Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-03-21
FORGOTTEN MAN.
ooxVtc-~ WHOM NOBODY nEMEM-
,rnrp WILL M SET FREE.
WILL PARDON A GIRL.

Years of ASc-A Bis"mist '"r"""-
, Great Deal OF Executive
madness Yesterday.
.....--ar TYLER yesterday granted par
to William Campbell. who is
...... ~ term in the penitentiary for
,.nray robbery.
..rrb.I's case is q peculiar one. II
.....hes striking instance Of the for
...rness 81 The world OF those members
ey immured within a prison for
.-r0s against society.
V.en Governor Tyler received Camp
,r. application for pardon he wrote TO
OBJ. I1lec and Commonwealth Attorney
r DIrune for information regarding
ruo1.u. These officials could not supply
r and stated that nobody in Dan
,. seemed 10 know him. lie has no
-r.tes. and. so far as known, no friends.
.- eron acquaintance. in Danvlle or
virginia.
rrm the penitcnNary IL was learned
-a campbell was sent 90 the peniten-
- il 1850 for highway robbery. out th4t
r Cen years were added for striking
.ra lie would have completed nine
t years of his term in April. making no
vance Tor good conduct
.r DIS application Campbell says tlat
is eyesieht is failing him and mat his
.th a poor. he Says bee has q relative
coiher state with whom Dee desires 10
Hc
PARDONED A BIGAMIsT.
The Governor also pardoned George
g. Arlington Moore. 90 cplofed convict
POM Portsmouth serving term Of three
years for higamy.
U seems that Moore deserted his wife
...asc of her alleged inhdelity. -Four
sears after Dee left her an incident occur
r. which strengthened his determination
% remain away from her. Two years
et- Moore told his story 10 a lady for
nr he worked. and asked her IF she
l think DE should marry again. She
in The Affirmative. meaning, Of
t.r.. la SHOULD get a divorce, for which
b. seemed 20 have ample ground. But
M-.e married without getting the d.
r.. and when he had lived with the Sc
..t woman about q year was ar
sisted 40 the instgation OF the first WOO
,u tried in the Hastings Court Of
tusmoath, and sentenced 10 three years
a prison
u. began his term in February. 1898.
d has Daen a GOOD prisoner. and several
~ the jury that convicted him, and the
r whose advice he mistook, have ask
e- .or the pardon.
WILL PARDON 4 YOUNG GIRL.
Governor Tyler will also pardon Mary
Cook. IJ-year-oid girl. who was con-
voted az the August QS9S term of the
L.udolu County Court. Of forgery.
The facts aye recited that the girl was
..lar D. years OF age when convicted
hat the forgery was only for very
small amount. and that the girls father
reimbursed The man wronged. The tr!a
Judge and several of the jury, IN view
u these facts. recommend the pardon
sHE WANTS A SWEETHEART.
Governor Tyler feared when. on Satur-
day. Doe received a letter from a young
rn from Illinois. stating that he dee
sized % correspond with "a Virginia girl
With view to marriage. that an attempt
r. .a.ur MADE to make the Governor of
... matrimonial agent. His fears
r.-. increased yesterday when his mail
.-.t him dainty missiVe from a lady
vf. IS ot a well-known family OF this
Du .gg MIN 90 forward her address
M Dung Ilinoisian. The latter
bis letter that he was wealthy,
the youus LADY must be OF the
Il blue blood" pretty, and edu-
md not over II years of age. The
.- lady who wrote the Governor said
nled the bill. The Governor is I'm
10 about the wisdom Of forwarding
l- letter lie is opposed. on principle
encouraging Virginia girls 10 so else
raare in search Of husbands.
Thee EXPOSITIONS.
Governor Tyler has received urgent in
citations from Governor ". 4. Payntcr
rt nebraska. and Mr. George L. Miller
President of the Greater American Eek
r sion Company. 10 attend the cXposi
tu which opens in Omaha July ], 1860
... r'i close November ISL The Cover
a.r is also asked % use his influence t'
i..e Nr4inia send an exhibit promising
% She free space that may be needed
end free transportation for al employees
.a- r1 look after the arrangements OF
r exhibit
~t. Governor has also been urged bS
f.. "a the head Of the Paris Exposition
hive Virginia represented there Al
.o-ris ton for the purpose is ncces
u .u1 this the Legislature Will hardly
t. when 1t meets next winter. IN
even should the appropriation BE-
rr. Their. would hardly remain sut
time n which 10 collect an exhibit
.. H. exposition will open in April, 1890
m. Governor has also been severa
f asked hy various ladies or then
for appointments ass commission
o represent virginia al the Paris
lt lion. Ie viii not make any APP
uents of this character unless tn
l aure this fan votes an appropria'
t.l tor tho purpose of dciraying tho cost
Virginia exhibit. Ia other words
'es Shore g. an exhibit there will bt
.0 .,-ami ssioners.
as TO SUMMER SCHOOLS.
Superintendent =. c. Glass. Of the Sum
r school % Methods and Professor
k.us % the Portsmouth High school
come 10 Richmond this week to con
N with the superintendent of Public
l- mction regarding the location o. th
simmer school. Superintendent Glass ha
authority 10 settle the matter, an'
anout lnaly decided 90 have II 10
nl in Roanoke, as published in IN
lI ten.
SIN ne Superintendent Of Public In
ron and the state Board Of Educa
ta haye decided 20 locate one OF th'
t0rmaI schools az Pulaski and il i5 pro
lahe. or 20 least. possible that Pro
flseor Glass may decide 90 have th'
school 0f Methods elsewhere, owing u
tlc pGoT.m.'y ~ Roanoke 10 Pulaski.
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