Evening journal., 1902-04-09
NEW REASON FOR
PARDONING COLE
Resulted From Deathbed
Promise to Son
FACTS OF KILLING NOT GIVEN
SIrange story Published in a PhiIa-
delphia Paper MiS-Statcs Facts
OF The Murder

some person IN Philadelphia who eyi.
uently knows little about the case. is tr,,-
lns 10 create sympathy for Montyaloo A
N,99ie, the recently pardoned murderer of
,m,liiilanl NJ a. Montague. This writer in 4
- hilhuelphia paper tries 10 show that
S"i' was pardOned as result of a death.
bed promise. A history of the. murder Ia
sf'' nut instead Of sticking to facts "A
NJ story ABOUT Cole quarreling with
M'9,lntagne at "a cake walk is given.
me story printed In the Philadelphia
paper follows: ''''
a deathhed promise made by Mr.. and
nla' James Anderson TO their son. Dr
James Anderson, Jr. of No. 140o Ells.
worth street, Philadelphia, Is said ia he
inlbei! responsible for the recent pardon
lug on MpniNaloo Cole, the former Uni
aNiHiy OF fennsylvania dental student
WI" was serving a term in a Delaware
irlsph Tor murder. Cole and yonng An.
uClHoh We're members Of the University
.."sa on l9OO department OF dentistry
giu were almost inseparahle friends
since ms pardon and release. Tuesday az
go WV'M Nole mas been given new
5,nIt III me by his bcnefactOr Mr. An
,,,tf,, auu mas returned 10 Canada. his
nHuNe hnd' where he will try to live
himself '"'''r l"r
la May, 1899. while celebrating ,bo
completion Of his second-vear evsp,in
ail9ns az the University. Cole took n Trim
4" lllnlngton and went 10 "A cake wal.
n'ns gwen There. He became involved
III quarrel, d is said nc the trial. win
man named William A. Montaene o,,e.
w, directions of a woman named Edns
W llsun. Cole seized a base balI hat mi
struck mis- rival with IL. Alontoone dieJ
ana Cole received a five-ycars' ssntenc,
W,.unis M nis lllAl came mp nt the following
NoNtinuer term of court. He Ind com
r'o,,u oyer hali of his sentence when he
a Deathbed Promise
Only few short weeks after hnviny
received his diploma 10 praefiee denftstr.5,
Coles chum, DR. James Anderson IL
was on MS death bed. During ms lasf
.vui" ne was constantly lamentinr fhe
lAte OF ms former clnssmafe. Callint, ~.
parents 10 his bedside. with aimoef nc
Ihsl breath he extracted from thep5 I.
PROMISE To leave no stone unturned snnt;i
,1,,y9le walked out OF prison with "a nar'lnn
rue promise, made under snch ead cir-
,unlsianccs. was religiOusly kent. Law
, il"M 9fu NJ Long. of this city, "a for.
e, icolueht oi Delaware, took np the
nshi Tor a pardon In cOniunctinu ,rifb
Mr. Anderson. Special appeals for mnrc,'
We're made t0 the Board of pardnne ~
beilWurc. Certificates citing tba b.ait.
or Cole, which had been undermined bv
several years of prison life. were. securcd
llonl eminent physicians The dying ap-
peni Tor mercy from young Anderson was
" " ssn lo move the board. and also the
ftci that Cole had. with the exeentinn ~
lhe one fateful day. good record for
conduct aud his misdeed was the resnlf
OF ah unfortunate boysh escapade. nj
hally, Lawyer Long argued before ibe
board the offer of Mr.. Anderson ta assist
,ole 20 go 10 Canada, where he had
neen born and raised, and start life over
April /. u"
Nole left the prison accompanied bv
lawyer Long and Mr.. Anderson. and
came 10 Philadelphia nc once where he
stopped at Mr.. Andersou's home for sew
erai days before leaving for Canada.