Evening journal., 1902-07-28
PUBLIC FAVORS RELEASE
OF IMPRISONED FARMERS
hree Thousand Dawareans Assure Pardon Board That Justice
Has Been Satisfied and Ask for Liberation Of Bennett,
Mills Boys and Wilson
sUFFERING OF THEIR FAMILIES HAS
AROUSED SYMPATHY OF THE COMMUNITY

Grated ana returned 10 their homes and |
occupations
Justice Has Been Satisfied
In my opinion justice has been
satisfied, and l am heartily and en-
Enthusiastically in favor Of their pardon |
now" Were the words OF Joseph R.
Holland.
Release Would Do No Harm
Robert II. Wihiums. president Of
the First National Bank, Of Milford, !
said:
The ends OF Justice have been satis-
fed, and their release would do mol
possible harm. | joined in writing nj
letter to this effect to the Board OF
Pardons."
Families Are the Sufferers
j. b. Smith. cashier OF the Milford
National Bank, expressed himself as
| follows
THE ends Of Justice have been salts
fed, and further punishment only in
(jures their families"
Il hope that clemency will be ex-
tended to them" we're the words Of the
Rev. J. Leighton McKim, of the Prot.
sstant Episcopal Church In Milford.
Have Been Punished Enough
Dr. James G. Stanton says:
Il think that they have underground
enough punishment for the effense.
They are men who were highly re-
spected, and I would do anything in
my power to help them out. 1 have
known them all for many years"
Hopes for Their Release
Il do not know the men at all, 4" said
the Rev. S. NJ. Morgan, OF the Milford
i NJ. E. Church, "but l know their fam
lilies. / have come here since the men
were imprisoned | would be pleased to
see them released, and when they do
return l hope that all animosities viii
be buried. and that they will be good
friends again.
i Have Suffered Enough
They have suffered as much as il
they had served their whole time out q"
said George II. Hall. Il think that their
sentence was just There is no ques-
ton about their families needing them
at home, and l sent a letter to the
Pardon Board in behalf Of the impris-
n oned men,"
Wants Them Liberated
George II Draper said:
Anything / can do Tor them l am
willing to do. l think they have been
punished enough. and l wrote the
Board OF PardOns a letter"
Punishment Equal to the Crime
i Colonel Theodore W. Townsend, ed
Y itor of the Milford Chronicle, says
THE punishment is equal to tine
5 crime. and the ends Of justice would
be no further completed by kesning
p them longer in prison. They have lost
one season on their farms, and it is
. time for them to be home preparing
their ground. for next years crops.
They also have written a letter to the
Halls begging their pardon for the as-
sault. They acknowledge that they did
= wrong and express their sorrow for
[ it. They acknowledge that their act
= was brutal one, and that it was done
= in the heat Of passion. / think that
their pardon would meet the approval
? Of the Halls. In the case OF the Mile
boys they are badly needed at home,
|. for things are suffering"
w. V. Sipple. postmaster OF Milford
says
II think that the bardoning OF the
e men would meet with universal APP
e provaI. Their families will be the
9 ones to suffer II they are not released
{ The ends OF Justice have been salts
e fed, and they should be liberated
Frederick Wants Men Pardoned
The desire for the release OF the men
= is not confined to any particular losal-
: lity. and Prederica, where the men are
|, well known. is as anxious for thei
liberation as are the people around
= Milford.
d Thinks Punishment Complete
e DIR. r. V. Cahill. one OF Fredericas
prominent men, says:
Il think these men should be return
l. cd to their families. The punishment
e they have received is sufficient and
l. hope that the Pardon Board will re
i lease them"
e Crime Is Overrated
e e. e. Melvin, a well-lmOwn business
man in the town, thinks the affair is
ogerrated.
81 think the whole affair is over
4 rated" said he, "and IL is the mosl
u ridiculous thing that ever happened In
AL this part Of the country. The mel
NJ have been punished more than enough
D. and / think it would be outrageous t'
lg keep them longer in prison. ! hops
m that the Pardon Board will liberat'
IT, them"
Mr. Reynolds Favors Pardon
ID Robert W. Reynolds expresses him
self as follows:
s. Il hope these men will be liberate'
TX by the Board Of Pardons | think tina
r. their punishment equals their crime
I'd and they should be returned 10 thei
families"
Punishment Is Sufficient
u Thomas ID. Burton, prominent il
lpolitics, and = well-knOwn citizen o
an the town. said:
b. ! think that justice has been salts