The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-03-27
Prisoners Mother Slowly o'w'tly Dying
and rs DESTROYS Of Seeing
Her Son. ssS .ss s
JURORS, saw OREM MAN # y &.
SIGN PARDON / PAPERS
VA Brilliant Young Washington
Lawyer Making Fight to Have
Case Reviewed {: we'd. .5by United lisel
States Supreme Court.
A1ull, Interest Felt +S# N
4; bys the Public 81

Ex- Alderman John NJ .8 King. OF Jeffer-
son Ward. who Is serving a term 9 g one
Y year the city jail for accepting brlbe
while a member Of the City Council. As
& applying In a uble.barrelcd. manner for
& his release. ,s5l ii 81
II His local attorney, Mr.. Ben T. Bar
rett, presented strong petition to- Gov
II ernor Montague ycsterday,esigned by the
members OF tho trial jury and a lumber
y OF ministers and citizens. asking for g
communication OF sentence from one yea =
4 o$six months which would mean imme-3
stdIate release and a t the same time a.
brilliant yo,ing lawyer Of Wa shinGton..
) d. CT. Mr.. Levi David. waH appealing to
II Chief Justice Fuller In the national cap
itai Tor a writ Of error. which, II granted
1 would bring the cdse for revie before
4 the United States Supreme Court l87
d From information received from Wash =
ttngton last night i I. Is bel elleyed tina z Mr..
u David has strong hopes OF success at that
q end, while the strongest Kind Of pres.
sure Is being br ought8 10 bea pom GOV VI
n crnor Montague To induce him to act "a a-s
5yorably OH tho en- se here ss s
III The g Intentions / Made. s.5s.
Thc nj tion to cover or on ague sets
n out In the first place. through q certlfi
cate from DR. wv 4 II Oppenhel tner, that
u SIrs jane King, the aged mother Of the
prisoner, is slowly d ying fof ~ inc cura PIE
Il malady, and 4thatssheFis Is desirons OF see11G
Y her son and to have him with her IN ne =
expiring hours. 4: ss s5 y fS3 A3$
B served half ot Ills term, and that In The
belief or the petitioners .theSends OF JUS
8t tice have been met. }3j aES =. 4
II Is scontenued that tho man has lived;
forty-two years of honorable III ~
Richmond. and that this Is the first
charge against him.
The fact that there was one mistrlal
In the case is cited, ana II 10 sac e!,d.
Il there has always been doubt tr, the
ispublic mind as to the guilt OF the man.
1t is still further set out that the
/, clamor o Z the public press and the re.
i form wave brought on by the discovery
tsof gambling dens. etc., at that partiCu
ssIar timo were largely respons1bl ble n LOT
/ t3JSinE's conviction and that II IL u pes
/ Iieyed to tbc the will Of the community.
/ that he shall be released s 3A. q Hsis8 8
THE petition contains a number ot :
! strorg names, such as those Of DR. ~
EIe l.. Smith. of the Second Baptist
j lChurch; Mr.. julius straus, and others
Governor Montague took the papers
,5and Il Is understood that he Will COM
l8municate With Judge Witt and Common
y
I their Views f:bcforo giving the matter
/ final consideration. 5Sigi3 et3 sS3 81 s,j #
All Signed Save One.
NJ, rho following members OF the jury
! who tried King the second time end dorset
I thu petition without 4{aualificatio !: 3Eilf
Mcssrs, 81 ". r. Fitzgerald John I
Wren, {; Gorge r. Newell ], B,3 La m bert
Z Ernest Young. Robert z. Jones. ] Az
h Moore, Philip TIelstern, Charles Poindex-5
y esr, James =, Iutcheson and i. /. 3. Rob
l3ertson. f 5,; t.s st5 81 ~ Il 5;.s.s
n Mr.. John C., Freeman. who was the
Vi foreman, II makes the following endorse
L .,BelevIng that tho second trial Of
1 John N. King WAS not 5af ffected by preju-s
s4dIce. and that he was Justly con d.
IS am unablato sign the above petltion;5
@but{l IL His Excellencyn the Governor can
4 see any was, to relieve the afflicted
mother ] shall be much gratlfled, =
~ #ii ~ OINg G. FIR r IrAl a NJ ~
Foreman Second Trial Jury
Other letters appended to the paper
/. are as follows. Il a5s "a
"solelys the ground of clemency, and
with no reference to Mr. Kings trial, /
Governor, IL he sees fit. grant this re-.
quest h .a g
81 B, ,"JERE, ,WITHERsPoON..',''.
~ trust our respected g Cioyerno or vii ex-
tend to ohn King atls considerRt u lon
ain3his power s s
\ IA. RI gJ,s NisllllEFRF1Y, 3ss
y Pastor st. Patrick's Church."
Believing that lawtsand Justice have
been duly maintained and satisfied In
The conviction and Imprisonment of John
II M King, and that his ssrelease would be
#aH net Of mercy 10 his a ged and hope-.
lessly sick mother. @ J Join With other
Il petitioners masking that YOU pardon him
and restore him to treedlm. "
is 70. B. HAAY'TIl ORR q
MY sentiment Is 8 above stated by
" DIR. Hawthorne 5,st VI q
s3i ~ WI1AY8 IT, .SSS KNIGET,,,t
Or. Charles ", Garrington, surgeon OF
Il the State penitentiary.y asks that a rondi-i
4 tional pardon be granted King In order
that he may see his mother in her dying
hours, and Rev, ~. e, Evans, Of Mon
umentAl Church, writes as follows:
II K heartily join the other pet tloners In
( this paper, hut do so without nnns!dera.
ton OF the trIa sof Mr.. King, The con-
5ditlon of his mother moves me N 10 sign
4 my name, y. -, !, \, {, ], y.
Here is Dr. Bosher's endorsement; N
s35i"I concur In the above sen men q exS
pressed by Er, " \, r. = ans.
q. LEWIS 81. BosIIE 5tS
Mayor ,ra ylor's Il letter Is as fol-
-. " x H., i~NkI