Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-12-25
TIE CASE0F WHITMAN.
.,eeespoNpgNcs BETWEEN GEN.
iee RNDTHE TWO GOVERNORS.
go. R.isc. n Constitutional Question
opinion Of tho At,crney-Gcnerai of
ohio Regarding tho Matter.

r.,, m November last w. S. Whitman
..f-.ei m the County Court of Rock.
,s.. e.. che larceny Of certain promisory
INJECTED with one Of the enter.
..- glasgow In the mean time Wit
..... f, the State and was living in
~. Governor Mckinney issued re-
.. .or Whitman. which Governor
.. lloi 10 honor. but this by no
iri tho matter. Ex-Governor
.4 hers were exceedingly anxious
..uan back ana bring HIM to trial
. consequence p long correspond
st. % the matter has been going
Instance OF this correspondence
below.
..uITg TO GOVERNOR M'KINNYY.
.... l.l of December Governor Nc
..avcd tho following letter from
.r..r tlt1huch Lee:
.>H10N. Va, November 30. 1891.
.., .tsg Governor p. ". McKinncy,
v1i'ud, Richmond Va;
~r-Not long ago. you viii re-
rr.uIsltlOu was obtained from
rendition of ". :. Whitman. of
Ur bad been indicted by a
lad. tr felony. I do not know
.a Lave been officially informe
.. tte fact that your Toquisition
u.rsi hv the Governor of Ohio.
ttat the Chief of Police Of
.. ...sgraphei 20 the Chief of
.-.tt1u. o the home OF Wit
.. h.m 70 arrest said Whitman
... f.gUs.tou for his rendition.
...u. % seems, was immediately
irouton OF tins dispatch from
.. and promptly proceeded with
..-. papers. &c, 20 Columbus,
.... ~ tho State, where an inter-
irpg was obtained from Gov
....t.. The sheriff OF this coun-
. tIe next day with the requisl-
H.L as the iudlctmcn; by the
,rlNG BEFORE oHIo's GOVERNOR.
with his counsel and his friends,
ned again 10 the Executive
r tlr case was considered, ali
course being anon one side be-
Sheriff being Jointly an eXccu-
frIial officer was not armed
... upon the other side of the
..- irving the case in this way the
Ohio declined 10 grant the
.. l1Q ot course know that
I'D. violation If the Constitu-
.. ulfsd States. which makes 1t
... .. 20. p 8a executive OF one state
t,yo from Justice upon the
l .. Tie Governor OF another
is also IN violation OF the
t., Constitution winch insists
tl.. and credit shall hc given ia
'. I.e public acts IN another.
...... v..atlOu OF an agreement en-
.-.. ... b.. tur State uf Ohio with Viz
... ....r stats during my term as
F.. .t Virginia.
t-.rn 20 INQUEST REASONS.
....'.u.'y request tAatyou willrepro-
g.. .. l- iTcrlicucy tho Governor OF
... .arts. ami officially ascertain
- reasons for going behind the
....t.. q grand Jury of this State.
N.. Iu auI possession letters OF ".
r.. .a which IN themselves, IN my
.. tl-.ru. VII be sufficient TO send
p.uteutIsrv. and 1t seems as #
netting wrong sOmewhfre II
.... ..- e.uuit THESE grave offences IN
..3 IS gong into another escape
..uoe- az his crime.
Iglg yours, fIrzHUGH LEE.
,..... .'EINSET ID GOVERNOR CAMPBELL.
r. December 18th Governor Mckin-
........ ta Governor Campbell, trans
... lam the report OF Shcrlh WIT
.. r1Er county and requesting Gov
.- ....ll to give his reasons Tor not
t.- rHlui-itlOu.
...r- OF the sheriff simply states
....rl.r Campbell refused TO grant
.lpu. Sheriff Wit also wrote
vernon Mckinney enclosing the opin-
.. f.. case of Hon. David j. Watson,
.'' uey-Gencral OF ONO. This opin-
t-e evidence fails 10 satisfy me
. pill. offence charged IN the ludict-
Wit. the larceny Of certain pro-
.r.es-hai been committed, and 1t
flleI 10 show that If an offence
. .,l committed II had been committed
the county of Eockbrdge or state
t..l.
I. LITTER FROM EX-GOVERNOR LEE.
....rbrr 21d Governor Mckinney
another letter from Ex-Governor
..rl- { the Sheriff Of kOckbTilge had
.... ....l. % report 10 his ENceliency rela-
... .lo Whitman case, and If ms Excel
.. ll communicated with Governor
. -U.y 90 tLislcttrr the Governors pri-
-.,a-v, Sir. Mcleod lthe Governor
...... wrote Governor Lee enclosing
the report OF sheriff Witt, Of
.u of the Acknowledgement Of
- e letter received Wednesday
.ror Campbell In reply 10 Gov
furey's communication asking
...,. fur refusing 10 honor the fcqul-
Governor Campbeli's letter states
... .. ..aaurs m tle opinion Of AttOr-
nora. watson and was satisfied that
.u'd not De extradited. Gov
.. lpD,.l also says he heard the te5-
o.. .. the matter.
PARDON GRANTED.
j.. ODw,.r was pardoned by the
'- Yesterday on IA petition pre-
.... 1olu X. Grimes. ODwye: was
.' nr tho Hastings Court Of Rich
l --nteucel 20 five months IN
..... --',E IA. police. This pardon
wcn5ed by Judge :. i. Witt,
. -..rh. Jr.. Commonwealth At
! IN ANY prominent citizens. He
...l .It nearly all Of his term, so