Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1907-03-06
SIGNED A DEATH WARRANT.
DATE SET FOR EXECUTION OF
FRISBY GIBBS.
Little Business Transacted Al Weekly
Pardon Court Of The Governor
Executive Appoint
menfS

Governor Wariield spent the morning
1T The Executive Department and left
the city al noon. He will atte 10
his private business in Baltimore this
afternoon and will take business trip
the night there. While at the Execu-
tive Department lie attended toa num-
ber OF matters of public business.
The Governor signed the. death
warrant of Frisby Gibbs. the colored
man under sentence of death for the
mRrdcr OF Ida Gun, also known rs
Caroline Cuif. the date set for the
execution being Friday, May l0,neNt.
Gibbs killed the woman on October
? last by cutting her throat with a
razor and was sentenced TO death by
the Criminal Court OF Baltimore City
on January ?. The record has Just
reached the ExccuAiye Department.
The Governor said today that he is
inclined to alter the established method
of fixing the dates of executions in
Maryland by giving the sherin TO
whom the warrant is directed a dis
cretion covering several days as 10
when the sentence shall he carried out.
This is the rule in many states.
There is no law that requires the exc
cutions to be on Friday and a depar-
tuIe was made from the custom in the
case of Lee. the Somerset county raw
Usher, who was executed on Thursday.
The Governor today appointed the
Supervisors of Election for Frederick
county, as provided by Section 335 of
the Acts of 1904. The Governor fol-
lowed the course of appointing the
two Democratic supervisors, rs recon-
mended by the Democratic organiZa-
tion Of the county, but appointed the
Republican supervisor from a list of
four names presented by the Republi
can organization. The Democratic
organization of the county also recon-
mended n Republican whom ii wish
ed appointed as the third supervisor.
However, Governor Warfield consid-
cred himself obligated TO follow the
suggestion of the organization to which
the appointee belonged, though he
is not bound to do so by the law.
Those appointed were Henry j. ID.
Hager and Carlton l.. Stull. Demo-
Gratis, and Shaffer J.. Rhodes, Repub
lhan, all of Frederick city. The te rm
is for three years from April next.
The Governor also appointed Court
land w. Roe, a supervisor of election
for Talbot county, TO represent the
Democratic party, to succeed Joseph
IL. Radcliffe, deceased.
Andrew and Ellen Jackson, most
respec able colored persons, were be-
fore the Governor today seeking par
don for their son, Dolbert Jackson,
convicted by the Criminal Court in
May, 1904, Of abducting female minor
and sentenced to serve five years in
the penitentiary. The couple are coli
ored people of the old school andfheir
many friends among the prominent
white people of Baltimore are indi-
Gated by the number of letters from
the the best known men and women
of the city, who have interested
themselves in the matter ON account
of the couple. Mr.. Frank V. Rhodes,
who investigated the case, reported
that there was n serious doubt as To
the correctness of JacksOn's convic-
tion and also as TO the age of the
girl. The Governor stated that he
would pass upon the case finally on
next Wednesday.
The case OF Joseph Solensky was
also brought to the Governors atten-
tion. lie was convicted OF larceny at
the January term, 1906, of the Crimi
nal Court of Baltimore City and SEN
fenced to serve eighteen months in the
House of Correction. The Governor
passed over the case for the present.
A strong petition has been fled with
the Governor for the pardon of Will
lam III. Hallman, colored man who
was convicted of assaulting another
colored man, Bean Hallman, and sem
fenced TO serve six months in the
House of Correction. Letters asking
that the Governor release the man
have been written by Judge James
A. Henderson .and States Attorney
Robert B. Peter, of the Montgomery
County Court, before which Hallman
was convicted.