The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1895-04-26
buchanan Is HAPPY
The Short Respite Buoys
Up His Hopes.
he VIII Make Renewed Efforts for
HIS Life Does Not Know That To.
Day Was the Date Fixed for His
Electrocution = Respited To Give
Him Time To Prepare for Death.


Sing Sing, N. Y, April 24.-Dr.
hopert w. Buchanan is a happy man
to-day owing to the action of the gov
ernor In respiting him for one week.
until May |. He has sent several tele.
grams to his lawyers and friends in New
York. He will make a renewed effort
for his life. He wrote long letter to
the governor last night. Its purport
could not be learned. Mrs Buchanan
arrived from Albany on the $3.50 train
last night, accompanied by Mrs. Cole.
man and Lawyer Roche. They drove to
the prison and had a long and interest
ing interview with the condemned man,
after which the party left by the S:22
O'Clock train for New York Mrs.
Buchanan seemed in very good spirits
after her visit to her husband The
official papers from the governor were
received at the prison by special mes
senger
Warden Sage Somewhat Relieved.
All the preparations for the execution
had been made and it needed only the
placing OF the man in the chair and
the turning of the switch to complete
the unwelcome duty imposed upon War
den Sage, when the telephone bell in the
warden's office rang sharply. The war
den happened to be there at the time
and when he took hold of the receiver he
learned that Ashley w. Cole, Governor
Morton's prlvaty secretary, had mes
sage for him. The message was brief.
The private secretary informed the war
den that Governor Morton had granted
Dr. Buchanan respite of one week
Now, If appearances go for anything.
Warden Sage was not so easy over the
prospect of putting Buchanan to death
to-day and it is not surprising then, that
when he got the message from ALBANY
his face cleared somewhat. He at once
informed Buchanan.
Believed He Was To Die Thursday.
The condemned man had all along
thought-thinks at this moment, in fact
that he was to have met the death
penalty tomorrow instead of to-day.
Warden Sage, when asked how it was
that Buchanan was under the impression
that le was to die day later than the
time set for the execution, explained that
buchanan had somehow got the impress
sion, he did not know how. But he had
not taken any pains to remove the i'm
preston. Buchanan is probably in error
now of when the execution will take
place,
lawyer Gibbons Plans.
New York, April 24.-Lawyer Glib
bons, who is conducting the fight for
Buchanan, said, when asked what he
proposed 10 do next, nat he would make
application to the supreme court of the
state of New York fo writ of habeas
corpus, until the evidence in the case
could be reviewed. If this motion is de-
MED, second application will be made
to the United States supreme court for
the same purpose. The lawyer does not
anticipate that the court will grant the
motion, but will make the application as
stay, in order that DIR. Sheele, a chem
lst who testified in behalf of the defense
during the trial, may have time to pre-
sent the matter to the New York Medi-
cal society
Why the Respite Was Granted.
Albany, April 24-Governor Morton's
action in granting a respite of one week
to DIR. Buchanan was only to give him
time to prepare for death, as Mrs Blu
chanan told the governor that her hus-
band had been buoyed up by false hopes
and had not prepared for his doom.