The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-02
EDGAR CARY PARDONED
SHELBY COUNTY MAN WHO AVENe-
 ED FATHER'S DEATH.
rs. Axtenuted to Kill John kreen- Csoyernor Acts On Biz Petufoa
 and Gives Prisoner Freedom.

r- ,,o recommendation of the St,te Roard of Pardons and the en,H court machinery that figured III conviction. Edgar Cary. a well kho~.. white man of Shelby County was so terday given 8 pardon py ssarlt Jeiks. He was convlcteo .u term with intent to murder III the Of the Circuit Court. ,,;oa~
 The presentation of Cary app .so .,.r reyives the history of one oi .ne most notorious family feuds III Snes rnnntv Cary would no doubt nave missed his pardon this early nao n,s shot not failed of fts aim. AS as MonfevalIo. whom he believed to De tbe murderer of his father, buried IL seig in the body of the horse wnich Kroelr was riding.
 Pesides the unanimous recommenda- t;ons of the Board of Pardons ana the trial judge and solicitor, the Governor' in Cary's case. had before him a peu- tion for clemency signed by nunareas t.. of Shelby County's most prominent citt izens The chief incentive to clemency aslrecited in the Governors endorse nsent was that Cary is young man and acted under extreme provocation III bis assault to murder kroell. Besides. every one of the jurors recommended executive interference. Cary Is mus freed hetOre ne WdS CfGl w the penitentiary. his case ping appear ed to the Supreme Court.
 Cary at the time of the shooting sew eraf years ago. was only 20 years old. His father. few days before, had been shot down from ambush near Monte- vallo. His father was the well known Walter Cary who lived in Montevaiio' It was believed to have been the work of John and Frank Kroell, brothers, ~Inrfiv afterwards arrested on the charge of murder. Cary, it was said. had become involved in deep rooted quarrel with Frank kroell some time before and it was shown Tn long drawn out trial that the brothers were together the night of the killing of Cary. Cary, the Kroel1s testinsd, was sgood shot: and when he moved into the sight of the brothers he was fired upon. He fell dead in his tracks and Frank Kroell and his brother was arrested for the crime.
 Frank Kroell was convicted of the murder and was sentenced few years ago to thirty-seyen years in the peni- tentiary. His case was appealed to the Supreme Court and the judgment has been affirmed. John, his brother, was acquitted. About the time he was ae- quilted young Cary was tried and con victed of assault with intent to murder. He had become enraged at the Killing of his father and knowing that the Kroell brothers had been arrested, pro- vided himself with a gun and used 1t the first time he met John Kroell. The shot went astray.
 There was an attempt to extenuate the crime, which was technical per SC and not in consequence. The circum- stances were pictured at his trial and given fully in the application for par don. Nile had been left with several younger brothers and sisters when his father was shot down. He was bent upon averaging the death and managed to control himself. it seems. until he heard that John Kroell had been ac- quilted and his brother released on bond. Almost insane with the yearning for revenge, he seized upon the first opportunity. This was meeting with John kroell. Kroell came riding along his path when Cary pulled out his gun and fired at him.
 Judge John Pelham and Solicitor B. II. Burr were the trfsl officers and both recommended that These things be considered by the Board of Pardons.
 The words, of the Governor in the case are as follows:
 The man was technically guilty of the offense charged. but seems to have been so under very great provecation. He has already suffered considerably. The trial judge and the trial solicitor, every one of the jurors who sat in the case, and the Board of Pardons, recom-