The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-06-30
Howard and Hawley Must
Complete Sentence.
TEACHEY WILL HANG
Will Die July 10th, For the Murder oil
Rivenbark. Governor Said the Gold
Brick Men Attempted a Great
Fraud, and it Would Be Wrong
to Pardon Them.
to Pardon Them.


Governor Glenn yesterday refused to
pardon j. NJ. Howard, alias Frank
Thompson, and H. ID. Hawley, the
gold brick men," in the penitentiary
serving a ten-year sentence for con-
spiracy to defraud by attempting TO
pass as gold, bricks made of copper.
The appeal for mercy was made sew
eral weeks ago and closely followed
and advanced by the attorneys for the
prisoners, who are now become old
men. The Governor, however, stated
that they We're intelligent men and
essayed the act with a full knowledge
of the consequences should they be
detected and as they had exhausted
every legal resource in their efforts to
be set at liberty, and failed, and as
on each appeal the decision of the
lower court was affirmed: he said that
il would be wrong to pardon these
men. When he announced his decls-
ion one of the attorneys for Howard
and Hawley requested him not to
make it public, but as there had been
much notoriety already given to the
fact that a strong effort would be
made to secure their pardon, and as
the whole State was interested in the
case, he thought it fair to the public
that they should know his reasons for
refusing to pardon the two men.
Governor Glenn announced his de-
cision and the reasons for it as fol-
lows:
state VS. J. NJ Howard. alias Frank
Thompson, and II. ID. Hawley. Gull
ford Superior court, June term, 1901.
Indictment, conspiracy. Sentence, ten
years each in States Prison.
1.-The defendants, ]. M. Howard,
alias Frank Thompson. and H. d.
Hawley. were convicted by jury and
sentenced by the. court to ten years in
the States Prison. On appeal to the
Supreme court. the ruling of the lower
court was affirmed. The defendants
ask for pardon on the ground that they
have already been punished enough
and are old men. They also furnish
testimonials from every section of the
country as to their previous good char
acter Ordinarily these facts would
appeal very much in their favor, but
the evidence shows concluSiVely that
these men equipped themselves with
implements and material with which
to perpetrate a great fraud, and also
signed the names of other parties to
letters, to enable them to carry out
their fraudulent schemes. They took
every advantage they could of the law.
even carrying their case to the
Supreme Court of the United States.
but in every instance the opinion OF
the lower court was upheld, and the
Supreme court in affirming the lower
decision, saw fit to express itself upon
the fact that they were trying to per-
petrate a great wrong and were not
unjustly punished. After full consid-
Grafton of the evidence / feel that it
would be wrong to pardon these men.
They were educated: they knew better;
they were contemplating trying to de-
fraud the citizens of our State; they
a. empted to do so. and when caught
could not expect an outraged law 10
deal gently with them. Application is
therefore denied.
"R. B. GLENN,
Governor.
June 30. 1906"
Teachey Must Hang.
The Governor has also refused to
commute the death sentence of Dan
Teachey, the white murderer of BOD
Rivenbark, to life Imprisonment. de-
claring that Teachey was the muir
derer, and that two juries had said
that the prisoner was guilty. The
murder, the evidence showed was de-
liberately planned and attended with
heartless brutality. The date on which
Teachey will hang is July 2Oth.
Governor Glenn issued the following
statement, which gives his reasons Tor
not granting Communication:
state VS.. Dan Teachey. Indictment
murder Prisoner tried and convicted
at August term, 1903, of Duplin SUI
perior court of murder in the frt de-
gree. and sentenced to be hanged.
ION appeal to Supreme court a new
trial was granted fol error in reception
OF evidence A second trial was had
before Moore, Judge, and jury. at
August term, 1904, when the prisoner
was again convicted of murder IN the
first degree and sentenced TO De
hanged: again he appealed to Supreme
court but no error was found, and the
Judgment of the lower court was at
firmed In his application for commu-
tation of his sentence from the death
penalty to life Imprisonment, the pr1s-
oner has been faithfully and earnestly
represented. l have carefully consid-
cred all the evidence, heard patiently
all argument,-even allowed the pris-
oner to see me and make his state
ment, but after hearing everything
that could be urged by counsel and
prisoner, or deduceu from the testi-
mony, the conclusion is irresistible:
First. that Bob Rivenbark was will
fully and with malice aforethought
murdered, and second, that the pris-
oner, Dan Teachey,. committed the
crime.
1.-TWO fair and impartial juries have
said the prisoner was guilty. The trial
Judge and solicitor refuse to recon-
mend the Communication of his SEN
tence: the Supreme court without any
dissent has affirmed the Judgment of
the lower court, and say, there is
abundant evidence in the record to
justify the findings of the jury that
the homicide was committed in pur-
suance of a fixed design deliberately
formed beforehand, and under cir
cumstanceS attended with heartleSs
brutality For these reasons, l cannot
disturb the finding of the jury and the
sentence of the court. the application
for communication is therefore denied
and the sentence pronounced must he
enforced. This 29th day of June. 1905
''R. B. GLENN.
Governor"
Granted Respite.
Governor Glenn respited Charlie
Slime. the Madison county white rapist
until September End. Slime was te
have been hanged on August 1St