The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-06-17


 Two convicts were .pardoned yester- SoSsyici. Sas ii E ". F. Eliis. of coffee county, was restored to his civil and political rights after having been denied them
 John c. Perritt, of Geneva county. HigRnote struck one Hendrix. said to and killed him. no doubt owes his free dom to an altruistic woman. Mrs. ". o. Butler of Gihipissy Fe errlt Mrs Iere Ses aroused by the circumstances of the case and tine fact that his widowed mother was poor. She came to Monta Ha argument in behalf of Perritt before the Board of Pardons which Board finally reeommendsd t that the governor Highnote is on the Alabama and Florida Railroad near the Florida line. psyrrtt Ref9Gs aSe atter Ssd located n Hignnote, going there from Chipleyi Fla. and had been elected marshal Of
 The case of Perritt seems to have been aptly stated by D. D: Carmichael, counsel for Perritt in letter to the Tn short, gentlemen. a sober. well De- haved. but poor young man, acting as marshal. undertook. in discharge of ruffian. ruff % twice his size. and after call ing for help got the assistance of three boys, all of whom with the the ne,an6sl marsssi. when the marshal struck him several times over the head with small nick ory club from the effects of which It after refusing all medical attention. There was not the slightest evidence, that he bore i'll will against Hendrix accompanied by voiuminous petitions signed by the citizens Of Chipiey, sia;, Geneva and Hartford. It IS stated n IR Highnote would nave come to the as- sistance of Perritt in his efforts to SC. freedom # Hsndrx thsy Tsre not araid cation for a pardon Governor Jelks wrote the following endorsement upon
 'aThis man, while acting as marshal. was unfortunate enough to kill a person at Highnote. in this state The party account, and desperate. He resisted ar rest and was overcc.uing the ofbcer when struck on the head with the ot- ficer's club. Death followed the hcks Tn
 q fail to see from the papers on file. which seem exhaustive. that the omcer ing. @ The solicitor agreed to reeom- mend a pardon after he had served one year. It seemed to the Board of Par dons. and 1t seems to me, that, If any ofrense was committed at all, the pun ishment has been sufficient. The sur roundings for a peace offer were not in- viting. He had to deal with many men who had no respect for the law nor ms
 Let pardon Issue"
 Perritt was convicted October ze, oSnty 1sSa; 1n and .hG is now at speisners. Hs is a member of the Knights of Pythias, and his lodge will send him money to return to his aged mother in Chiplcy'
 An Apology for Conviction.
 In granting pardon to Jim Sanders. Jr,, of Perry County. governor Jeans a,s titled to a pardon. but he is entitled to an apology for his conviction. Here is the Governors endorsement:
 Jim Sanders. Jr., Perry County. "From the papers filed in this case, Including q letter from the trial solicit tor, who expresses doubt of the con- that he is entitled not only to. his lib- erty but to an apology from the State.
 Tt is ordered that he be set at hb- erty at once, a full pardon being grant
 Sanders was convicted of burglary on February IT. 1905. in the Circuit Court the trial solicitor. wrote the Governor against Sanders, George Bell; whose hIs smoke house was broken open and some meat was taken, There was lime on the sackaAand he traced the lime to the house or SdnQSTS, SOIuO away. Finding Sanders not at homo, he searched his house but did not find the meat. Upon this testimony. MT; Thompson says Sanders was convicted by jury Of burglary, confessing that he was sur prised at the verdict
 Restored to Citizenship.
 W. F. Ellis of Coffee County waited twenty years and more after leaving the penitentiary. twenty or more years of good citizenship ard correct living, before he asked reinstatement at the hands of the Governor. - Ellis was convicted April IS, 1879: of burglary in the Circuit Court of Coffee County He was sentenced to threc years in the penitentiary which he served and returned home.
 The case is referred to by tho Gov ernor in these words:
 "This man served a term in the peni- tentiary, which ended several years ago. He now asks that his citizenship be re- stored and he presents q letter from the Judge of Probate certifying to his proper living for a number Of years, and a petition of citizens sufficient un- der the law.
 'The Board of Pardons recommends nolitIca1 rights be reztored to him..