The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1888-01-12
.yAMsIs NEWS0NE.
rs,izens OF Concbo county Declare
ann InuOceni--N Meeting

Tho following correspondence explain ii
self
PAST Rock, Tex. Jan y lsSN.-Io Mr. !
TIP. Sparks Waco, Tex.-DEAR FHGENp.-
I enclose you two copies of the proceedings
~ 4. meeting held here in December in the
interest of one James Newsomc, who was
lately convicted of stage robbery in the
Tinted states court at Waco. The man is
now IN the penitcntiary at Albany, with no
money on relatives behind him to help him
out, and the only hope for him is in the ct
fort, of disintercsted acquaintance cs and the
svmpathy Of the public which should not
oilow All innocent man TO suffer life impris-
1mment simply through mistaken identity
sMr Sparks, Newsome is as innocent Of
that crime rs you or |, and although he is
mt a man that admire, yet any assistance
tha, YOU can obtain for us In this matter, |
easurc you will be- in the interest of Justice,
and you will thereby confer a favor upon a
,vnor ignorant innocent convict and the pcO-
,rle of Concho county. We want YOU to use
rc,r influence in having these enclosed pro
caedings published in the Waco Day and
tn WACO EXAMiNEK, and If it, publication
iii cost anything, let me know how much
and the amount will toe forwarded We
wan by this means to create public scnt-
meut in hi, favor, if possible in the town
vherc hr was t0ny ctcd. and thereby obtain
pardun for him
RI Am doing well here My family is in good
heath.
remain your friend
WALTER W. FOWLER
JAS. NEWsuMr INNOCENT.
ON Wednesday evening. December H. 1857
the citizens Of Paint Rock aud Coueho county,
held . mass meeting in the court house AT
Paint Rock t. express themselves in regard to
the innocc'ntc of Jas. Newsome, lately con
yicted of agerobbcry in the United States
court at Waco. g. II. Garland county Judge,
was called to the chair and w. w. Fowler, NJ.
D., was elected secretary of the meeting.
Motion was made and carried that commit
tee composed of l.. Lee Dye, II. j. Bacon, d.
b e. Sims, X. W. Morris, W. W. Fowler, j. w.
Ratchford and Jas +. Howe he appointed to
draft resolutions, expressing the conviction
a Of the meeting as to his innocence
H@ The following report was made 10y the com
mttee and was unanimously adopted. We,
iyour committee, while having the utmost
4 confidence in the courts of our country, hay
< ing to look to them for the protection of life
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" I,,,'rt, a,, o,.o, Iifo submit
~, flt,,,,i,,,r ,.r,a,,,f Ia .,,d rosolntions
2ffN' yv,,,.,,. H.. Nou.s,,,,o ana If r,,r cit
f ,,.as ,,n,.ictod IN the t,ritnd state.
,air, ot Woon ~, Dnco,nbe, o tss1 If stng,
Z robbery and having known hum for scyera
years-some of us from boyhood and,
Whereas We believe him to bc innocent o
,ho-foro ,,.. ,,,,.snn, rnr thn ,nnsdoratin,, ~
III IN honest uub1tc tbc following resolutions.
MI Resolved That we have Tho fuIlnst conf
IA denro in the following witnesses. roe +
HI Rosscn W r Melton, Wood MONTGOMERY
5s Ion " CuInl, Mrs Rausberpcr. t,corG
SNIllio,t Mrs Matthews. ]. n Cross. Day
kRansbcrgrr. Robert Iittlcdcld and wife
4 riah Ijttlrfpld and Rich CotTey. who test
4 fcd the case.
s Resolved. That from the evidence AS give
bv some of the hest citizens of our county
And knowing him a, we do. we wish TO ey
press our unboupdrd faith in James New
Zones innocence.
SsSF Resolved That we have no further inter
ss8 ,est in Newso,ne thanin any other innocen
stsuan.
|sg Resolved, That We hone the guilty MAJ
sIwill vet bcbrought to Justice. and we will us
evor,. l ne H., ann. ,,o,var t thu
lend
Lee Dye priucipal of Paint Rock schoo
N ] Bacon. county commissioner.
s y +. Sims, ranchman and merchant
assM r. W Morris deputy sheriff
s@M W w. Fowler. NJ ID
aS l. w. Ratcbford comfy surveyor
sSs J. f. Uowse. county and district cler
W.at onchocounty Committee.
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