Daily Kennebec journal., 1903-08-05
PARDON GRANTED,
Harvey Salisbury Released
During Good Behavior.
Moore's Case on Table Until the
Next Meeting.
What Governors Council Did at Tues.
days Meeting.

to Harvey Salisbury of Bar Harbor
now serving a life sentence in the State
prison for the crime of rape, by the
Governors Council at the meeting,
Tuesday afternoon. The young man
for he is only about 20 years of age
has been in the State prison since Oc-
tober 1896, so that he has served near
ly seven years.
He was represented at the hearing,
yesterday, by Judge B. E. Clark, of the
municipal court of Bar Harbor, who
made a brief statement of the facts
in the case to the Council. He set
forth that on June IS, 1896, Salisbury
made a criminal assault upon Flor
ence Beane, aged nine, in Bar Har-
Dor, was arrested, held for the grand
jury and tried at the October term of
the supreme court. He was not rep
resented by counsel, prisoners, who
We're in the county Jail. While he was
confined there, telling him that he
needed none to escape conviction The
result was that the case was showed
lp in all its bad lights, while none of
the favorable circumstances for Sal
isbury were brought out
AS was to be expected he was con-
victed and Justice Emery, who pre-
sided, sentenced him to life imprison-
ment.
The young man has but one relative.
sister, living and at the time of the
crime could not be said to be fully ma
tured. Peoule in Bar Harbor, Els
worth and other parts of the county
had become interested in him and had
circulated the petition for his pardon.
Mr.. Clark said that he was being paid
for his services by popular subscrip-
ton. He read letters from the mayor
of Ellsworth, Sheriff Whitcomb of
Hancock county, former County At
torney Bunker of that county, select
men of Bar Harbor and had letters
from Senator Hale, John A. Peters, Jr..
and others urging the pardon of Sal
isbury, the general feeling being that
he had been sufficiently punished.
1t was decided by the Council that
he ought to have a conditional pardon;
that is, he should be released during
his good behavior, but upon his break
ing any of the laws the Sheriff should
forthwith return him to the State pris-
on, there to serve out the remainder Of
his life sentence.
Another pardon case that of Charles
Moore, who was committed to the pris-
on, Sept. 80, 1888, from Cumberland
county, to serve three sentences aggre-
eating % years, was heard. The crimes
for which he was convicted and sem
fenced were: Assault with intent to
kill, breaking and entering and larceny.
He received sentences of 10, and 10 and
6ve years, respectively, being SEN
fenced by Judge Bonney of the supe-
rior court of that county
Senator Staples of Knox county,
appeared for Moore and made the fol-
lowing statement in his behalf:
Moore came to Boston from New
York, in 1855. on business connected
with his fathers estate. There he met
one William Raymond, who enticed
him to Maine. Moore is first-class
mechanic and it was upon finding this
out that Raymond brought him to
Maine. He got Moore to make certain
Instruments. or machines, which were
for use in burglary, though the young
man did not know it. They We're caught
coming out of house in the daytime
with jcwelry in their possession and.
also, these tools. A man, who turned
out to be a police officer in citizens
clothes. attempted to stop them and
Moore fired two shots from his revolver,
the weapon being pointed in the air.
when they were brought into court
for trial the same lawyer was assigned
to both of them. He advised Moore to
plead guilty to the charges, which he
did, with the result that he was sem
fenced as told. Raymond, on the other
hand. stood trial and. though he was
the leading spirit in the crime, escaped
with 2 sentence of six years.
attorney General Seiders. who was
county attorney at the time, told me,
not four days ago, that the sentence
which Moore received was an outra-
geous one that he doubted if the man
would have been convicted, had he had
q trial.
ITO my mind, the Is years which he
has now served in prison is sufficient
punishment for the crime, even though
he be guilty, which I doubt and I urge
your honora BILE body to grant him that
pardon, which will let him go back to
his people in New York, and become an
honest and respected citizen"
Senator Staples said that he would
guarantee that his client would leave
the State, if the pardon was granted.
He read letters from Congressman
Sultzer of New York, and other promi-
nent men in that State urging clem-
cncy in Moore's case. The matter was
laid or the table until the next meeting.
The usual number of bills We're
and orders passed for the Gov
ernor TO draw his warrant for the set
tlement of claims.
The Council adjourned to Monday,
Aug, 81, at 4 o'clock in the afternoon.