The evening world., 1895-08-06
MERCY FOR BARBER|.
Five Thousand Petitions for Her
Reprievo Received
Stirring Letters Of Sympathy Keep
Pouring In.
Defense Fund 10 Growing to Save
the Poor Girl.

Signed petitions asking for clemency
for Maria Barberi continue to pour into
Lawyer Evanss office. The petitions
already number over 5000.
Tomorrow evening a mass-meeting
will be held In Germania Hall. when pub
lie expression will be given. The fund
being raised for the girls defense.
should her case come before the Court
Of Appeals. Is growing. Letters from
persons who sympathize with Maria
continue to arrive at this office: a..
Following Is one from way ooWn
South written by lawyer:
BEAUFORT, S. c.. Ju'y 80. 1855.
No one who has read the accounts Of the re-
cent trial and conviction OF the unfortunate
Italian girl Maria Barberi, in New York last
week and the stern. heartless sentence OF
death by electrocu,ion pronounesd sy Hecorse, Ss,
must turn shudderng from the accumulaied
horror and attempt TO utter a plea Tor the IN
The curtain has dropped and the actors are dis-
perssd A murmur OF horror Instead OF applause
is accentuated throughout the civilized world: a
badly botched civil trial, supplemented by stern
and cold -blooded judicial charge to berogsea
Jury has resulted In a Disappointing verdict of
murder in the first degree against miserable.
dared and frlendless foreign girl, who ha. sat
covering for days in open court ignorant OF 'hs
august proceedings menacins her IRE. ~.,.,
OF the case FOR "culprts hang that jurymen may
dine" hasten the sentence drag the helpless
trembling girl to the slaughter pen OF the state
there awaiting her doom. the brief Gays ol
gloomy Incarceration will soon be over Select
and assemble the prurient witnesses 10 tns re-
uncertain electricity made sure by autopsy. nois
the prison nag announcing to the world that oui
boosted modern civilization still! toleratse oruta
capital punishment. and that the execrable fat'
OF the Cenci, several hundred years ago. has been
re enacted at this present day
Better a hundred. aye. thousand. such oase
Iscoundrels as Domenco Cataldo should perish than
tina. one such frail too loving. too trustini
woman who chose death before prostitution shoult
be fsttered and butchered in the sacred nam'
tlnction Of which humanity and reiision !oudl,
clpmor. THOMAS u. WHITE.
Trial Justice and United States Commissioner
This ia the way three law students
from Jersey look at the Barberi case:
To the Editor:
The case is singularly parallel to that Of tn,
famous case OF Mary Harris tried In Washington
n. C., In 1865. Mary Harris took the law int
her own hands and killed one Burroughs, VIII
nent counsel. Mr.. Voorhees,, besides having th
aid and protection OF Mrs. Abraham Lincoln. He
trial resulted in acQuittal. In this connection
although Maria Barberi has suffered conviction VI
quote the words Of Mr.. Voorhees, In the case o
Miss Harris: In the name OF him. who shower
his blessings on the merciful. who gave the prom
Use to those who feed and ciothe the hungr,
strangers at their gates. unlock the door-unlocl
the prison door. and bid her battle her throb
bing brow once more in the healing air o
liberty"' ABRAM VOORHEES, MOORE,
.INAs 3. SAI.INGER.
JONATHAN PAYNE.
$50 Newark avenue. Jersey City. N. J.