Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-04-23
THE RYAN CASE.
A Few More Facts Concerning the Revo-
cation

A Few More Facts Concerning the Revo-
Owing to the lateness Of the hour,
yesterday morning, at which the lnfor-
nation in regard to the Paddy Ryan
matter was obtained, the reportorial
force was unable to obtain any state
ment rs to causes, etc, from our State
authorities. In the shape in which the
article appeared it is subject to doubt
full construction and it might be made to
appear that our authorities lent a hand
in what is known as compromising a
felony. Such is by no means the fact
and we hasten to correct it. A reporter
waited upon Gov. Jackson, yesterday
morning, and requested of him state
ment setting the matter in its proper
light. Said he:
"The al rest Of Ryan, at Albany, as re-
lated in your article, was unauthorized,
as had revoked the requisition. The
proper papers had been sent to Gov.
Cornell, officially notifying him OF the
revocation"
"But why was the requisition re-
voked"
because the forms OF law had never
been complied with on our part" and
he explained that the agent OF the State
had made no return and he had there.
fore revoked his authority, as he did not
care to have a State. agent prancing
about and giving no account Of himself.
"Does this drop the case, altogether
."Not necessarily. We have no au'
thority to compromise such a case, as
that would be compounding felony,
But don't think there will be any more
prize fights in West Virginia. This
affair has been very widely spread and
it is known that fighting is felony in
this State and will be punished as
such"
Upon the suggestion being made that
his action might not be understood and
consequently criticized, the Governor
said he based the revocation upon a
certain affidavit filed with him. The
nature of this he persistently declined
to reveal, saying he might sometime
publish it, if it became necessary to
Justify himself. And this was all the
satisfaction the reporter could obtain.
The Albany Times publishes the fol.
lowing:
The situation OF Paddy Ryan was GER
tainly a novel one yesterday. Held in
arrest by a requisition which has been
revoked for an offense in West Virginia
which has been settled, he yesterday af-
ternoon secured Mr.. n. p. Human, as
counsel, TO help him out OF his Difficult.
ties. That gentleman at once procured
a writ OF habeds corpus from Justice
Westbrook, requiring the Sheriff to pro-
duce Ryan in court. This was done late
in the afternoon, when Mr.. Human
moved for the prisoners discharge,
reciting the facts OF the revoca.
ton Of the requisition as told yester-
day. District Attorney Herrick OPP.
posed the motion until the Governor had
opportunity to further inquire into the
matter. Justice Westbrook then init
mated his belief that the Court had
power to release the prisoner, if il
deemed the case a proper one. But, he
said, there was courtesy due from one
department of the government TO
another, and in the exercise OF that
courtesy, as he was convinced that it
was only a matter OF day or two at
most, when the Governor would
revoke his order, he would
remand Ryan to the custody OF
the Sheriff and continue the motion.
He took the papers in the case, and
said he would see the Governor himself.