Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1901-08-08
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THE YOUNGER BROTHERS.
Continued from 1st Page.

Cs'AFSSs AS0t Aiu08y 1OwnE0 hikhA
and bic brother. On this account,
take the liberty of addressing
Won in their behalf. IL you can
see your way clear. under all the
circumstances, to grant them exc
cutive clemency, it would oblige
as. B. ELKlNS."
This 10 only sample Of the many
letters from men OF national repu-
tstion throughout Missouri and the
United States who appealed to the
Governor and the Pardon Board OF
Minnesota, urging that justice had
been satisfied after twenty-five years
Of penal servitude and that it were
time that mercy should sit upon
the throne.
BromaMgh's Actiue
Work for the Prisoners.
IL il no small task to gather petit
tons from three successive Missouri
Legislatures, and the officials OF
several Missouri State Cabinets,
from prominent members Of the
Grand Army Of the Republic in be-
half of these men, but Capt. Bro
naugh set his shoulder to the wheel
with the determination that knew
no defeat, with Q vigor undated
by twenty-five years Of unsuccess,
until finally the sentiment in Min.
nesota was completely reversed,
and on noon of Sunday. July IA,
the staiwart Henry County Nilsson
rian walked forth from Saltwater
Penitentisry with Cole Younger on
his right arm and Jim on his left.
Case a Factor
in Minnesota Politics.
No case in the criminology OF
the world has attracted, perhaps,
90 much attention az that Of the
Youngers. 1t has entered into the
politics OF Minnesota in several
campaigns and been q burning,
though not an avowed, issue. Be-
fore the Pardon Board took favor
able action the release of the pris-
oners was recommended by two
successive Legislatures.
Governor Marshall of Minnesota,
o former Missourian, ardently es.
poused the cause OF the Youngers,
and after his term in Office took an
active and intense interest in the
efforts to secure their liberty.
Warden Wolfer, won to the cause
of the prisoners by their own mien
and demeanor, became one Of their
stanchest supporters. Like his
predecessors he gave them many
privileges, one of which they covet.
ed very much-the right to wear
Confederate-gray uniform.
Cole Younger's
Little Love Afair.
It 10 not generally known that
during his quarter Of century's
imprisonment Cole Younger was
the center Of q love romance,
whose fruition was only prevented
by :he Prison Board. Miss Lillian
Lewis, well-known as an actress,
was the center of his affection, and
had made many visits to Jail to the
prisoner to see him, and had his
release come sooner than o year
ago, when Miss Lewis died, it 10 as.
serted By his warmest friends that
Q few days after the parole would
have heard the wedding bells.
The Pardon Board for the State
of Minnesota, which finally con-
sented to parole, consists Of Gov.
v. NJ. Clough, Chief Justice Chas.
NJ. Start, Attorney General III. W.
Childs.
So kind have the prison officials
been to the Younger brothers that
they might have appropriately re.
peated from Lord Byron's "Pris.
oners Of Chilon" on the occasion
Of their release
And when men came TO set me free,
rocked not when. cared not where
Alas. IL was the same to me.
Fettered or fetterless to be:
i learned to love despair.
With spiders had friendship made,
Had watched them In their sullen trade,
Had seen the mice by moonlight play,
And why should / feel less than they?
And the monarch OF each race had power q
kill.
Yet strange TO tell In quiet we had learned Il
dwell.
So much along communion tends to make M
what we are.
That my very chains and grew friends,
And i. even |. regain my freedom with sigh
u Saved His Baby.
my baby was terribly sick with diar
FhOea we were unahIa IN rure him With