The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-02
CARY IS PARDONED BY THE GOVERNOR Was Participant in Famous Shelby County Case SHERIFF RAGE IN SUMTER Two Applications Have Been Made for the Place Left Vacant by the
 Death of c. M.
 Mccain.
SHERIFF RACE IN SUMTER

Montgomery December 1.-(Special)-
 Edgar Cary has been pardoned by the.
 governor and allowed to return to his
 wife and sisters at Montevallo. His is a part of an interesting and tragic family
 altercation that resulted in the death of one, conviction of two and the indictment of fourth. Though sentenced for two years he had never been sent to the peni- tentiary. his case pending for another
 trial. He is now free of the charge of
 assault with intent to murder John Kroell,
 who was accused of trying to kill Cary's father.
 Walter Cary, the father of Edward Cary, had trouble with John and Frank Kroell of Montevallo, where both families live. All the parties were prominent and the bad feeling grew with time. Finally John
 and Frank Kroell and the elder Cary met
 and firing began. Cary was killed. It was alleged that both the Kroells fired
 at him. However Frank was the only one convicted. They were taken to Co.,
 lumbiana, the county seat, and given a preliminary hearing. Both were allowed
 to make bond which was exceedingly easy
 at the price of county securities, about
 ten cents on the dollar
 After the trials the Kroell boys went
 back home and took up their regular oc-
 equations. This seems to have incensed young Cary to the point of desperation. He met John Kroell in the road and fired
 at him. He felt that they had been allowed
 to go free after killing his father and
 could not contain himself. 1t Is said. The
 bullet went wild but hit Kroel's horse in
 the neck. For this Cary was tried and convicted of assault with intent to mur- der.
 Conviction of kroelI.
 In the meantime the late lamented
 Joseph B. Graham solicitor of the circuit,
 had been fighting the case against Frank Kroell and finally had him convicted, with a sentence of thirty-seven years in
 the penitentiary that has been affirmed by the supreme court It was one of the
 most interesting cases in the criminal his
 tory of the state. The Kroells are people
 of wealth and influence. They fought for
 the liberty of the accused man with every weapon that friends and money could
 procure. But Graham persevered and finally won, sending him up for what will likely prove more than a life sentence.
 Edgar Cary. though sentenced, had
 never been sent out of the county. He appealed from the decision of the court
 and made plea to every influence that that could help him. The court officials were In sympathy with him, as they seemed to be with John Kroell, accused of being party to the murder of the older Cary. This, with the insistence of the leading people of the county, induced the governor to give him freedom, and the right to go back and work for his young wife and several sisters to his care by the murder of his father.
 On the papers the governor wrote This man was technically guilty of the | offense charged. but seems to have been so under very great provocation. He has already suffered considerably. The | trial judge and the trial solicitor, every one of the jurors, and the board of par dons recommend clemency. Besides these officials and the jurors the application is
 accompanied by petition containing hun
 dreds of names of the best people in Shelby county. It is ordered that pardon | issue"
 Capital News.
 c. M. Mccain, sheriff of Sumter county,
 having died, there is a rush to get his place. J. R. Jackson and R. G. McDaniel
 are applicants for the post with others.
 Probate Judge P. B. Jarman was here 1 today to see the governor. The appoint
 ment to fill the vacancy will not be made. | the governor told him. until after De- | cember II.
 William J. Connff, recording secretary /! to the governor, and one of the most pop ! ular young fellows who ever held that or any other place In the capital. was today | admitted to the bar. His application pa- | pers were passed upon by the supreme t- H. t.. .lx,. | He Is known to his many friends as | Billy" They are sure he will succeed,
 and are already predicting a great career | for him.
 l Governor Jeks will leave Monday for l New York. to attend meeting of the | National Civic league to discuss the ques- l ton of immigration He is very much in- | terested in the matter of inducing a good | class of people to come to the south, and | thinks this is fine chance to get them l interested. Therefore. he will go and pre-
 sent the advantages of the state. Sunday School Workers. At the Glenmore hotel today are two
 great leaders of the Sunday school force of North Alabama, w. N. Hartshorn of Boston, chairman of the international Sunday school executive committee. and | Marion Lawrence of Toledo, Ohio, the general secretary of the orga ganization.
 
 the local workers, the pastors, superin- | tendents teachers and other Christian | men, at the First Presbyterian church at | 3:30 this afternoon and to a public mass | meeting this evening.
 | MT Hartshorn Is serving his fourth year | as International chairman He is promi- 1 nent business man of Boston, deeply in- l terested with Mir. Hartshorn In many | philanthropic good works Mrs. Hartshorn | Is the daughter of the late Daniel s. Ford, 1 for many years owner and publisher of the Youths Companion. She is in hearty accord with the chairman in his Sunday school endeavors and other Christian work 1 and he Is a generous contributor to this support. Mir Hartshorn is the bearer of an | important message to the Sunday school workers of the south, and in his mission | is ably seconded by MT. Lawrence who 1 is no stranger to Montgomery. delightful surprise was given the vis- itors and workers this afternoon by the | unexpected coming of Prof H. M Hamill, | D. D., of Nashville. teacher training sec retary of the M. E. church south. who also came in from the Methodist confer ence at Amercus, Ga.