The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-01-06
NO HOPE ron MOORE.
Unless His Comrades and sympathi-
zers Pay His Fine.

Unless His Comrades and sympathi-
zers Pay His Fine.
There seems to be no further hope for
J. e. Moore, the Maine artineryman, who
is now serving a six months sentence on
the county chain-gang for assaulting So
licitor General Osborne, unless the people
who have manifested so much interest in
the case, both in savannah and elsewhere,
chip in and raise the $780, the amount Of
the fine imposed by Judge Norwood, as
the alternative OF the imprisonment The
refusal Of the Governor to grant a pardon
to Moore has already been announced in
the Morning News The formal decision
of the Governor in the matter was receiv-
ed by Judge Norwood yesterday. 1t reads
as follows:
In re. j. e. Moore, Chatham county
| Application for pardon: The prison COM
mission having had under advisement an
application for executive clemeucy in be
| half of the above named defendant J. t.
| Moore, vino, at the December term, 1885,
of the City Court of Savannah, was con-
victed of assault and battery and SEN
fenced therefor to pay a fine of $500, or
!
chain-gang, report that they decline to
recommend clemency. 1t is therefore or
dered that the application of the defend
ant J. e. Moore, be and the same is here
by refused"
There has been some talk of Moore's
comrades raising the amount necessary TO
secure his discharge when pay day ar
rves. If they should undertake to do
this, they would undoubtedly be able to
In, ba pft
as sympathy for Moore is very general.
An official of the court. in discussing
the matter, said it was impossible for him
to understand the very general sympathy
for Moore, especially among the ladies' Of
the city. Even Moores drunkenness was
no excuse for his conduct" said the Off
cal in question. "Those who are so gem
orally sympathizng with Moore are GER
tainly not familiar with the facts In the
case. The evidence showed that Moore
not only made repeated attempts to en-
brace the ladies, but that when showed one
side by MIR. Osborne, he struck one Of the
young ladies in the face and then struck
the solicitor general over the head. Drunk
| enness is no excuse, in the eye of the law,
but our people are willing to make con-
siderable allowances where soldier Is
concerned. Ia a case of this kind how
ever the outrage was too great 10 allow
/ or ttS Deing conuoleu because the oli$1u-
er wore a uniform. Among SO many thou
sands Of soldiers here, gathered from all
parts of the country, there must neces-
sarily have been many hard cases, and
for the court to have dealt leniently in a
! case like that of Moore would have sim
ply been an invitation to Others to commit
similar offenses."
Judge Norwood when told of some OF
the criticisms which have been made upon
his decision by the women, remarked that
the women Of Savannah seemed to have
gone daft upon the soldiers"
Solicitor General Osborne, when The
possibility OF Moore's fine being paid was
suggested to him, announced very posi-
lively that he would not accept cent of
the money which would come TO him as
his proportion of the fine. The orphan
asylums and other charitable Institutions
would get the benefit of it, he said.