Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1891-02-26
BULKELEY STRIKES BACK
New York May Have All OF
Connecticut's Criminals.
ABOUT 200 cONyICTs ARE READY.

And as Express Are At Hartford Fire.
qnentiy Governor BnlkeIey Awaits Gov.
ernor Hin's orders 10 Forward the Jail
Birds Now Inraroerated IN Connectlest.
HARTFORD, Feb. 26-Governor Bulkeles
has sent the following letter to Governor
Hill.
Governor David b. Hill:
DEAR Understanding from yous
official action, as reported to me officially.
that criminals from sisterstaIes, and cspe-
cially from Connecticut, are safe from ar
rest and return from prosecution when
they have entered the gates Of the City oi
Refuge, embraced only in your iufisdie
ton, desire 70 inform you that there am
now IN Connecticut state prisons abamL M
oonvicts that Connecticut can salulN ANA
with propriety turn over TO you
Express Trains Ready.
II have no doubt that everv one ,xnrs.t
prove a loyal subject and rejoice IL ayasb
himself Of the freedom Of the state % ha,v
York and the protecting arm OF it's ~
ecutive.
Express trains are here frcdnens1S
Awaiting your orders TO forwat, s.sts
available rinforcements for your servics..
have the homer 20 remain, respectfully,
MORGAN G. BuLKEiEY
"Governor."
Governor Bnlkeley Very Angry.
Governor Balkelcy was very angry
When interviewed by reporter he saisi-
The only notification have received waa
from the officer who went to New York
after Pardon, who informed me that Gov
ernor Hill would not grant the rouuisition.
as he did not consider me governor of Con-
neoticut. But why Governor Hill shonld
set himself up as a judge of who III or who
is not governor ! cannot understand. We
can settle that matter ourselves.
Are you going to take any further afelr
in the matterfn
mo. If New York wants all the thieves
IN Connecticut she can have them
Can you assign any other reason than
the one you mentioned why your requisi.
tion was not grantedgm
II cannot. II, as Is sometimes the easc
the papers were not properly madc ont.
there might be, but everything WIN rcgm-
lar. OF course there are times when "a gov
ernor refuses requsition because othes
reasons influence him.
Criminals Fleeing TO New yara.
Picking upa newspaper and pointing "a
dispatch from Danbnry, in which lheex-
ploits Of a band Of horse thieves we're
chronicled, he said: You see by tlat the
thieves over ia that section have evidently
got wind Of Governor Hills action. for aas
soon as they secured their animal they
made q quick "trip over the border into
New York state
II have given Governor Hill a piece og
ms frtft k.... 81 A.
him that II he wishes 60 make New ! ark "A
dumping ground for Connecticut crinnnag~
we have more that we can send down.
think the people Of this state can snarr
Governor Hill a number Of the criminals
which infest IL, most Of whom, by the
way, came from his state am not anu-
ious To bring them back, and shall not or
der out the militia to invade New York.
Governor Hill and the New York Deni0es
racy have made several attempts TO run
the politics OF Connecticut and l suppose
this performance is one Of them. ID slos.r
not disturb me in the least
What Connections Lawyers THEnk
Connecticut lawyers see in the episodes a
promise 70 bring about Judicial aecisica
as 70 who is rightfully governor Of thEs
state. The ease is OF extraordinary inter
est and, so far as is known, without pre-
cedent. II raises question between ths
two states over which the United Sta1es
may have jurisdiction. This will btinn
the states puzzle before the highest it,sli-
cial tribunal in the country, and rnay srt-
tie the gubernatorial question iu way
not previously thought Of
Two Ways Are Open.
There are two ways open to Governor
Bulkeley TO surmount the difficulty. Conn.
sci for Pardon may secure his release on a
writ OF habeas corpus Immediately, and
the complications which might follow such
action are important. Any New York
are safe in Connecticut. sinee
Governor Hill would make requisition on
Governor Morris, who would not bt recoa.
nized by the Republicans The Other
method is by proceeding in the federal
courts asking that Governor Hill be com
PEELED to do his duty under the c0nstitss-
tion of the United States. The question pat
to the court will probably be whether on
not the governor Of the state Of New Yorh
Or any state has the right TO give an extra
Judicial decision regarding an unsettled
question OF law in a foreign iurisdiCtion.