-
psrintendsnt Evarts, OF the Eureka j
Palisads Railroad. upon which Rickar
was conductor at the time Of the fatal
difficulty, was also read to the Board.
Mr.. Evarts objected to Chartz being par
donsd. regarding his killing Of Rickar as
q cold.blooded murder. He reminded
the Board how easy 1t was to obtain sig
natures to petitions and stated that
many Of the most prominent citizens OF
Eureka, who had signed tho petition
presented to them by Chartz's sister,
Mrs. Carlton. had assured him that they
had done 30 in order to be rid Of her
tears and e~ntreaties. Mr.. WOODBURY.
presented the cass in q very able man.
ner. supporting the petitions with the
evidence Of Arthur McEwon. editor Of
the Eureka Republican at the time
OF the difficulty. and who has been
considered by many as moro TO blame in
the matter than was Chartz. who was
one Of the propristors Of the paper, and
who did not even see the articles or items
10 offensive to Rickar until after they
were published. McEwen was with
Chartz at the time Of the fatal encounter
but was not called rs q witness at the
trial. Mrs. Carlton also made o lengthy
and most eloquent appeal to the Board
in her brothers behalf. The case was
duly deliberatsd upon by the Board with
the result and decision q stated. Gov
ernor Kinkead and Judge Leonard being
in favor. and judges Hawley and Beatty
and Attorney General Murphy against
granting the pardon. The killing OF
Rickar was considered unnecessary I'M
der the circumstances ond easily avoided
by Chartz. the shor. term OF imprison'
msnt he had undergone thus far was no
adequate punishment for the crime. and
his pardon and release at this time
would evinco q detrimental degree Of par.
tiality and establish q precedent which
would operate injuriously in the future.
The real truth. sum, and substance OF
the matter IL just this The movement
itself has been undertaken too soon ; 1t
VA premature. and many Of the best
friends OF Chartz have so regarded it,
although they did not Withhold their sup
port. Chartz has SO regarded 1t him.
self. therefore the disappointment 10 not
10 great with him rs ii would otherwis"
have been. He may. however. consider
IL a. . wsll-founded step toward the object
in view. for the time will come in the
not far distant future when his punish
ment will bs considered sufficient, the
ends Of law and justice answered. and
Alfred Chartz will walk forth pardonsd
and free from his prison walls.
A concurrent resolution was intro
duosd into tba Town Leoialature yeater.