The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1905-01-31
Will Present New Evi-
dence in the Mary
Rogers Case.
DOOMED TO DIE FRIDAY
Now a Penitent Woman.
Seeking Repose of
Soul.

RUTLAND, Vt, Jan. 31--T. w. Mo-
loney. an attorney of this city has tele-
graphed Gov. c. ]. Bell at Walden, ask
ing for u feprieve in the case OF Mrs
Mary NJ. Rogers, who is sentenced to
be hanged at Windsor Friday. Mr. Mo-
loney said he asked the governor TO
stay the execution in order that he
might lay the case before the supreme
court of Vermont, now in session at
Montpelier. He says he has evidence In
his possession, which if laid before any
fair-minded Jury could not fail to pro-
duce verdict other than murder in the
first degree This evidence, he says, is
something that has come to light since
the trial of Mrs Rogers
That Governor Bell viii grant re-
prieve he feels certain.
The attorney said that, although he
had received petitions from Mrs w j.
Blickensderfer of Stamford, Conn, and
from attorneys In Boston, New York
and elsewhere. heewas in the employ OF
no one but was working in the case for
his own satisfaction. From the evi-
dence that he now has he feels that
Mrs. Rogers should not hang.
Waiting for Reprieve.
If he secures a reprieve ne. win so to
Montpelier at once and lay the case
before the supreme court Mr.. Moloney
would say nothing as to the nature OF
the evidence in his possession
The nerve which has characterized the
conduct of Mrs. Rogers ever since the
day three years ago when she held the
chloroforneG- saturated handkerchief to
the nostrils of her husband, Marcus
Rogers has left her.
Al the present time. instead of the
her surroundings ard the treatment
which she had received from her hus-
band and neighbors, she has become, a
few hours before her death, a truly pesli-
tent woman. Her chief concern at the
present time is as to the disposition of
her soul after the rope shall have done
its deadly work on Friday afternoon
Reasons for Change.
All this has been brought about by
two things-the constant n1inistration OF
the Rev ]. * Fuller, the chaplain Of
the State prison and the fact that she
can hear distinctly the blows OF the
carpenters who are engaged in the erec-
ton OF the scaffold on which she must
die.
Mary Rogers has had little time dur
ing Ter past life to think of spiritual
mat II IGCi there was little OF the
spiritual about her even if she had the
time: and when Mr.. Fuller began his
work with her soon after she arrived
at the prison, he found that the greater
part of the seed he sowed apparently
fell on stony ground, and bore nc fruit
But there has been q great change in
the woman During the past TWO OF
three days the carpenters have been
hard at work erecting the seaffold and
making It solid enough to guard against
accidents The room in which Mrs
Rogers has been imprisoned for sc
many days has window which opens
directly out ii:to the court in which the
hanging VIII take place. The warden
CT his own accord changed Mrs. Rogers
into cell on the other side of the build
ing. and placed her where she could see
nothing; but every blow struck by the
wcrNTren was as plainly audible as
though il were in the same room.
The Woman Collapses.
This was more than Mrs. Rogers
could stand, and She collapsed com
pletely.
She sent for Mr. Fuller, and when
the clergyman arrived he found her a
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