The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-08-18

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Armistead Taylor and .Iol,.
Alfred Brown. the two peo,,
condemned to death for the man,
der of the Rosensteins, at Slidan
Montgomery County, Nd. will
die on the scaffold to-day in tls
jail yard in Rockville, uple.,
some intercession, other than In
man, makes valuelesS the sevo,,
sentence of the court, which fopol
them guilty. Such a pOssibilitr
is as remote as the sun. which
will light up the CHASTITY scene n
retribution to-day. Howev4,
there is one man who seems eitbe,
to possess great confidence in Ii,
ability to influence the Goyerpa,
in behalf of Brown, or else !,
moved by compassion and y
friendly feeling for the condemn,
ed man. This person is William
&. Belt, formerly Of this comtr
but now of Chicago, Illinois
who arrived in this city on Man,
day evening. He comes to inter.
cede with Governor LowndeS to,
clemency.
Before the war Mr.. Belt lived
i'll this county and afterwards at
DickersOn, Montgomery COUNTY
His father owned Brown and
when he was about six wears If
age gave him to his son. the man
who now tries to save his life
Mr.. Belt says Brown was model
servant, honest and trustwortm
and he cannot understand how
such a change could have been
wrought since he left this part Of
the country.
Mr.. j. E. II. Wood has been
engaged by Mr.. Belt to push mat
tiers promptly. Rev. Osborne
Ingle and Rev. Father Coleman.
the spiritual advisers of the mur.
derers, were visited by Mr.. Belt
and counsel and asked to join
them in their petition and if pos
sible accompany them to see the
Governor. 1t is said that Mr..
Wood has several signed state.
mentS and at1idavitS from many
prominent citizens Secondng
them in their mission.
George A. Pearre, Jr., Of Balti.
more, counsel for Brown, was in
this city Monday and gave a
statement to the press in which
he said that Brown was surely
implicated in the murder Of the
ROSensteins and that the verdict
of the jury in the case was just
one. He said there was no truth
i'll the report, circulated at the
time, that Brown wanted to take
the witness stand but was pre-.
vented by his counsel. His law
yers thought it was better for bin
not to testify and he left the mat
ter entirely in their hands. This
statement, coming from Browns
counsel before the execution, il
considered by many to have been
unwlsely premature. WhlS
there is life there is hope and
such words, if true, cannot help
but deepen the death gloom abOu
the prisoner whom he once Sough
to save. Others say that it wa
prompted by desire to remCr
any feeling of self-reproach o.
the part Of the jury. All thing
considered it would have been j
better taste to have waited until
after the execution.
Brown has requested Mr.. JOIN
W. Williams, of Boyd's, Mont.
gomery county, to arrange With
Browns wife in Washington tl
the burial after the execution %
Friday, and he has done 50
Brown wants to be buried beside
his mother at Mount Zion Church
near GAINESVILLE, MontgomeEl
county. He wishes to be SeuI
from Rockville to BarneSyillt
after his execution and be buried
on the same day. 1t is though
that the execution will take place
at Rockville about 10 O'Clock ID
the morning.
Judge McSherry received tele
gram from Governor LowndeS
Wednesday morning, asking lN|
opinion of the action taken VI
Mr.. Belt, of Chicago, to secure
respite for Brown, the cOndemnt,l
murderer. The Judge answered
and advised that no action y
taken, but to let the sentence,
the Court be carried out. He cow
see no extenuating circumstance