The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-07-25
PETITION FOR PARDON.
woMAN's FEDERATION INTEREST
ED IN DOLLY PRITCHETT'S CASE.

will Attempt to Secure Suspension
of Sentence Passed Upon Girl Con-
Victed of Observation-Disclosures
Failing From the Walls of the
Capitol building.
Atlanta, Ca, July PA petition for
the pardon of Dolly Pritchett, the Cher
okee county girl given life sentence
in the penitentiary for infanticide, ex-
tensively signed by members of the
Georgia Federation of Woman's Clubs
was filed with the Prison Commission
to-day and it is expected that the case
will be taken up next week. 1t Is de-
sired to secure the girls release that
she may be sent to an institution where
she may be properly cared for. Many
women have interested themselves in
the case.
Mrs. w. H Bowen. of Brunswick. is
here for the purpose of adopting an
orphan child to take the place of her
child who died a short time ago. She
found two she liked at the Orphan
Home. at Decatur, and will probably
make arrangements to take one of
these with her back to Brunswick. She
is said TO be the wife of a well-known
citizen of Brunswick
Frank Del Barrio. the son of a Ha-
vana lawyer. who is said to be wealthy,
has been arrested by city detectives
here. on warrant from Cordele' Ga,
charging him with passing two worth
less checks for S75 each. The checks
~au ~
Kennedy. merchants of Cordele. CHER
Morris. of the Cordele police force, took
Del Barrio back there tonight.
The prisoner says he wrote out the
checks as a joke and jestingly told
another man to go cash them.
Capitol PIastering Falling.
The legislat ure at its next session,
will probably be called upon to provide
for some important and much needed
repairs to the capitol. The plastering
is continually falling from the ceiling,
and walls of the building, and several
persons have recently had narrow es-
capes from serious injury. State Lii
brarian Brown says he lodged a large
piece of falling plastering the other
day, which he thinks would have laid
him out had it struck him. Adjutant
General ]. w. Robertson, who is GUS
todian of the building says he has no
money on hand with which to make the
improvements needed. No repairs have
been made on the building since 1t was
built and unless something is done soon
the state may be confronted by several
claims for damages.
A match lighted a can of gasoline in
a Marietta drug store yesterday after
noon and $4,000 fire followed. The
loss was sustained by Druggist j. W.
Less and is nearly all covered by in
surance.
Sheriff Parker of Marion county. af-
ter securing requisition papers, has
gone to Longview, Tex, to bring back
Frank Kemp, who escaped for Marion
county Jail in 1899. Kemp was convict
ed of murder and sentenced to life ina
prisonment.
Attorney General ]. NJ. Terrell will
speak to the Confederate veterans of
Pike county tomorrow, when they
gather in annual reunion at Zebulon.
Mr.. Terrell has recently addressed sew
eral gatherings of veterans in differ
ent parts of the state.
Supreme Court Adjourns.
The Supreme Court to-day decided
adversely to the city of Fitzgerald. The
suit brought against it by the Mer-
chants and Planters Bank of that city
in effort to collect a Judgment amount
ing to about $4,000 The city will now
have to pay the money.
The Supreme Court to-day adjourned
for the term, and the justices will take
a much needed rest.
The court will meet again on October
Z, for the October term.