The weekly true Democrat. (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1905-1912, 1907-08-16
PLEA POR JUsTIcE.
wife hahss Plea Against Move Il
Pardon Slayer Of Hasband.

personal letter 70 the euipVi Va ehs
Tampa Times, makes some observation
on the efforts of II. w. Day TO Obtain
a pardon which should be given con,
sideFatiOn by all who may be inclined
TO sign Days petition TO the PARDON
ing Board. The letter was not intend
ed for publication, but the Times, be.
lieves that it is serving the cause OF
justice by presenting It TO the pubic.
That portion of the letter relating
20 Days petition Is herewith present
II hear that II. W. Day is getting
I'D a petition 10 bring before the Par-
doning Board. take this opportunity
90 beg of you 10 assist me IN nlpplng
this petition in the bud. 49,,
1.-THE case has been tried in all the
courts of the State. and the verdict has
been affirmed by the Supreme Court,
our highest court. Day has certainly
had a fair trial Now, let the law be
carried out and justice done.
ut is needless TO go through all the
cruelty and horror attending my hus-
bands murder--not once, but eleven
times did Day plunge his knife in his
victim, a man unarmed and entirely UNI
conscious Of the anlmosity Of Day.
II am here in the mountains lat
Franklin, N. CO. trying to regain my
broken health, but with a broken heart
the chances seem against me.
II can't believe that any man in Tam
ga, II he would stop TO consider that
the prosperity Of his city depends upon
his living under the law, would be
thOughtless enough to put his name to
such petition. -,
"A community depends a great deal
upon the press 10 point out their duty
20 them. Your position as editor Of a
paper Of wide circulation, Is one fraught
with great responsibility. Let the press
hold up the verdict Of our courts and
stop this attempt 10 delay justice. --
Tampa Times.
The unparalleled audacity Of Muir
derer Day in circulating a petition 70
the State Pardoning Board for a COM
mutation of his life sentence for the
brutal assassination of the well-es-
teemed Albert 3. Wrenn was passing
through our mind when the following
In the Jacksonville Metropolis caught
the eye:
1.-THE Atlanta papers must not know
that there Ia q power In Florida that
turns down courts at will, or they would
not say that Henry Day must serve his
sentence Of life imprisonment for muir
dering Albert Il. Wrenn in Tampa last
November because the Supreme Court
affirms the sentence. Few ever serve
a full sentence II they apply TO the
State Board Of Pardons.
II one will stop to think, he will agree
with the Tribune in the deduction that
the very fact that such an item could
appear in one OF the more prominent
newspapers Of the State Ii a severe re-
Election on the methods Of law enforce
ment in Florida. II is even worse than
this--it betokens 80 lax an application
of justice that one may well fear that
the reign of law and order Is threat
ened by a spirit akin TO anarchy.
Despite this language of the Metrop-
oils, however, the Tribune cannot bring
itself 20 believe that the PardOning
Board will so far demonstrate its weak
ness, inefficiency and disregard for the
public welfare as TO commute Days
sentence. The act of which he was
convicted was too diabolically fragrant,
too devoid of any extenuating circum-
stances, TO give the shadow Of an ex-
cuse for an abatement of his punish
ment. Even should he succeed in get
ting a few persons Of prominence 70
sign the petition, we will not believe
that the board, after reviewing the cir
cumstRnces of the case, will dare to in
terfere with the ends Of justice.
And we ask, what excuse have those
people Of Tampa who have signed Days
petition to offer for their effort in be.
half OF this man ? What excuse has 9
certain minister of the gospel, who AZ
fixed his signature to the unrighteou'
document on lack street at nine O'Clock
Monday morning 20 give for his inter
ference with the punishment OF one WHIT
10 guilty Of breaking that command o.
God that says Thou shalt not kiln
How may this minister, who has aideS
an Outcast 20 break law intended To-
the moral gOverAnce Of the people ant
90 lead them into ways Of righteousness
ascend his pulpit and teach his flocl
the secret Of the marrow way p
II may be these people OF Tampa
who, we honestly believe have forgot
ten their better selves, expect tina
their signatures TO this infamous peti
ton will remain unknown to the world
But let them not deceive themselves
When the people shall have been pre-
sented to the pardoning board the Tri
bune will most surely obtain thos,
names and publish them In full, In or
der that all may know who are the enc
mics of law and order and the admins
tTation Of justice In Marlborough coun
~. Tampa Tribune.
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