Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-12-17


",o,,muted the sentence of Graves.
NO 4av,c,e,,. April %, 1887. to life for muir
w. n q years imprisonment. with his
W. o,Ioyauce this will mean his lib
.ration in 1906.
-.,o was a large gathering at the
ring before the Governor and Coun-
~ ,as,-,day afternoon and evening.
.tn n..tition for Il pardon for Calvin
r.o,..s now serving life sentence.
-,.,e has. unuu"stionably. been
S,rinc feeling throughout the State
,,i> rnal,. considering the circum-
Us attending his crime, has al
Sd h..n sufficiently punished for his
.sns-a feeling that formed emphatic
--rassiop in the immense petition in
~ Of 2 pardon which was presented
= Yesterdays n-arins and which. 1t is
...;mated. bore the signatures of fully
,sua residents of Washington and
u.noock counties. The case was
.,.rad for the petitioner by A. W.
r,ng If Ellsworth, who made a very
esar and forccful argument to show
a., the crime of Graves was actually
nansauehter and not murder in the
sfond degree.
Mr. King quoted the law in support of
us posit0n, and gave very careful
desnition Of manslaughter. claiming
,bot the offence Of Graves came clearly
ri,hin its scope 1t was not premedi-
,,,sd crime, but one committed in the
Il no i,np,,1ca IF
the moment.
Mr. King told Of the kindness OF
Graves in his family, of his good quail
uiss as a man and a neighbor and OF
The great need which his family has OF
him. One OF his children, son. is a
rrirpIe unable to do any work and de-
rsndant upon the members of his fam
lily for support.
H. read a letter from Hon. EnOch
Foster. who was the presiding judge at
,ba trial of Graves, earnestly recon-
msnding the granting Of pardon
Letters were also read from other
uOnnent citizens of Washington and
Hancock counties speaking in the high
,st terms of the record of Graves as
citizen prior to his imprisonment ano
I expressing the opinion that the ends OF
nstice had been fully met by the pun
shment already melted out to him.
Edward Groves Of Waltham Mass
brother of the prisoner. told about
the early life of Calvin p. Groves, OF
his warm hearted disposition. and the
good qualities that had characterized
{ him, in and out of his family associa-
7 tiions He told how Calvin while In
Indiana saved an old man from being
killed on a railroad.
The witness also told how he and
| his brother Frederick had gone among
the people of Washington and HancOcF
Counties to ascertain the public senti-
nent relative to their brother. Sc
strong had they found the feeling ir
favor of his release that they haC
been encourage to have a petition cir
culated for his pardon, which was in
Evidence in the hearing and bore abou
1900 signatures every one of which
had been given gladly and in the be-
lief that the offence Of the petitioner
had been expiated by the long term o
Imprisonment he had already served.
William Smith. ex-warden of thu
State prison. testified that he had beef
warden for the past eight years. ant
curing all of that period Graves hat
Been model prisoner. He was at al
ames well-behaved. trustworthy ant
reliable He had worked harder thar
any other man in the prison. He wa:
socd-natured. and never complained
ne considered him one of the best dis
Fstioned and most reliable men II
Tue prison. He was heartily Of tn
Opnion that no man in the prison wa!
Mfe deserving of a pardon. and ear
R hoped that one might be grant
ed lin.
-, Mesponse to inquiries from Genera
Aulay, county attorney of Washing
u" 'ounty, Mr.. Smith stated that Their
'r i'e prisoners at the State prison
'Nfai punishment was not infiict
IN Inc management of the institu
we When a prisoner became insub
s.N'a'e he was placed in solitary con
=. ,.'a ent in dark cell and allowed on
-@ bread and a cup of water a day
| "it tiiic lie was sure 10 Wall
see The warden and to want to Sc
4 very badly. This form of punish
=. "'' Tree as it was from the intiictiol
,rnsSiral pain. had been found quit
fu"'t TIC the maintenance of disci
e among the prisoners.
"e' Mr.. Tilden stated that he hat
"h Calvin P. Graves for 20 years
through his wife, who was raise,
=. mt same school district as Graves
=, " years. He regarded as a peaceful
~ ~eil-disrosed man, one whom h
satishbor. "
s, me recent additions to tn
M Aus Of railroad men which grac
=. walls If the railroad commission
ch,, vf'e' is large one Of Hugh !
kpon" 'a OF Portland. of the we
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.ron ana publishers, a name which
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ken.;c, Tie State Of Maine who
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