The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-20

Of their story through SIX years. They were separated in Jail and widely sep arated in the prison camps since thelr Iconviction They have been talked to numerous times and by numerous par | ties. and each of them have always maintained that he or she knew notn" ! ing whatever of Engram's death. CO-Defendants ParOled. Two of the parties, John Brazier and Gertrude Howard, were paroied two years ago. They had sentence of twenty years in the penitentiary. Solon Moore and Anna Vaughan had q sentence of thirty years. There was ] universal sentiment that the first two they could have been connected with any homicide at all. There was a tremendouS demand and has been for the same treatment for Moore and An na Vaughan, but the sentiment has not been so unanimous. the last two being considered much less amiable than the former.
 ''rhe trial solicitor, In a paper which he furnished the Board of Pardons oyer four years ago, said that he snever was convinced of the guilt of the four par ties beyond a reasonable doubt He re- , comends in that letter. and has recom- mended since, clemency for Soion Moore and Anna Vaughan,
 Nine Of the Jurors ask for ciennency for Moore and Vaughan believing they made mistake in the verdict to which conclusion they have arrived from fur ther consideration of the case and be-
 
 to them. A tremendous petition has been on file for several years from county officers and citizens of several
 ''If one Is disposed to believe that the disputed body found was that of Tsn- gram; that he was killed at a certail, house on Christmas night of 1899 and by the four parties who have Auffered punishment. and if one is further dis posed to disbelieve the consistent state men, nient or the four widely separated con- through six years, ali to t the efreet fase mae sney KEW nothing of the killing, he at least can very reasonably assume rom the evidence that the killing was not premeditateu, but the result of a orunken row. In such case 1t would seem seem that Moore and Vaughan have suf- Ltered suaieiently. The warden who has had Moore in charge for the last several years, speaks in the highest terms of his conduct, saying that be n mas @ been as truthful and Trustworthy person as ne has had to deal with. o,- Pardon Board RecOmmenda
 ne Board of Pardons, after going oyer oyer all the papers, which are very sSSiI ssOlSui!nlnous' recommend clemency. Their hhoihgs and their recommendations ara made part of thls paper. !"
 ihe explanation attached to the na role Of Anna Vaughan is as follows.
 Anna Vaughan is now an old wo- man She was convicted in 1901 of the Lnuroer or MT. Jared Engram. She
 8TAZlAF anu Gertrude Howard, who were pa- roled two years ago. and SoIon Moore She could hardly have been more puiItv under the evidence than the other three parties named. She Is broken in heaith' has tuberculosis, the physician saying to keep her in confinement would shorten her life
 She has made a good prisoner. The statement made in connection with the parole of Solon Moore issued contem- poraneously with this paper, applies as well to Anna Vaughan, and 1t is for reasons in the Moore paper that Anna vaughan is hereby paroled, subject to her future law-abiding conduct"
 Clemency Ia Deserved.
 A case of clemency deserved is the viewpoint of the Governor in granting a commutation of sentence to will Bulger, a "trusty" at The Walls, at Wetumpka, who was convicted of mur- der in the first degree March 25, 1891, and sentenced to life imprisonment
 At the time of the crime of which he was accused, Bulger. who is a ne- gro, was only a boy IS years of age. He was co-defendant in the trial with another negro Wash Chisolm. The latter, who is serving a life sentence, has made an affidavit and sent it to the Governor in which he states that Bulger was innocent of the crime for which both were convicted. In 1905, the Board of Pardons recommended that the sentence of Bulger be com muted to expire in November 1907. The Governor. however, yesterday commuted the sentence to take effect January 14 1907. In granting the com mutation. the Governor said.
 This man was a mere youth when the alleged crime was committed. It is set out that he was between IA and IS years of age. There is filed in the papers statement from Wash Chis- olm, co-defendant. that NBulger was innocent of the crime. Chisolm is now serving a life sentence. The Convict Department and all the wardens for whom he has worked say that Bulger has been an unusual convict, He has been a trusty many years and of late has been employed about the Capitol grounds being sent at my request as the best man Warden Bunkley could furnish. He has served already a time which with credit for good conduct would make d term of twenty-five years. He Is now in mid life. The hoy's crime. 1t seems. has been abun- dantly expiated The Board of Par dons recommend clemency."
 Case of WH Lamar.
 Tn case of Will Lamar. q negro or AutauEa county. convicted for the mur-