New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-06-14
MANY VALENTINO PLEAS.
DECRY WOMAN HANGING.
Jerseymen Urge ReprieUs or Com
mutation of Sentence.

Hackensacx. June 13 (speciaD Although this is
thirteenth day the month. the prospects look
brighter for Anna Valentino. who stabbed TO death
Rosa Salza at Lodi. Several moves made to-day in
dcate strongly that the condemned woman will not
be hanged In the Hackensack Jail Wednesday
morning.
In the first place. 1t IS believed that Acting Gov
ernor Edmund W. Wakelee Will grant a reprieve Of
thirty days tomorrow, no matter what the result
Of his conference with Chancellor Magic may be
RE lives In Bergen County and he hopes to keep
from his district the disgrace Of hanging woman
Milton Demarest of Hackensack. and Nathan
kussy, OF Newark. of the woman's counsel. stand
ready To apply for writ of error tomorrow. in
case the Court OF Pardons again refuses 10 inter
fere This application I'm itself would stay,
no matter whether there error In the trial or
not As a matter of fact. there were eXcep-
tons taken at the trial. and there is really nothing
which 10 base Il writ OF error. but a lawyer
said to a Tribune reporter to-day: In a of
life and death a lawyer will fall back this last
resort III order TO Gain time. In this case time is
what is needed. for public opinion against the
hanging Of woman is just being aroused to fever
heat II n months reprieve is granted. l presume
petitions from every county IN the state will flood
the Court Pardons its next session. asking
the court to reconsider Anna Ealentinas
That's how much good writ os error do. no
matter how fiimsy the ground for such writ may be
Another thing, such writ gives a lawyer a chance
TO make application to the United States Supreme
Court to take some action in the behalf Of the
condemned woman d"
The intense feeling in Hackensacs over the pro-
posed hanging Wednesday made itself manifest
to-day when a meeting OF about a dozen lead
ing and women held in the law office Of
Hart & Hart Those present the wife Of the
Rev DIR. Holey. Of Christ Episcopal Church; the
Rev. g. r. Kucbler. of the First Presbvtar,.
Church: the Rev. r. W. Elliott of the Ash,
Methodist Church; the Rev T. T. Sanford Of ,,aI
vary Baptist Church, Mrs David Vroom Mrs E
Dougherty and r. NJ. Hart. The meeting selected
the Rev. Mr.. Kuebler chairman. and he an
pointed ali present a committee to communicat ,
with Acting Governor Wakelee. and ask him to do
AL in his power tomorrow to prevent the hang
ing of Mrs. Valentino. The meeting also selected
the Rev Mr.. Sanford and Father Lambert the
local spiritua! adviser of the condemned woman to
represent Hackensack at tho conference at Trenton
tomorrow morning and plead in the woman $
behalf.
Il feel that Chancellor Magic can't thor
oughly understand the facts that Led this poor
woman murder the who goaded and
taunted her to high degree of desperation: how
tho with whom she had Itvef foy ten years
turned her aside and kept her $500. and then al
lowed the Saza woman 10 occupy the home which
Anna Valentino had helped to build" said the
Rev Mr.. Sanford to the reporter to-day. This
murder was not one-tenta part as deliberate as
was the murder committed by Lizzie Cara brant
in Paterson many years ago yet the latter had
life imprisonment"
The wfo of the Rev. DR.. Holey. who started
the public meeting held here this afternoon. said:
Surely. Hackensack will not be the scene of the
hanging of a woman Let pray that such fear
full thing will not blot pretty town. disgrace
our county State. l feel sure something will
stay the execution"
Justice NJ. W. Heath said: II much opposed
to the hanging of woman, and trust Anna Val
entina will escape the gallows. | her wounds
after Michael Corluca had beaten her and I
caused his arrest. but he escaped punishment.
That was the. beginning of her trouble and her
awful crime not at all Il surprise TO me"
Justice T. H. Cumming-I think :he ends o.
Justice can be well by life Imprisonment in
Anna ValeutinaS
Surrogate d A Poll hope the Court Of Par
dons will commute this wCman's death penalty.
Bergen County doesn't want such awful thing
to happen with its borders
The Rev. c. r. KuebeT-I prayed Sunday
in my pulpit that the members Of the Court Of
Pilrdons would heed the appeal of Christian and
humane people in New-Jersey and change their
opinion regarding the death penalty Of Anna Val
entina. We want such stain in our history.
APPEALS MADE IN TRENTON.