The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-01-17
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Mr. y q a'c;hariah Arms & Graph
ically' Relates : Ella: y How He suf,
8fered for Ano theirs Crime.


Znoharlal,S iArmstro ngs Tho Ne ornler5
BEGCoochlund man z who vas granted n I
ssfull pardon 5by the Cove rho 4 TOW days
ago otter having served VI N numbe,r IL !
gears In5. Tie penitct,t lary for rininal
8ussd,ul upon Il married K woman n who
testified upon llcr dying; bed u that lie
was Innocent, y now csldeit of rr.1l-f
ston.sS 551 3s TT 4 t5i
Arms, ro 81, Ia En,sD. fo a,
nov, y Has ta .lpsscssio 4 The
document 81 WHICH tered vi him
his lzenship, III or H'htc i a he had been
deprived for the past eig b tgyeara.
tand to-day lio aaId. Where II
have not stood since tho a sixteenth day
OF w unc. 1877. when vas arrested and
dss convicted of tins IL nUfI1lnDus
crime of which 1 an as Innocent as
new born ba be- a &
s On Il he stWcnt y.six h DAY of Fl
Mira. ] osephine Valentine was lgsa Ulted
by ONE on g Uni X An. the alleged
saul e having occurred a short distance R
from her residence between 1e: e and Il 2
10 cioci 1ha I q ayf drove home from
4 Richmond, ~ ter spending Gfght days Ia \
me on my I'd turn. 5g1 had Inhitched my
team and was Ins Tho house vi hem d T1osse
sofSt he nefg hbori,ood rode up to my door.
described q heS ASIA III III and asked mo TO 4
join tho pnrty. yl'fls II did "a t once, and
we sspen 81 I hat dn, and the next hunting
j q opposed niulatto convict III Who had
geaca ped n from the State farm md sfw was {
Au pnosed TO have committed the crime.
The theory Or tho convict soon died out.
and several 81 items OF tho iiict gliborhood,
Including myselG. were, Il iispect sd.
81 81 N RS osepll allen tinc gnyo gu 6 d de
scrip tion, az Ter being pressed very tar1
10 Est K,ip posed 4 assal liant, and III gbeinE i
frank, ~ he descript ION somewhat res
stroublep which dated back for years, she E
5tntimated Y q several frientls that 4 /. was 4
II who had committed tho deed. \.
, rwcr,ty-one5 days d ftcrwa rda sI wa s IL ~
rested and given a lpartI al VI rial before
EJudgas Trice wi y! j I'D &c ,e;lk q q
prosecuting attorney, 10 iEei III tho Com
Tealth's3attorncsso f$ Inland 8couil- 3i
Gty. u mort gctl my farm 4 Nd 5elnrloye
a lawyer from, this ci ty 10 defend }an1e.s8
r was handicapped. aud ~. Ilunber IL of yi
5ncsses who could h ave proved IN RI Inn o.
;cence were not placed 4 on 81 atnnd. 15a
jwaa given seven and on q hal e ytars5 inssS
tho penltentiaryibyn jury, which ~ rn-s
gard was Influenced and n preilldicf,d
asa inst me. III 5s is
Hui tried Ito get my Ia AXE rs -lg
3captions, but sRIas unable 70 get him TO
do so. Il! ssS 3a
After serving three ears and snine$ 4
months tgrny term. 4 vas pard oned by
tho Governor on IS condi u OH at once 4
Joined my Wife and relatives s, n wh osS had I'll
moved to Fulton. here gI' have resi- ded3S
ever since and have Die IN emp Dyed pa
Of ,hesconfcssions of Mrs. d: cnti mo solno
time ago. shortly nj tcrs sHe fsI gave. Il
1t but II was IN tile hands y my cnenltes I
who prosecuted me. and Il hey kept sit%quict d
Until Ia short Tine q go emp Dyed I N
O. f. Caldwell as my attorney. 20 him
i owe my freedom ii al s