Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-02-01

execution were celebrating on taking
action themselves to the end that u
STAY In the execution be granted. An
action of this sort Is without precedent
I'm Vermont. ut least. and the result
or their decision, which Is that they
VIII appear Jointly before the COVER
nor today at noon and present their
nctition for clemcncy, Is awaited with
the utmost interest.
Such action on the part of sheri1s
was entirely voluntary. ana WINE ~
may have been in their minds before
the thought did not find expression uh-
I'll yesterday afternoon -
-Four sheriffs left on the train nor.h
Mt night. They will be joined by ON
or. and Mt IL o'clock, ten sherlIis' ~
Guiding High Sheriff Henry II. Peck
and former High Sheriff William ..
Lowell. now n deputy, will appear be-
fore the governor with their petition.
In view OF this new move IN pehaii
NJ the condemned woman, 1t ~ regard
ed as an even question whether .he
execution will take place. One tnlns
10 certain-public opinion turnout thls
state is not favorable to execution OF
Mary Rogers, and there are many
ana ~ these some are as much on the
inside as can be-who declare that
Mrs. Rogers will not be executed.
In some minds, however, the action
OF the sheriffs will prove futile. 1t IS
said that the sheriffs of bennington
county are opposed vehemently to the
communication Of the sentence idea. 1t
Ia nevertheless the unanimous opin-
ion OF tho sheriffs here that clemency
should be shown and the appeal that
they will make to Governor Bell VIII
be strong and earnest one.
II. w. Moloney, Rutland attorney
has arranged for q hearing before the
governor. He will ask for q reprieve
of sufficient length to permit him to
prepare a petition to the supreme court
for a new trial Mr. Moloney says that
his appeal is TO be supported by the
deputy sheriffs and others. and also
by the petition of 1000 Vermont wo-
men. which Mrs. w. J. Blickensderfer
OF Stamford, Conn.,, has obtained He
says that If his appeal is denied Mrs.
Rogers last hope for clemency Is
gone.
Governor Against ReprIeve.
Governor He'll has recently main
tanned that he saw no good reason to
reprieve Mrs. Rogers and he is not
known to have changed his opinion.
But much confidence that he will
grant n reprleve at the last moment
is held by friends who In the last week
have rallied to the aid of the con-
demned woman.
Mr.. Moloney claims to have some re-
Gently discovered evidence, but he will
not say what 1T Is. 1t Is presumed.
however, that 1t is based on the
statements of Mrs. Rogers mother.
Mrs. Callahan, that Mrs. Rogers did
not strike the fatal blow, altho aid
ing In the murder of her husband,
Marcus Rogers, but that the guilty
person is "a man who Is daily seen on
the streets of Bennington.
Mrs. Bllckensderfer arrived On Ben
nlngton during the day. and after
conference with several women VINO
had secured signatures to the petition
she left at night for Montpelier to APP
peal to the governor in person. She
expressed herself as confident that the
governor would grant a reprieve.
Bids Her Daughter Good-By.
Mrs. Johanna Callahan, mother OF
Mrs. Rogers, and her 19-year-old
daughter Katherine arrived during the
day. and In company with Father De-
laney. the chaplain, visited the prison
and babe good bye to the condemned
woman.
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