The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1893-12-19
PRISONER JOHN L. DASSETT
GRANTED A STAY OF
EXECUTION.
EXECUTION IS POSTPONED SIXTY DAYS.
Judge Dale Grants nm Extension of Time
His Attorneys an Opportunity to
Make Transcript for the
Supreme Court.

John Dass 1T, the condemned United
States prisoner. who was sentenced to
suffer the death penalty on January 8,
was yesterday granted 60 days exten-
sion of time by Judge Dale. This was
done to give Messrs. Gardner, Huston
and Beekman, an opportunity TO pre-
pare case for presentation to the SUI
preme court The attorneys are being
ably assisted by charitable ladies of
this city, and il is thought that Das-
sett will come clear The grounds for
asking a stay were as follows:
That the plaintiff was convicted in
the Logan county district court OF the
crime OF murder that the defendant is
a poor man and is entirely dependeu ut
on charity OF friends to prosecute an
appeal; that the attorneys represent
ing him do so without remuneration;
tina: the stenographer, Miss Watt will
be unable to prepare a transcript at the
time fixed by the court for the serving
of said case: that defep .dant is in good
faith in the presentath IN of writ of
habeas corpus; that tn e defendant has
reason to believe that his friends will
succeed in procuring sufficient means
for which to pay for he transcript of
said record and prin ing brief. The
court granted the sta ' in the follow
ing language:
And now, tO-wit: q this 18th day Of
December, 1893, was presented to me at
my chambers in the c ty of Perry, in the
Territory Of OklahOI IA, an application
in the above entitl ed cause praying
that the time for max ing aud serving a
case made herein ard for the taking of an
appeal herein, as prov ded by the order Of
the court In this case n ade on the 9th day
of November, 1893, II Iay be extended for
the period Of sixty DE- .ys from the Sth day
OF January, 1894, ANA 'lsO praying that
the time for the exec utiD IN of the sentence
herein imposed may be extended for the
period of sixty days fro m the sth day Oi
January, 1894; And. il appearing to mo
that said applica ton / : made in good
faith, and that SubSta ntial Justice re-
quires that such mc sha II be so extended
1t is by me cons idercd, ordered and ad-
Judged that the time for making and serv-
ing case made, and the perfect ng of al
appeal herein ia shall be made herein by
the above Oamed court or by the supreme
court OF the Territory of Oklahoma:
1t is further ordered, aCjudged and di'
rected by ne, at the marshal of the
Territory Of Oklab oma is hereby direc tee
and ordered not ", execute the sentence
in this cause unit the expiration OF saiC
sixty days from | ne sth day of January
1894, and until su ch time as may be here
after fixed by tn, above named court ant
by the supreme court Of the Territ ory o
Oklahoma.
In testimony whereof | have her euntC
set my hand tb is 18th dag of Dece nber
1898. FRANK DALE.
Jut lge Dist. Court Logan Go.
When inf )rmed of the action o
the court, Dassett beamed, but wa
not enthus iastic. lie said he wa
very gratef ul to his attorneys an'
friends for their work in his behalf
and added that a new trial woul'
bring to liz hit the fact that he was no
guilty of the crime that was charged
against hi IN.