Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-03-21
THE PHILLIPS CASE.
q Respite of Thirty Days Granted by the
Governor

Unless the Governor grants repiievs OR
,he Court CT Appeals issues writ OF error In
bis case, yesterday was tae lest Sunday JEFF
larson Phillips will spend on earth, es bic day
NJ execution is fixed for Ftiday nexs /; bot
,bst he will be hanged on thss day is not
believed oy many, as o2e OK 5oh OF tbs con-
I'm sences mentioned above are likely to oc-
CIR Unto thia morning Sergeant Smith
had made % prepa.at oGs for an execution,
I'm, ss the date is Gtu wing 90 near. snG as
be y.s unaDie TO ascertain G. Ii lit5iy that
stag oip!ocsesiDes would be ordered, to bs
m Inc safe side, he to-day began making
some arrangements for carrying oos toe or
der Of the courf, Ii such should stand, aud
with this Ia viaw, directed Mr. ". F. Vim
cent to suparinteud the conjunction OF
FcEtTi!d ia the jail yard. The timcse will
et once be gotten Gu. and arranged for s
hssjv o3nzlruoa!on, should saoh become
NECESSARY. either In the yard Immediately in
the raar If t1e jsii bniIdlog, or that to the
sou,h. In the later event 1t would
re just in front OF the window OF
tie rcom nov occupied bg PHILIPPE.
As s.stsd OF Saturday, petition to the
Governor sak!og foT tep7seVa for thirty
DAYS hes besn forwarded to Richmond, end
a fesponss Is snZ!Ously swa'ied here. The
record in ;ha case. aiso to be presented u
The Court oi appeals, has finally been pre-
nsfsd. It s one f the largest ever made
~ ia q criminal trial here, AID includes q
bii.s OF exceptions. F1ur of the principal
crou1 d, relied upen for new trial are: LEI,
tntt iurofs EerfGEth, Atzin509, E7eleIh,
Jssper end Hopkins were not competent ju.
rors 2. d, t2st Bell End D39ie, Of The itiai
iQfy Of twelve, had formsd and expressed e
decided opinion sgainet she oecesstd; so,
Thai tbs court erred il refusing to instruct
she Jury So to the law OF snsnsieughier,
which vas asked By accused; d, thai the
verde. IL pot supported by tie evidence.
A reporter Of tbs GAZETTE sew P1ii!irsin
HE rooD 80 jsii yesterday. lie sill coz
0lainel of huviGg rhe0ms!!aa1 anG bad
oou2h Ho VISA mach more dejsct toau
,ynpu iaas saea by tGe write; GLd seemtd 10
bs csinp hope. lie SAID t3zt be sad been
keps wetng 80 !Ong ior something TO De
q ~ n hl= csse hat hs did Got sroW VIA!
ia think q ygha5 TCui0 10 dcce WITH lie.
~ li.as sgc, he eaiG, rs fs;t ctysatn tHss
the Goa 1t Appes's 1onid give hin new
!Iisl, nuJ n1w the TINS Tss drawing 30 near
he DID lo5 know whether it youid or not
Wee Geked the stra!Sh3 Glts ion II re
taoueht hs You,d be hanged next Ffidey,
he saiG, ID G despairing Wey, t7sS be ielt
greet unce.tsiusy Rbent L. ia kaeW that
the letter 10 Cog. Mckinney lad bsen cent
1 Fl, eDd the6 seemsd &c ei7s Elm lits!e en-
coursg5 uenf, out jha.t hope Geierreo mak'
EN- the 6ssrt sick" is fully exempiided In
h!s csse, T.: lis condition Is really oepiof-
abe. PhAUps was mcoh nlc'e 'eticeHt than
be wns 6 few seeks siace aoG E5iie tpking
ves a~Ygcra $40 bes.'ating. When asked II
he ed haetd sbaut ynca:cg OF Dye snd
EtfD, wac cons !iiae s!nee WsIs cDutiaad
IL ISL wiyn hin, he selG that he BAG, aad
was sethss surprised, ai;er t38s had becn
gwen such 8 spce6y iT!si SEC FAD ceen 60
Gu,csly convicted. He gs'd that both Rsv.
Hs hes sad 10 enc OF Ire jst 9ual;a hst il
rs mpst die, he wCuid DIS ike man.
LATER.
az 1:l5 O'clock tc.day. sitter tbs above
was In eype. the following telegram was re-
oeIved as !his flee
rlcHMoND Va, Msr. 81, 1899
To Alexcn3ria Gazette:
lho Governor lea"'' sonto,.. ., Ier,,ou
Ph!mfs to Ffidsy, April twtnt7-seconi,
CAzSEAU MCLEOD, eec'ty.
& reporter of the GAzGITG hagseued to
She ian sid ioiorpled Phillips of bis re.
p,ieVe The prisoner seemed grateful 10
the Governor and heartily thsoksd The re-
porter fog the news be hRd brought him,
which ne es!d vs&a great relief TO Ills mind.
ibis wa5 apparent. Phillips iEsn Inquired
as 10 the reporters views So 10 TIE chance
OF the Court @! Appeals grating hin nsw
tia! sad aeomed ~ &c n1cch mare hopeiu!
81 securing tcoh iria! ihan he vas yesterday.
l-cr Nd IN q go q
ire reporter ind info! med Ct the reP'ieVe.
Bj.h we're busiiy engaged n preparing she
pepere In the case sad TIE reptieve VII Lot
p, event Mx Brent frcm going to Alohraono
to-ma.rCw CT next day TO present them 10
the Court CT Appeals.
o course the repsieve puts stop for the
preeen. to all preparations fox the execution.
LARGE FUNERAL.-Ths funeral CT Mr..
Stephen (. Field, who died Of psraiysie On
Fliiay morning les, took plaee yesterday
eysninn from his late home, Oh Prince street
The fnnera! vas very largely attended by
many aiizsus aud number OF friends from
Washington. B II CT Inc lodges Of Msson5
OF this city were aIso present. 1ndeed,
1t WAS he largest Masonic innsral that mas
taken n ace In Alezapdrie for a lope time.
Tbs services al the Eonea were conducted oy
Rsv. t. e. Oaracp, of tae NJ. E. Churcn
South, who delivered E most fesllng funeral
discourse. The choir esug beautifully, u
Would Net Live Away" ani Home CT
the Soul" The RENAME, enosssd IN g
handsome cloth-eovered cesket, on wEioh
was placed enpmter Of beautiful foral tiio-
uses, were then borne to the Methodist Gem
etsy where, With Masonic honors, taey
we're placed in q vsuit, the baautifa ser.
vice of the order being conducted by Mr
F A. Reed TIE psilbearers were Messrs.
Edgar Wa,f ID. J. F. Creighton. <. Ken'
par, ". D. s!ewsrt, VIM, Phillips and VIM.
ChaIncsy,
ACCIDENTALLY KILLED, About 4S0
o,cIoek or Sstucasy evening as Mr.. Geo. a.
Mortimer, Of the county, was walking along
the rosd near Bals,oa vita hia sun n2det
his arm. DC was oysriaksn By George hsy'
man, ooloie1. with whom be Is On familiar
farms. aud Vho playiu'iy eelz-o tle k ~
s,-,.ctc5 RI 1FGw IL from uDGeJ nle