Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1883-11-30
Sergeant Mason FarGOneO.

Washington, Special. The president to-
day pardoned Sergeant john A. Mason, of
Battery II, Second artillery, o. A., SEN
fenced to imprisonment tor eieht years in
the Albany penitentiary for attempting to
murder the assassin Guiteau. Mason was
tried before general court martial at the
arsenal in this city in November, 1881, the
president of the court being Lieut.: Col.
Miner, of the Tenth infantry, and was
sentenced to be dishonorably discharged
from the service, with forfeiture of all pay
and allowance dine or to become due, and
imprisonment US above stated. With large
subscriptions for the benefit of his family
We're united numerous petitions to the ures-
idenl for the complete pardon of NJ ,son
and bis restoration to the army. These pc
titlons " ere brought in large numbers from
every section of the country.
Tue whole number of signatures to the
petl,ions was more than 2,UO0, On0. Mason s
family, comprising "Belty and the baby"
sre now living III Glendale Orange county.
Va, in comparative Independence from the
amouA's that were subscribed throughout
the country Tor their mainr enance after
Mason was sent to prison. While Mason 8
ofelse is looked upon as one Of the highest
of military crimes, thst of sworn guard
attacks & defens eless prisoner, most mill
tsry men sympathize wit. him, AID leel
that he has had sufficient punishment for
his crime.
Gov Butler Revokes Requis1tton~
Gov. Butler has revoked the warrant for
extraditlon in the case Of James J. Brisben,
tho alleged defaulter to Senator Sabin's
car company. The grounds were that the
evidence did not show that the crime
charged had been committed in Minnesota,
and that tAe prosecutors. when they had
him under control of an Iowa court, for a
consideration allowed him to 90 to Oaio to
attempt to arrange slsettlement. Ems jour
ney," says Gov Butler, accompanied by
the company's agent, whose expenses Bits
ben was having, hardly seems to me to be a
fleeing trom the justice Of Iowa; and q for.
tori not fleeing rom the justice OF Mn
nesota. In addition to this, I a'u not con
WINGED, as I oaght to be-, ati1rnaatively, that
this process of extradition is not sought
still for the purpose of the collection of a
civil debt. If So it would be an abuse OF
the constitutional provision for the extra
dition OF citizens Of one state to another,
and so it has always been held. Seriously
doubling on this point, I should not feel
authorized to issue q warrant for extrani-
ton having been ISSUED, however, when the
whole facts were not known, and without
any hearing of the alles Ed fugitive from JUS
tiee, that wrrrant ls seroby revoked"
New Surgeon General OF the Army.
The president has appointed Col. Robert
Murray, surgeon q. s A., to be surgeon
general, vice Crane deceased. Col. Murray
entered The army in 1916, and ranks next
below J. q. Baxter. chief medical purveyor.
Col. Murray is now chief medical officer on
the staff OF Maj. Gen. Hancock. No pro.
motion will be made to assistant surgeon
general u, til Col. Murray il confirmed d.
Robert Murray was con mIssloned assistant
surgeon June %, 1876, from Mary'aud; was
promoted to captain June 90 1851; to be
major and surgeon June g. 1876 :; .leuten.
anr colonel and medical purveyor July 28,
1865; to be colonel and surgeon Jule rs,
1876 receiving q brevet Of that rank Marcn
Ii, 1865. he ranked next below Col. Bax-
ter, medical purveyor. whose commission
az colonel dated rom June g. 1874.