The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-11
CONNECTS HAD CALL
GOVERNOR CONSIDERS APPLICA'
 TONS FOR CLEMENCY.
One ParOe. Three Reinstatements and Five Reprlsals-Gabriel Brown, Mobile Negro, is Turned
 Down Again.

John Ivey, negro convict of Bullock County was paroled yesterday by Gov ernor Cunningham, the political disabil- ities of three white men convicted Of crime in the Federal courts were re . moved and five applications for elem ency were refused.
 These acts were the result of Fridays meeting of the State Board of Pardons, which does not make public it's recom- mendations until they are reviewed by the Governor. large bundle of rec ords were sent over to Governor Cum ningham yesterday morning from the Secretary of State and the Executive officer gave a great share of his day to consideration of the applications for clemency.
 The negro, John Ivey, was convicted in Bullock County of arson in the sec- ond degree and was sentenced early this year to two years in the peniten- tiary. On the papers the following en- dorsement was made by the Governor:
 "This applicant for executive elem ency was convicted February 3, 1904, of arson in the second degree. He was sentenced to the penitentiary for two years, this being the lowest sentence. It appears that the building burned was an .unoccupied negro tenement, house that had been occupied by the defend- ant up to a few weeks prior to the all legged burning; that the evidence con meeting the defendant with such offense was entirely circumstantial and depend ed largely upon foot track, which the evidence tended to show was that of defendant It appears that he had suf- fered from & stroke of paralysis, that his mental and physical faculties had been thereby impaired. and &hat the presiding judge of the circuit gave the defendant the lowest sentence allowed by the law and stated publicly at the time and also made an entry of record that a pardon would be recommendei after he had served for six months
 This statement is signed by tho judge. the solicitor the circuit clerk and the sheriff of the county. The Board of Pardons recommends elem ency.
 The following Is the entry on tho State trial docket in this case: Feb. ruary 3rd, 1904. jury verdict guilty of arson in the second degree, defendant sentenced to Imprisonment in the peni. tentiary for two years. Reconfm end his pardon after six months.' which en- try is in the writing of the trial judge
 Therefore, let parole issue, condi- tioned upon good conduct"
 The Governor restored the civil and political disabilities of T. T. Berry and H. F. Hays, white men of Lee County These men were convicted of makInp counterfeit money in Lee County by a Federal court. Their restoration to citi- zenship was ordered upon the earnest appeal of more than fifty white citizens of Lee County.
 The same action was taken in behalf of w R. Gossett. white man of Madi- son County. Gossett was convicted in 1897 by the United States Court at Huntsville for illicit distiIllng. His neighbors asked that his rights be ro stored after he had completed his sen- tence.
 The petition of Gabriel Brown of Mo bile for pardon or parole was refused by the Governor. Brown is an intellf- gent negro who was convicted in the City Court of Mobile. May 25, 1903. for murder in the second degree. having killed his brother~in law, Austin Glad. den. He was sentenced to ten years in the penitentiary and is now leased as . convict to the lumber company at