Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-12-08

sound mentally Messrs. Mccarthy and
Finn desired 10 get q reprieVe unul
The Cnse should be taken before the
legislature. or falling IN that, TO be
permitted an opportunity 10 enter II
again IN the supreme court Of Vermont
on plea Of newly discovered evidence.
This now evidence relates 10 the wo-
mans mental condition, her counsel
maintaining that she was insane at
the time the crime was committed.
ASKED TO SHOW CLEMENCY.
Early today Atty. Finn handed GOV.
Bell letter from Atty. Powers, n for
ner Justice Of the Vermont supreme
court and now corporation counsel.
Sgho has become interested In Mrs. Rog-
ors case. requesting him to show elem
ency Former Judge Powers argued
iu hts letter that the ends OF justice
would be subseryed IL another re-
prieve should be granted. He said
that he had Travelled throughout the
state and was personally convinced that
the sentiment ~ the Vermont people
was overwhelmingly opposed 10 the
execution. Mr.. Powers contended that
some Of the new evidence IN the case
had come to light so recently that IL
has been impossible to present It be-
fore two justices Of the state supreme
court az the law provides and expressed
the belief that a reprieve Of three or
four weeks would furnish sufficient OPP
portunlty for this to be done
CONFERENCE ENDED.
Tho conference lasted about 30 min
utes. 1t was terminated by the posi-
tive declination of Coy. Bell that he
would not interfere In the execution.
The arguments offered by the attor-
neys We're not new They re-hearsed
the case and reminded the governor
that as money was not available for
the woman to pay attorneys fees, those
who had volunteered their services had
not been able 10 take sufficient time
from other business To 90 into the case
as thoroughly as might have been done,
Evidence had come TO their attention
lately which they desired to go into
more thoroughly, They urged the gov
ernor again to issue reprIeye In or
der that they might examine more
critically along this line. They did not
contend that the evidence was new.
they simply argued for more time,
At one or two points I'm his remarks
Atty Finn manifested considerable
heat. Gov. Bell listened quietly until
the lawyer had finished
Then he heard Mrs. PARTON. who said
that she had brought the petition from
ohio not for the purpose OF interfering
with the execution Of the law of YER
mont. hut In the interest OF humanity.
The signatures to the petition which
she brought and which were secured
hy a Cincinnati newspaper appeared
on slips cut from that publication.
The documents were brought TO the
hotel IN q number Of suit cases and
were placed on a table in the room
where the conference was held, Gov.
Bell examined them with some interest.
| Then he said
GOVERNORS STATEMENT.
Il believe I know the sentiment of
| the people OF Vermont as well rs does
| anyone. see nothing to discuss and
| know Of no law that Is not SO much
| for a woman as for a man. | consider
| that for me again to NEEDLE m this
| case would place me as executive and
| the state Of Vermont and its laws IN q
ridiculous position
This closed the conference.
GOV. Bell announced that he would
remain at the hotel here until 1880 this
afternoon to be available In case OF
emergency.
MRS ROGERS CRIME,
windsor. VT. Dec S-The crime fot
which Mrs. Mary Mabel Rogers was
sentenced to death was the murder OF
her husband, Marcus Rogers. at Ben
nington. Aug 10, 1902. Al the time the
| crime was committed Mrs. Rogers was
only 10 years old. She had been separ-
ated from her husband for some time
and was DESTROYS of marrying a youne
man named Maurice Knapp. on the
| day Of the murder Marcus Rogers Went
| to Remington To visit his wife, and
| that night she arranged TO meet him
| I'm the woods near the Walloomsae riV'
er. While caressng him she Induced
| him to allow her to bind his hands, ano
while he was powerless she choroform-
ed him. In this she was aided by Leor
! Perham. a half-witted boy, who was the
| son OF the woman with whom she
| boarded. Another woman, Estells
| Bates, was present.
After chl0roforming Rogers, Perhan
| and Mrs Rogers rolled the body Int
| the river where it was found the mex
| day. In order to divert suspicion, TIL
| woman wrote note 10 which sh
signed her husbands name, giving th'
| impression that he had committed SUI
| eide,
Immediately after the murder, Mrs
| Rogers endeayored to collect her hus
| bands life insurance, amounting 70 $500
| and also made arrangements to pur
| chase furniture for the house where sh
| expected to live when she had married
! Knapp. A few days after the murde
Mrs Rogers, Perham and the Bate
| woman were arrested. Perham made
| complete confession, and both he an'
Mrs Rogers were found guilty OF muir
der In the first degree Perham wa
| sentenced 10 imprisonment for life'Whil
the sentence IN Mrs. Rogers case wa
death ON the gallows Mrs. Rogers wa
| horn I'm Hoosic Falls \. w. ANA Nhe
| .....,,.t.I ,ornoVp1 ia Remington VI