Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-01-23
PARDON REFUSED.
Mrs. Getche|| Of Sidney Must
Stay in Prison.
Favorable Action on Petition Of Berj
W. Chadbourne.
Hearing on Samuel D. Haynes Case
Postponed to Feb. 5.

Mrs. Clara Enma Gctchcll of Sidney,
j.; refused n pardon: benjamin Wallace
chadhuurn" il; given the privilege of
going To The home OF his son i'll Pits
field to die; and the hearing on the
petition Of Samuel -. Haynes is posi-
pon"d to the next meeting oi tn" toun-
oil. Feb. : This in brief is the dispos
ition of the three pardon matters con-
sGcred ut the January meeting Of the
Governor and Council. Friday after
nom
The hearing on Mrs. Gctchell's case
was held in December. aud after final
action had been several times post
pon.i the vot" that the petitioners
Raw, :etr" :" Withdraw does not com"
as Il surprise. Ms. Gctchcil WAS sen
fenced for life i'm 1896 for the murder
OF her husband The hearing on the
petition for the rlrd II OF SAMUEL ID.
Haynes sentenced for life in 1879. for
the nIuI der OF IL policeman in tn"
Eockland police station, WAS post
pcncu I" the next meeting at the re
quest Of tho " tition"r's lawyer Hon.
l.. VI. Staples Of Washington.
The only hearing of Fridays session
was Oh the petition Of benjamin Wal
lace Cha,lhourue. sent t, Thomaston in
1SS;, for the murder of Alvin Watson
in the town of Parkman. Hon. Josiah
Crosby of Dexter. full Of viGor at the
age Of ~. presented the case to the
Council. and thcru was also present
tn" prisoners son. Henry W. chad
bourne of Pittsticld. y manly appearing
young fellow of -. Who begged the
privilege, of taking his father home and
earring for him il the short time thai
he can live. Nobody appeared in opp
sition to the pardon. Col. Peaks, who
was county attorney when thadborunc
was convicted. WIS quoted as fdVoring
the PARDON. and a letter was read from
the prison physician as To the serious
chronic Illness from watch the prison
cr is suffering.
Mr.. Crosby. who dcft nded the prison
a. II the trial il, 1883. told the Council
III" story of the crime. There had been
continuous and serious troubles be-
tween the ChadbOumc family and
Watson, and when the latter was
founG dead in lis home. filled with
knife wounds The tnadbournes. father
and son. were suspected OF the crime
They were convicted aud sent to prison
for life. The former died there. a few
years ago. and the latter is now very
sick With Drights disease from whiC!
Re is likely to die at any time. There
WAS a younger son also implicated il
the murder. but ne was Il mute With
oft any education and the attorney
general at that time. Hon. ii. L
tltavcs. did lot see how such a per
son could he tried and SO the boy wa:
s"ilt away to 4 school for muteS whcr,
he WAS drowned Il few months later
The elder M. Chadbourne. who wa.
believed To- have been an instigator o
the murder. died BY suicide.
All iE all. it was Il pr tty grim stor,
of the Chadbourne family and it
troubles which Mr.. Crosby related. am
one we'll calculated to excite. sympa
they. DR.. r. T. Sanborr.s who Wa
present. told of the condition of tn
prisoner. saying, that ne c"nsideret
him beyond medical aid and likely t
die at any time! When the young mai
learned after the executive session
that his father was free and the par
don was actually put in his hands b
broke down completely.
The session of the Council began a
lP NJ, aud continued till .. the las
hour being executive session. Asid
from, the reception of reports which ar
mentioned elsewhere and the transac
t;op of a lot of routine business thes