Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-06-06
WANTS A LIFE TERM.
A LADY ASKS THE GOVERNOR TO
!. ALLOW HER TO co no PRISON.
WANTS TO TAKE SOME ONES PLACE.
.Asks to Ne Allowed 70 serve tho Sem
fence Passed Upon Life Prisoner
: The Governor Gone Awny-Capitoi
Notes.

Governor Tyler yesterday received let
ter from a Virginia LADY. Offering to take
Tho place of any convict In the S'"'e
prison who is serving a life sentence
The letter was probably the most re-
markable the Governor has received since
he has been in ONCE. Indeed. few puohc
officials have ever received private COM
munication resembling this one In any
manner.
The writer Is woman ana uhm"ii'eu
The cynic might feel tempted TO assert
that she is very young. She does not
s,aie her age. she writes like a woman
of refinement and education.
NOT IUNATIC NOR CRANK.
II am not a lunatic nor a crank, she
SAYS. Her style indicates neither bu'
her request irrcsistibly drives to one OF
other.
The letter goes on TO say that the
writer has not found in life auSht Dut uis-
sppoiniment. she writes as one VINO mas
mol had many OF the things men anu W..
men deem worthy Of striving loT' Sno
REQUESTS that the Governor Will auo" ~
10 20 into the State prison ana taNe .ho
Mace of any convict upon whom the
mdre has passed life-sonteneo' one
ssvs she viii serve faithfully 10 the eiid
of her life She wants TO reel thdl ~
nc has not been misspent or wasted. one
thinks she could not spend it better than
An suffering vicaTiousiy for some un'oI'"
nate felOw-belnS. ,...,.o..,od
Governor Tyler was so much imp
by the lady's letter that ne answered a.
lie told her there was no law IN Nrsin,@
permitting vicarious punishment Icih"is
he told her more. He would not perihi'
the newspaper men 10 see the le't0l' ~
deed. he would not allow them TO nave
the letter he received, the writer asking
that her name be kept out of the papers
saving that If the Governor allowed II 10
be published she would never write MN
again. She resides not far from Lynch-
burg.
BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS.
Tbe Board of Public Works went 10
Norfolk yesterday TO begin the lnspectioi
OF the Atlantic and Danville raliroad anu
the Southern railway. 1t was the purpoSe
of the board 10 80 over the nrst-nanleu
road TO Danville yesterday, spending iasl
night at that city. The Southern me
In Virginia. or. at least, large portion
of IL. will be inspected to-day. inc Doaru
will return tonight or tomorrow.
The members Of the board, including
Governor Tyler. State-Treasurer Harmah'
and State Auditor Marye, and Mr. I. Lee
Moore, secretary, were in the party
FALLS CHURCH ENCAMPMENT.
Governor Tyler will not be able TO at
tend the encampment Of veterans undei
the auspices of X. f.. Lee Chapter, DaNSh-
tiers of the Confederacy. this week. Presi-
dent Mckinley and Governor Tyler
IRE booked for addresses. Governor j.
Hodge Tyler" appears cOnspicuousiy upon
the programme. The Governor, however
has never positively accepted an invita-
lion 10 attend the encampment. Rich
mond Chapter OF Daughters recently
adopted a resolution condemning the en-
tertainment and also protested against
General Nelson a. Miles being invited
Governor Tyler has also had 10 decline
an invitation to attend the celebration
of the Alumni Association at the VIZ
ginia Military Institute, the third week
In June He had previously accepted an
invitation to attend the commencement
exercises at the Polytechnic Institute, at
Blacksburg the same week.
HIS COMING DELAYED.
James Taylor, of Portsmouth, VINO
some weeks ago wrote the Governor thal
he would come to Richmond soon for the
nurnose of exhibiting what he terms an
electrical "contritiOn' machine In the
Capitol Squire, writes again that he Will
now be here in a few days lie expected
TO make sufficient money picking straw
berries TO pay his expenses to this city,
but II seems he was disappointed. lie
now hopes to be here on June 10Th lie
saws he will rely on the people of Rich-
mond for entertainment wh3e here.
Some Of the Virginia Fldiers VINO
served in Cuba with the Fourth Regiment
are writing the Governor TO know II
they are not entitled TO extra pay from
he State Government. OF course, the
ceply is i'm the negative.