Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1893-05-11

Modification has bsen brought ms that
Gov. Flower has refused to interfere with
the execution of the sentence Of the lower
court in my case.
Evidence has CONS to light that my wife
was, for years bsiore her death, add cted to
tbs use or misUse) OF the drug from an
overdose OF which she died am sentenced
to death upon the suppos.tjon that | sub
stituted a capsule, containing five grains OF
morphine, for one of She harmless capsules
prescribed for hcr 10 days before h,r
death
Now it is self-eyideut TO any one having
knowledge OF nedicin. that no one addicted
to morphine could be murdered with five
gains OF that drug, because for such par
son five grains would not he fatal dose.
| pom thi, fact was based my motion for re-
trial which Rocorder Smyth denied, and
later my pes for executive interferonce.
In recognition OF this last plea n commits
sicner was appointed to investigate tho ed
| ibility OF the witnesses who had vount 3ered
testimo y "a to my wifo's habit Their cyi.
! dence remained unshekcn, and though the
! prosecution attempted rebuttaI thev did
not dare to produce in open court the wit
nesses whose edavits were the most i'm
portant of those on which Recorder Smyth
denied my motion for re-tral / rersr to
Eunice Rockwell, Rdcbasl Cooksou, DR..
rrcverton and DIR. Hand, who in their atIi-
Gavits fores wore the testimony given on my
| trial, rs ! have shown, and to Diiworth
| Choate.
uenc, if was established befora tba GOV.
ernor', corr,ssiooor hv m. +estir,o,S os
/ Dr Lirmo,,b Dr Wooiu,, uis, Joci.
son. Miss Waddeu oni otter, that M VITA
had nurchased marianne rreouenilv van,I th,t
she r6olisllv use1 it to oui.t rsrra.,ic
mains I. il not cIoina1 pnd rnvnr 6ss
| heen thot
=,
wy "''e ''''' ny D'S'r'ye" "e''e'''
Tor sne was beloved and happy. But tue
4at'l mistakes Oh tnose "ho seIt-aomlnIster
morpAiEe are matters OF record al. over the
world.
When charges of murder were first pre-
ferred against me, delivered myself at
once into custody, demanding an lnVestlga-
/ tlon' AGAIN on the -olh oil Aprli last, al
,IS' .noutI o',ua. =. 'oi'"' e. u'tn
escape Az to this last matter Keener,
Murphy and Hulz and other prison Officials
Will bear mo out
So how is it tia. in q case whore so many
facts add the entire behavior of the defend.
ant nil invite oyecu,iye cleme,cv. togoth.r
II
among them monv who are prominsnt
in tee national esteem. such clam
clemeucy should bc deniel, Bac,use tha
| action OF the court wa, not iu.tiGa3 hy- tha
tgcts in the case and hence puhlic ontcr,.
must be silsncsd by n seeming iustification
of the court outside of tn, facts
Where there wns no doubt Of guiIt Gov
Flower has not ne,,tatsd to int,rTerc ma in
the case OF James MInnanch. about a vear
ago: hut in that case the fuc s iustinsd .bo
court and there was 70 Recorder Smvth
clemorinq To he urh,,d ;orlvIs Harris
living would be 4 daily menace To tbe
coraer Of ,mvth WeIl,uan .rd otbars
Deod be will soon be for.rott,n end oroirs
There is m ld.a in the minds of n.,v
that at the time of nv wifs's death de-
sired MARRIAGE with some other woman
such q nerson has never heen found nor
does she exist. 1t is nv misfortune Tint
bovs heen
'"'' ~ ''"o' ana '"hueh"o
through the columns OF the p-ess rather
then by means OF witnesses IN court.
desire IN this utterenee 10 express my
great thanks TO lho'e member ot my jury
who have brogely declared that had they
known OF the newly found evidence at the
time oil my TRIAL, they would have acquit-
~ ~.rn..
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IN Ii.i,t send nav thanks. mat tb.r a-o ~
nv fhouobts n, sucb a time az tSis
aorr.st "a nv arotitnda
If has boen rsnorted in tbo rawsro,.r,
th,+ durin, my stoy bore Of Sinc, S,.,..
have scofre5 at the devo,io,s of nv fai1or,
nrisop.r. .pdnI,,I IN ir-o,,,.,,,+ i,,.,,
Thi, ia cruellv ialse SIN ario, tbo
none7 Of NV chiIdhood's faith o,d LsI;av,
that shell not be mi-iud,,d tb-orgb OH
eternitv.