The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1881-08-09
HE WOULDN'T.
The Governor of Minnesota
Refuses to Pardon the
Younger Broth
erS.
And Says he Thinks Their Pun
ishment for the Murder of
Haywood too Light

During the past two weeks. the paper
al Minnesota and the west have had COZ.
siderable To- say regarding the ATTEMPTED
release al the notorious Younger bow
from prison. Cole, James and Roier
Younger arr serving ont life sentences a
saltwater, and their uncle some time az.
came on from Oregon in order &" add hi.
voice and assistance to the end that ihi
sentence might i'm some wav i@ modified
The old gentleman visited Kansas Cii,
and certain portions oil Jackson and ST
Clair counties before starting inr the north
and carried with. HIM letters as To- TN.
character oi the
YOUNGER FAMILY
looked upon a> hopeless ca>e from tn.
start. by persons acquainted with the facts
of the Mortified bank robbery and mur
der. and the ~. Paul Pioneer Press oi
Thursday publishes the following re,uI,
al Mr.. i"unger's interview with the gov
ernOr Of Minnesota:
There appeared in Gov. Pill,bury',
room Yesterday afternoon. Il tall, Thin. ell
DERBY man whom. al a glance Won would
have classified a. one Of the >ouiherncrs III
the middle classes under the old regime.
lie h,'arS Il name hateful To all Minnesota
ans. hut is himself. to all appearance, in
offensive. "lcn-hearicd and wcli-mcanin..
His name is Littlcion Houm.e-. and h.. is
own brother I" Henry W. Younger. father
of the three men. Coleman, James and
Robert. now in the leni;cn,iary and scn-
fenced I" stay there during the rest
OF THEIR NATURAL LIVES.
Liitlc'"n, uncle to the pri>olprs. il Il vcr-
liable pioneer, and formerly living in
Jackson county. Missouri. the enrroach-
mcnt> of civilization so disturbed him
that he sought in far off Oregon the So
clnsion his soul coveted. Old az. adj
vanced apacs.. however. there. a. in the
Mississippi valley, and desirous ri
seeing his relatives once more ere h.
died, he lately came to Missouri on a
tour Of kinsbip visitation. There his .vm-
paihicS were re-enlisted in behalf Of his
ncPhcws. and obtaining letters from :. II.
WOotison. 4. II. Lucus. X. +. Van Horn.
and other prominent Kansas CITY gentle
men, a. to the high standing ri the !
Younger family in Missouri before and |
during the war. he determined To come 4, /!
Minnesota. and endcavOr To procure a ~. !
mission of his kinsInen's sentence. lie !
laid great stress upon the fact SET forth i'm !
nearly all the letters, that H. W. Younger. !
father Of the prisoners. wis killed during !
the war ON account OF his outsI,Oken union
ism, and that their fathers death and the
manner Of il, had much tn do with the
subsequent crimes of the sons. First he
VISITED TIE MEN IN PRISON.
and Yesterday. as stated. had an audience.
xi,h Gov. Fili>bury. The governor read
he letter through carefully. listen.
II Ia what the old man had Ia say. and
hen told him with iranknes>. which was
he hest method under the circumstances.
hat he had nothing of encouragement To
'ficr; that ON no account would he. ior
,ne minute. consider the proprietv oi
the prisoners ar RENTING anv
Il the sentence imposed upon them. The
GOVERNOR became really eloquent as he
alked and remembered the circumstances !
1 the crime. "Your age and manifest |.
peling, said he, move my pity, but
hen think of poor Haywood. the cash
r., refusing with heroism that has no !
arallel, to forsake his trust. and when I g
how your nephewS shot him :
own i'm the coolest blood, Indignation q
lkes the place Of pity, and instead of !
'eling that they have been punished I
Efficiently, am more and more inclined G
} feel that death would have been a ulster n
nj more righteous penalty" The old y
lcle freely acknowledged tina, he could q
anne no one for entertaining such feelings.
,d thanking the governor for the kind c
.ss extended him, he sadly babe him II
lieu and left the building. y