Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1900-04-23
BOUGHNER CASE.
Board of Pardons Hears Argu-
ments About Ii.

decision Il RESERVED FOR Some Time
Strong Case Made Ont for Pardon
Summary Of the Work Done By the
Board ut the Recent Meeting Sever
al New paidons isecommendedy
MouNpsviIE, w. Va, April 3D.
The State Board OF Pardons, which
was in session here tor several DAYS,
adjourned Saturday afternoon, alter
disposing of large number OF appli-
cations for pardon The Board re-
fused favorable recommendation in
about forty cases, and recommended
twelve pardons and one commuta-
ton, the latter being that of Eugene
4, Shores, in the penitentiary from
Berkeley county. The Board recon
mended the Governor TO commute
his term from seven years to five
years.
The most important case, SO far
as contention for and against pardon
is concerned, decided, was that Of
William Eaton, known as the
Wheeling Firebugn Several hun
dreds pages of type written matter,
for and against Eaton, were examined
by tile Board. The Board concluded
not to make any recommendation
for pardon and advised the Governor
not to pardon Eaton.
One of the noted cases heard by
the Board was that OF Vale Bough
ner, convicted at Clarksburg, Of the
murder Of a young man by the name
OF Young. 1t will be remembered that
Young got into a difficulty with
some boys at Clarksburg, and it be-
ing reported that he had killed one
of them, and fleeing, crowd pur-
sued him. Boughner came out of
his fathers house with revolver
and joined in the pursuit. Over
taking Young, with others, he fired
at the fleeing man and killed him.
In the argument before the Board,
Boughner was represented by John
Basel, OF Glarksburg, while J. c.
New horter, OF Buekhannon, opposed
the pardon He is employed as at
torney by the father OF Young.
A noted case settled by the Board
is that OF Elizabeth Dowd, OF Clarks
burg. She was given eseven months
in jail for managing and running
dissolute house. The Gaze seems to
have been a sensational one, causing
great controversy at Clarksb urg.
The Board recommended the wom-
ans pardon on the grounds of her
health being 50 bad, that further con-
finement would likely result in her
DEATH
Three of the other recommends
tions for pardon were in cases Of jail
sentences and were where parties
were suffering in such way that
death would likely ensue from fur
Their confinement.
Since the last list of cases report
ed, the following pardons have been
recommended to the Governor by
the Board.
John M. Griffith, convicted Of
murder in the second degree in the
criminal court of Fayette county,
and sentenced August IL, 1894, to
fifteen years confinement ia the PEN
itentiary. Recommendation was Civ
ell to Griffith on the grounds that it
was shown that the sentence was ex-
cessive.
w. T. Doss, convicted in the cir
cult court OF Summers county, Of
housebreaking and sentenced Sep
TENDER |, 1899, to one years confine-
ment in the penitentiary Doss en-
tered store in the day time and
took a ten cent plug of tobacco. It
was shown that he was in such
state of intoxication, from the con-
tinuous use of liquors and opiates,
that~he could not form the felonious
intent necessary to constitute the
crime. The only fact that he took
nothing Of value when he might have
stolen considerable of value, seemed
to warrant the view that he had no
felonious intent He was not tried
by jury, but pleaded guilty.
Fanny Rice Here.