The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-12-22

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 they tans II. pssG9, ,a,.aSsd sSss ths sSa dstn haps wholly Involuntary on the part Of Parnell. All Qf the ministers of the gos- Del in Troy ,thite In saying that the pun
 o1 ysafs in Ssn t6s se sSonS have reeeived. He has been in jail and in the penitentiary about three years. He has serioysly injured, if not entirely lost: one eye,Sthe report is, in the service of the Gtate. He has family pitifully de- pendent upon him for support.
 "It appears that almost the entire citi- zenship of Troy beg that he be given the therefore have decided that he should be allowed his freedom. Let a pardon is- sue"
 Tarpley's Case.
 Reed Tarpley is a young white cripple of Talladega County. on Apni rsr1so% z, 1y", pleaded guilty to charges Of burglary and grand larceny and was sentenced to serve three years in the penitentiary. ka. His record as a convict is good.
 Tarpley admitted that he broke into store at Sylacauga and took therefrom jewelry and other articles which were recovered. It was shown to the Pardon ing Board nd to rne Governor that Tar pley is not strong minded; that he was employed in a cotton mill at sylacang;at a,.s;t the crime by a fellow workman.
 Sarah FrancIs Tarplcy, the widowed mcthe- of Tafpiey. made pathetic ap- peal to the Governor for the return to her of her son. who is but IS years old. She promises as his mother to use her best Influence to bring him up as a Christian and law abiding citizen
 The application for. ciemency was en- dorsed by the trial Judge. Hon. q. K. Mil Ter and the Solicitor, Col. A. M. Garber.
 After reviewing the case Governor Jelks cation: Tt is ordered that a parole is- mas dinner with his widowed mother.''
 Lizzie Campbelps Case.
 A parole was granted by the Governor to Lizzie Campbell. negro woman or Jefferson County, upon the earnes soiicl- tation of the white women of Bessemer. The woman has several small children and the women of Bessemer became in- terested in the case through sympathy i In S septcmher. 1898. the Campbell wo- man, by accident it is said. killed Alfred Lockett, a negro. The testimony showed that a strange negro woman was whip beIf tihmercifuily, while Lockett stood by and witnessed the chastising Lizzie Campbell rushed to the rescue Of her child and a difficulty ensued Lockett ceiveti a knife wound in the neck. His jugular vein was severed and he bled to death.
 der in the second degree December F, 1898, in the Criminal Court of Jefferson County and was sentenced to ten years in the penitentiary. She has been al work for the State at Speigners.
 The Governor endorses thel application as follows:
 recommends executive clemency This woman got into difficulty with another woman and accidentally, she says, and there is some other evidence to the same effect, cut a negro man who was trying to be a peace maker. She only struck ,t;S jugular vein and he bled to death
 "rhe officers at BesseTnsr, many good CT ristian women in sympathy With ncr small children beg, because of her pre-, vious good character, that she be allowed to so free, after serving three years or her ten-year sentence. Let parole IS. sue conditioned upon her good behavior" :" Boys Pardoned.
 Two little negro boys, Mack Mitchell and Jesse Crews, whose ages are under IA years. were jointly paroled conditioned were convicted May <S, 1901, in the Cir euit Court of Barbour County, and sem fenced to thirteen months each. These | bows robbed the store of Jasper Cronin of Eufaula, who joined In he peuuoh
 Judge A. A Evans of the Third Judi cial Circuit. who tried the case, and So- rcitor c. A. l.. Sanford. also Jolneo ii | the petition for executive clen1ency. Crews has bsen leased to the Tyson Lumber Company for S6 month and
 and Mitchell is at Speigners. The boys
 will be given honest employment at Flu | fauIa and they will be furnished with railroad tickets when they are released | from the State prisons.
 l A parole was ordered. by the Goyernor | to issue to Asbury Cottrell, Lowndes | County negro. convicted of grand lar | ceny in the City Court of Montgomery. | fin August. 1900, and sentenced to three years in the penitentiary.
 Cottrell was employed by Montgom- | cry County road contractor. In July. | 1900, he was paid off by hls employer and
 was robbed by another negro He se- | cured a gun from near by negro house and went in pursuit of the negro who | took his money. He failed to return the | gun and was subse Iuently arrested and | charged with grand larceny. At the trial he Admitted having taken the gun but
 said it was his intention to return the gun | to it's owner.fb
 l Robinson Case.
 A first class convict. James. alias Ro- | del Robinson. Lowndes County negro,
 was paroled conditioned upon his future
 good behavior. Robinson was convicted | August Sl, 1900 of burglary in the Circuit Court of Lowndes County and was sen | fenced to two and half years in the | penitenuary. He has been leased to the | Coalburg mines at VA month | Robinson broke into the store of H. M.
 Caffey at Hayneville and stole goods
 valued at less than piO. He was em- ployed by Mir. Caffey, who recommended | him to the Governor as a subject for cl4mency. The Solicitor who prosecuted | the case and other citizens of Lowndes l County signed his petition to the Cover | nor.
 An absolute pardon was granted to | Lawrence Anderson, a negro who was | sent up from Lawrence County for rive l years upon conviction of assault with in- | tent to murder. The negro was convicted | at the fall term of the Lauderdale Coun- | ty Circuit Court
 | It was shown to the Governor that An | derson had previously borne a good char l acter and that he assaulted negro of | questionable character. The petition was | signed by Judge E. B. Almon, who tried