The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-02-06
NEW PAPERS ARE SENT
They Meet Objections of the
 Governor Of Florida.
Suspected That Russell and Driscoll Incident Influenced Governor
 Jennings to Refuse Re- . quisition for Harding.

Leroy c. Harding. the Fort Payne bank wrecker, will in all probability be brought from Florida where he Is now under ar rest to face charges in the courts of Ala bama, although Governor Jennings oI Florida at first declined to honor the Ala bama acquisition.
 To meet all possible objections which might be made to the granting of the re- quisition supplemental papers and supple mental affidavits were sent to the Florida executive department yesterday. The affi- davits were prepared by Solicitor R. H. Hunt of the Judicial Circuit in which Harding's alleged crime was committed.
 Governor Jelks has not yet received any official information as to why the requi- sition for Harding was not honored. He has not had any direct correspondence with the Executive Department of Flor ida. It Is, learned from the Alabama agent, w J.aSullivan. who went to Flor ida for Harding that the officials there de- clined to turn him over to the Alabama courts because the indictment did not specifically show that Harding had been in Alabama at the time of the alleged of tense.
 This stand of the Florida people was distinct surprise to the Alabama officials The indictment met all the requirements | of the Alabama law. This has heretofore been sufficient. If an indictment complied with the laws of Alabama the Governor of another State upon whom requisition was drawn promptly turned the prisoner over to tho Alabama officials. The Gov ernor of Florida has honored Alabama acquisitions based on Alabama indict- ments.
 | It Is suspected that the Governor of Florida may have been influenced by the Russell and Driscoll incident. It will be recGlled that Governor Jelks refused to Iturn the two alleged safe-blowers over to the Florida officials until they had been tried in the Montgomery Courts. When the two men were arrested in Mobile the lGovernor of Florida issued a requisition which was not honored by Governor Jclks. There was strong evidence connecting the 1.-two men with the dynamiting of the safe of the Montgomery theatre and the court
 officials here believe firmly that the evi- ldence is strong enough to convict. The IGovernor held that the men should first be tried for the Alabama crime.
 It is pointed out, too, that there is a wide difference between the case of Rus lseli and Driscoll and the case of Leroy IC. Harding There is no charge against
 Harding in Florida. He is not wanted by Ithe courts of that State. There is TIC treason of any sort why Harding should
 not be returned to Alabama.
 It is expected that the additional paper!
 sent to Tallahassee will be all sufficien
 and that Harding will be turned over tC Ithe Alabama officers.
 Harding is the man who started chain
 of banks In North Alabama with head. quarters at Fort Payne. His chief assets
 were q plausible tongue, aAd a good ap- pearance. All the banks, with which he was connected, failed. He fled with ths charge that he had embezzled SS5,O0O hang ing over his head.
 His alleged victims employed detectives who located him at Brpoksville, Fla. where he was living quietly,