The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-25
MAN EXECUTED WAS NEGRO FELIX HALL Judge Dan A. Greene Makes
 His Report Public LETTER TO THE GOVERNOR After Examination of All Witnesses Subsequent to the Trial He Was
 Convinced of Mans
 Identity.
LETTER TO THE GOVERNOR

last Thursday having been convicted of the murder of Norwood Clark, Judge Dan A. Greene has made public his report to the governor on his investigations or the case subsequent to the trial
 Hall insisted so firmly that he was not the right man and that he could prove an alihj. that he was reprieved for time to give him an opportunity to bring for ward his proof
 Attorney Charles Denegre, who repre- sented Felix Hall, is the prime mover III critieizing the governors actions In lne case. His objections were embodied In a letter to the governor which was print ed in these columns yesterday. Ldsl night Judge Greene explained his reasons for making public his report to the goYer- nor He said: q was surprised at the rather extra ordinary letter of MT. Denegre in thls matter He is a good lawyer, and must know that 1t Is not only customary, but the law contemplates that in all appl1ca- tions for pardons and eommatatlon' the governor should obtain some reeommen- dation or information from the trial judge.
 This was an unusual case, the claim of the defendant being that 1t was a case of mistaken identity, and the evidence thereon being entirely new The only satisfactory way this evidence could be taken was by personal examination of the witnesses, after seeing the defendant. Manifestly, it was practically impossible for the governor to do this and he had to commission some one to do it.
 Tt is not true that he delegated any executive authority to me in the matter, on the contrary he asked me to inVesti- gate the matter and report same with my recommendation. Furthermore, he placed at my command his contingent fund to defray any expenses, in order that full justice might be done to all parties, and was kept fully advised of the status of the investigation during the whole progress.
 II deem this statement from me proper in view of the charge of MT. Denegre that the governor was indifferent when hu- man life involved, when the facts show the very opposite"
 Governor Jelks turned the investigation of the subsequent testimony to Judge Green, trial judge, asking him tG make recommendation as to what should be done in the matter. Judge Greenes complete report to the governor is as follows:
 Birmingham, Oct. 19, 1903 Gov. w. D. Jelks, Montgomery. Ala
 Dear sir: Next Friday, the 23rd is the day. set for the execution of Felix Hall and I beg leave to report to you the re- suit of my investigations on his claims for pardon or communication. l have de- voted a considerable part of the last ninety days to careful consideration of his claims that the verdict against him Is unjust, and as a result of it all l am firmly of the opinion that he is the per ', son who committed the murder for which he Is under sentence of death. and that the verdict and the judgment is a just one and should be allowed to stand
 To summarize the result of my investi fnfA 1af IAtt trtrafr- First. The murder a cold booded and atrocious one without any mitigating facts or circumstances, and the perpe,ra- tors thereof deserve the extreme penalty of the law
 Second It Is admitted that the murder was committed by two negroes. who went by the name of Felix Hall an6 Will Mill Ter, both of whom actively engaged in the killing and are equally guilty
 Third. The only ground or delay or communication by Felix Hall. the defendant under consideration. is that he is not Felix Hall at all that he never went by that name: that he did not know Will Miller nor Norwood Clark. the deceased; that he never worked al Divers camp, the place of the niinng, at the time of the killing or at any other time. and in fact was never in Alabama before the time of his arrest nor was he ever east of the Mississippi river until brought here unQef dfTeSts illdt lliS HdmS 10 iiNhiy Jackson, and that he knows nothing of Felix Hall or Norwood Clark
 To Establish identity.
 have made my investigation almost entirely with the view of establishing the identity vel non of the man in jail with Felix Hall, the man who worked at Olivers camp and various other railroad camps in Alabama, Georgia and South Carolina, and 1t is not denied that the real murderer worked at these various places.
 In support of the contention of the state that this man is Felix Hall, I have the following testimony:
 Jim Clark, colored: Has known Felix Hall five or six years in various rail- road camps and witnessed the killing" Annie Clark, his wife; Also witnessed The killing, and has known Felix Hall for about the same length of time"
 will Pritchard, colored Has known Felix Hall for about fifteen years. and witnessed a part of the killing. and saw Hall and Miller as they left the place of kiiiing."
 Henry Davis white: Was foreman in Divers camp at the time of the killing. and had worked Hall in different camps at intervals during six years previous to the killing, and was in camp the night of the killing and claims to know Hall we'll"
 T. B. Redmond. white: "A railroad con- tractor. Has known Hall for nine or ten years, and knows he was at work In Oliver's camp at the time of the kill ing
 Testified at Trial.
 All the above-named witnesses testified on the trial of the defendant, and each of them positively and unequivocally identified the defendant as Felix Hall, the man who worked at Olivers camp, and who it Is not denied, did the killing. In addition to that, have had the fol- lowing persons before me, each of whom have seen the defendant, and all of them swear positively as to his Identity with Felix Hall, the man wanted:
 w. N. ShumalSe, white: Was one of the foremen in Oliver's camp at the time of the killing, and has known Felix Hall a number of years, and saw him late in the evening before the killing that night, and says positively that the defendant Is the man."
 Noah Grimes, colored: ''Worked in the same gang with Felix Hall for two or three months previous to the killing, and positively identified the defendant as Felix Hall"
 Charles Bell, colored: Work in the same gang with Felix Hall and had known him eight or ten years and was the man who caused the capture of the