The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-10-31
SHERRIE RETRIEVED
 ON EYE OF HANGING
NEW LEASE OF LIFE FOR HAN WHO MURDERED MRS.
 KULAS

Granted by Governor Roberts Late
 Yesterday on Petition of Russian
 Consul General in New York and Sev-
 eraI CIergymen-EVerythin in Readi-
 ness at WethersfieId to Carry Out Ex-
 ecuticn Last AIidnight-Reprieve Said
 to be More Matter of Courtesy Than
 Anything Else.
 Hartford, Oct. 30.-Frank Sherrie, who was condemned to be hanged soon after midnight tonight, was granted a re- prieve late to-day by Governor Henry Roberts, the respite extending until January g, 190s. sherrie was convicted of the murder of Mrs. Ludwika Kulas, polish boarding house keeper in Somersville on January and on May 5 was sentenced to die for the crime All arrangements had been completed at the state prison at Wethersfield for the execution early tomorrow morning, the invitations to witness the hanging had been sent out and sherrie had re- signed himself to his fate. For the past month or so, however, strong in- fluences had been brought to bear Oh Governor Roberts to grant a reprieve to the prisoner and it was the, result of a meeting held in the capitol late to- day that the action of the governor was finally taken. At the conference at the capitol were the governor, Attorney General William A. King, Executive Secretary Edward M. May, States Attorney Charles Phelps of Rock ville., Stiles Judson, Stratford, Nicholas deLodygenslzy and Russian clergymen from New Britain and Bridgeport. It is stated that the case of Sherrie had been laid before Mir. Lodyesslky, who is the Russian consul general at New York and that after the facts had been given in detail, the consul general ap- pealed to the Russian ambassador at washington tor permission to take steps in regard to ain appeal to the govarrior for reprieve. This was granted as the result of several meet ings were held
 As soon as the governor concluded that a reprieve was a fitting recogni- ton of the appeal of the Russian con suit general, he appointed Senator Stiles Judson, jr.. of Stratford, to take up Sherrie's case with Hugh O'Flaherty, Sherrie's counsel before the Connecticut board of pardons, which holds a regu7 lar meeting in December. <. 4g# .. "
 The renrieve was not granted. it IS understood, on the basis of new evil deuce but simply as a matter of cour- tesy toward the Russian officials here. Sherrie is Russian and two of his brothers fought in the Russo-J Japanese war The prisoner was born in Kiewa, Russia, and had not been in this coun- try long before he committed the crime for which he was condemned to hang. The news of his reprieye was conveyed to Sharrie tonight at the state prison and it is understood that he received it with no comment or show of emotion.
 What appears to be new evidence of some importance against Sherrie was made known tonight. The police state that woman named Mrs. A. Defelice of 52 Front street has declared that Sherrie went8to her soon after the murder and offered to sell the two watches which he stole from the Kulas home after he murdered Mrs, Kulas, She said that Sherrie told her that he stole the watches and that he would sell them for $6 each. The woman, it is stated, held out against testifying in the trial fearing that sherrie might be released and that he might harm her. She said that she identified Sherrie through pictures and that in her opin' ion he was the man who offered her Mrs. Kulas' watches.