Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-12-07
PuRsuED nv A RITTER ENEMY.
Prisoner az ssnE stag Fifteen Years
Aro. Now - Prosperous baker

Prisoner az sing htuR Fifteen Years
Ago. Now - Prosperous Baker.
An Albany N. W special SAYS: Governor
Ul bad under consideration this afternoon
an application Tor pardon IN a criminal
csse o. more than ordinary interest. Fifteen
wears agO the farmers Of Orange county sui
fersd from a series Of burglaries. Finally
the constsbles arrested gang Of thieves and
succeeded In obtaining sufficient evidence
20 convict them Of having committed the
robbsrcs. One OF the thieves wss Frank
koehier. lie was the youngest OF the gang,
only nineteen years OF age, and
10 was shown on the trisl that
he hsd only recently been drawn
into The operations Of the gang. Owing 10
his youth and the fact that he had never be-
fore committed a crime, Koehler was SEN
tened 10 only five years imprisonment
Governor Hin sud this afternoon thst II the
ElmrG Reformstory bad been ia existence
Koebler would bare been sent TO that insu
tuition and not 70 the siatc prison. Koebler
bad bern In Sing Sing prison only six months
when be conceived the idea OF cscsping. The
prison authorities were then making cement
and sending that article cut Of the prison In
barrels. Koehler crept ihto an empty barrel
and induced another convict to put The head
into the bsrrel. The barrel was rolled on
board a schooner Standing 81 the PIT
son wharf. and soon aiterward the
schooner stsrted down the Hudson river to-
ward New York. In the night following
KOehler kicked out the head OF the barrel,
nd. Jumping into the Hudson river. swan
ashore Ne made bis way to New York.
and. shipping ~ a common seaman, went
10 South America. subsequently he mAds
VOYAGES 70 England and China. Fi6slly he
a.. nd ecfU0
90 Union CITY, Erie county, Pa, where his
f,ther lived. started IN business IS baker.
lie prespered and row owns the buildiog IN
which his bakery is situated. Ha Is married
and has lived with such apparent honesty
that to-day Governor Hin was presented
with petition signed by three fOurths oi
the inhabitants Of Union CITY praying that
he NAV he psrdODed. he had excited the
enruitv Of q man who he'd MIN indicted on
petty charge. Noevidence 70 uphold the in
dic'meut could he procured bv the DiitIict
Attorney, and accordingly it was dismissed.
10 WAS believed tuat lawyer named ]. NJ.
GcCUntOck had something 70 do with the
indictment. KOehler having signed petition
10 the courts 10 have McCiintock disbsrred
soon afterUzrd the house Of hcClintOck was
blown no win dynsmiie. No one was IN
jured. hut The house wts ruined. kcChn-
fock charged that Koehler Wa guilty Of firing
tbc dynamite and K0ebler accordingly
was arrested and indicted. When
the case came up for trial. AZ the
Drcsiding judge wrote % Governor
UIll, no evidence was presented that in the
slightest degree connected kOehlcr with the
crime. Moreover the District Attorney
moved that the indictment should be
qu9sncd Eoehicr opposed The granting
Of the motion, saying that be de-
sircd 10 have the case plvcn to the jury.
Bu'. of course. there being no evidence 10
offer sgf INST Dim, tue request OF The DISTRICT
Attorney that tDo indictment should be
0uaancd wss granted. McCllnt0ck IN
fhe meantime had learned that Koch
Ter was an escaped convict The
prison authorities Of Sing sing we're
informed Of The feet and they Immediately
slnIed 10 Governor Hin for a reQulsiuOu
upou tuc Governor Of PeunsylvsBis for the
surrender ~ the prisoner. The escaped
convict was Immediately arrested and lodged
ln lho jau n Erie, Pa. The requisiuon has
been granted by Governor Hill and Cover
nor Beaver. OF PeunsylyanIa, has consented
% The surrender Of Keehler. but the law
vers for the prisoner baye caused delays,
lop'ur 20 procure pardon Tor HIM from
Governor niU,
To-day Albert Il. Osborne, OF Cory, Pa,
'bc counsel Of kOchler, appeared before
Governor lIil, and appealed 10 him to grant
% pardon % his client. rhe Governor said
Doe bad received lOng letter from McClins
i1rk protesting against the granting OF any
pardon % Kochlor. Governor nil replied
"I wiutakcyour application for a pardon
inlo q serious consideration, Mr.. Osborne,
end will inform YOU BY telegraph before
Monday next Of my decision"