The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-12-28
WAS SENTENCED TO y vEsYEA .|7,':'
Mr.. Ben Owen to Resume Business CO
Stenographer and Court Reporter.
Capitol and Library
Notes.

conditional pa rdon to w. e. Tyler. who.
was serving term of FIVE years in the
penitentiary from this city for the be-
trayal, under promise of marriage %
Miss Ida Butler. also of Richmond.
Ethe Hustfngs Court in "a July Of
this year. and his case has been:
pending for some time before the Board
of Directors Of the penitentia ~. That
body acted. some days ago, and the pa
pers were sent to His Excelency with the
recommendation that Tyler be liberated.
Governor Tyler worked over the mat
ter long time before he finally reached
a conclusion. but after hearing pathetic
appeals from the young mans friends
and family he determined that the case
was proper one FOR executive clemsncy.
There are some other cases pending be-
fore His Excellency, but he has again
said he will not act upon thez1. Cover
nor TYLER is a kind hearted man; and II
is hard for him to resist the pathetic ap-
peals that are made to him in behalf OF
prisoners, especially at Christmas times,
when all humanity is in forgiying
mood
Tyler was liberated from the peniten-
tiary yesterday afternoon, and promised
never to again violate the law.
Many appeals are being made to the
Governor to grant other pardons, but ne
will probably take up no more cases our
ing his term.
PREPARING FOR CHANGE.
Governor Tyler has about wound up
his official career for the present and
was packing up his papers yesterday.
Governor-elect a. J. Montague has
completed his inaugural address ana
was going over the typewriter sheets
yesterday.
It will occupy about twenty minutes
in its delivery and will not contain many
Of the suggestions that would have been
embodied had the Legislature been In
session. He will probably submit a mes
sage to the Legislature when 1t convenes
on February 18th.
1t is probable that Governor Montague
will call the attention of the Constitu-
tional Convention to the condition Of the
penitentiarV.
II shall resume work as a court report
err and as a Shorthand writer next Thurs
day said Secretary Ben p. Owen, Jr-
INV ass ociati with the office CT
Governor an6. the public for the past
four. years have been of the most pleasant
nature, and it is not without some 1eel-
ings Of regret that I surrender them.
You. may say for me-" observed the
popular secretary with merry twinkle
in his eye. that 1 expect to be busy In
whatever L snail undeTtdke, III sorIer ~
keep ;up the record I have made in my
past life You know I love work and
have led very busy life.
CAPITOL NOTES.
COMMISSIONS OF Labor James B.
Dohertw is working; hard trying to gath
ers as many books as possible to send to
the werkmen'sl library recently estab-
Isle6 by the Central Labor Union OF
Newport News Mr.. Doherty has con-
tributed fiftysvelumes tot the library
Professor and Mrs. Henry Alexander
White.1.of Washington and Lee, are
spending the holidays here with Mrs.
Whites parents. Judge and Mrs. 3. r.
wellford. Jr. Professor White is the au-
thor of the Life of Lee. that has been
Acknowledged as the best ever published.
He called yesterday at the Department
of Public Instruction and had a long talk
with Secretary Brent.