The Red Cloud chief., 1889-05-17

convicted. had not - that time been passed up
% % the Supreme Court I granted . reprieve
% the former two until April - Previeos -
ing OF the lover court in David walkers case,
and had nxed May 10 a. the date OF his exeeu-
ton About April II you made another appeal
William Walker and John Matthews And when
that vas denied asked for = respite un:il Nay
10. the day exed BY the Supreme Court for the
execution of David Walker. THIS Vas granted.
Of my time and attention TO . consideration Of
tie which you have presented in be-
haif OF the condemned men. and 70 Al favesti
ration Of the testimony Given At the trial Of
clerk OF the Supreme Court have read care
fa1ly the petitioa OF the trial Judge and prose
cutting attorney for commutstion OF sentence.
made b. letter and pesision ron e1sesens sec.
stioas OF the State. I do not understand you 70
claim the innocence Of Jour elient& The trial,
JUDGE and the prosecuting attorney admit in
had fair trials, that they are unQaestioEably
guilty. and that their conviction vas simply
the conclusion Of the law from the evidence"
Ihese being admitted facts II Is oovioasiy
necessary that strong reasons should be pre-
sented 70 Justify executive interference That
you have ably and vigorously presented ever
reasonable argumen for your clients /!
poverty OF the culpritA the wildness OF the
country in which they lived their former
good character. the fact that the Bald
knoooer organization 70 which they belonged,
vas not formed for the purpose Of pillage. but
through . mistaken desire on the part Of i-s
founders 70 correct evils and enforce The iaU
themselves-all these mitigating facts you have
carefully set forth IN . forcible manner. The
new testimony which you have presented in the
shape OF atdtavitS from respected citizens and
o~fhcials. attacking the credibiiity Of a promi-
nent witness N the case o: David Walker. has
been duly considered and carefully We ghed-
The testimony given II the trIsSs. as shown N
the record OF the case. presents few. II any.
paiiiatinc circumstances Il shows that's meet
ing OF . score OF more Of armed and hiteoUsly-
masked men vas held on the night OF the llth
Of March 1885, and that FOR two hours they con-
suited together. that the members OF the meet
Ing departed from The place % the asseublaEe
IN . directiou different from the ore in which
lay the homes OF the leaders and many OF the
men: that although precoucertet act on was
lot proven upon their arrival a. the nome OF
one William Eceus. almost with one &C
noc turn away until IL Was asceetained
that the dwelling was u~noccCp-ed- that thecce
their footsteps were directed &c ward the house
or James EceuS. father o. lc WiIllan Ecens.
which Was situated one-fousth Of . mile dis
taut. and which was on the opposite side OF the
n lro1d and OF the main road: that when they
arrived there they fired into the only window
OF the tenement. and breaking down the doors
rushed IL diScharying theic z csarmS ind, scrim.
tnately. that the Efforts OF the inmates TO pro
rect themselves from this INVASION were futile
against the over-poveriny number and arms OF
their lss3ilants: that this family. not charged
with bang other than harmless. honest and
Law abiding. and whose only oteuse had been
occasional expression OF disapproval OF the
methods OF the Bald knoboer organization. and
which consisted OF q father. mother. son and
dau-hter-Iniav, daughter and son-i1-law, and
two grandchildren. was aroused from its SUM
bers at the dead OF night and bVtchered over
its own hearchstons: that the son and son-in-
law were murdered. the father teiled and Left
for dead: that the daughter only escaped with
her life by the alertness OF her defense.
The theory OF the trial Judge advanced in his
plea for Communication to the eject that these
murders. although possessing the elements OF
elaboration n . technical sense, were not pre-
metitatcd IN a moral sense. does not comport
with the fact that the distance between the
houses OF Williac, and James Ecsns Of oee