The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-20

the letters were put away for safe keeping and were by him kept TOT Mir. Vandiver says he destroy ed the letters by burning them after reading them the second time He makes an affidavit that he is familiar with the contents of five or six of them.' In that number of letters there were re- peated and emphatic declarations in writing by. Beatrice Kelley that the shooting of herself Dg naa Emerson Head ous afiadavits on file In the papers from different persons certifying that in conversations with the. woman after tol was discharged accidentally.
 The petitioner was q young boy when this killing took place. He has Many good citizens of Talladega Coun- ty recommend that clemency be ex- tended to him: ,..
 Another parole ordered was that of Arch Frazer. negro, who. as boy of IS years of age, shot and killed El- mer Pollard at Macedonia Church, in Russell County. in the fall of 1894. He to twenty-five years imprisonment In December, 1897, he escaped, but was |recaptured after i've days. In order ing the parole, Governor nsas 5siks said: SsE,rr been only IS years of age at the time of the homicide. The Board of Par dois in reviewing the case write: Tn Consideration of the age of the de- fendant; of the fact that be has served eleven years; of the fact that the dihi- culty arose suddenly. the Board are Of the opinion that he should be paroled; and therefore recommend such action.
 For Murder of Brantley.
 Dee Golson, of Autauga county, who was serving a ten year sentence for the murder of Jesse Brantley, was an other to profit by the executive parole | A a-FH A Brantley had cursed the Golson boys Dee and a brother James, and had threatened to kill them. Meeting short ly afteEward, BTantisey ts s ,1b Sau eo drawn nSye knife. James. drew a pistol and shot Brantley killing him.
 The brothers were Iriea toEstnner, s na. sentence of ten years. Lengthy .pe- titions for the parole Of both boys had been sent to the Governor. as well as their cases Tn his oGlciaI comment the Governor made the following state ment:
 victed of murder in the Autauga court at the fall term of 1903. The killing was done by James ,Golson and the jury gave him fifteen yeers and Dee ten years. Dee has made an excep- tional prisoner. and was a young man of good character and standing in the community before the crIrne was com
  ency for both of the boys"
 Killed to Save Daughter. To preserve the honor of his house and protect his fifteen year old daugh- negro. Tep aeo On June 5, lsoO shot and Killed another negro. He was convicted of manslauEhter and was sentenced to eaigght years & Imprisonment ar October S cumstanees, was the statement of the trial Judge. John c. Anderson, and it was largely acting on this statement that the Governor ordered a parole. His explanation accompanying the pa-
 This man killed another negro be- of Coieman's fifteen year old daughter. | The trial judge writes that he was probably. "techincally guilty but there connected With the kiiiins. and think now and thought then, that while the | jury properly convicted him, that It was a ease that called for the, lowest punishment" This man would not | have been convicted further writes the | judge If he had oeen white man.
 The judge also writes: stated to | the defendant when sentencing him. that while the jury was Justified In IcOnvicting him, that his punishment was too severe and if he made good convict would recommend his pardon or parole in a couple of years He was convicted in October. 1904 and has served more than two years The Board of Pardons recommend clemency for him."
 Parole iE Continued.
 Another prisoner to profit by execu- | tive clemency was Charles F.. Brannen of Mobile County, serving fifteen | year sentence for murder in the second | degree, for the killing of N. e. Thomp- | son, near Citronelle. Thompson had | taken a yoke of oxen from Brannen's place in the 1atter's absence, and Bran | nen attempted to recover possession of | them. He was attacked by Thompson, | and shot him with a gun. On Decem- | Der of this year, he was given a pa | role until January 1. to visit his wife, who is III. This parole was continued
 indefinitely yesterday. The exee1h-- -