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him and he had not been in the car
during the misbehayior and rowdy
actions OF Whitaker and his
friends. He was in another car
with three prisoners rom Catletts-
burg for trial In the Circuit Court
and the Conductor OF the train, Mr.
BIeyins, applied to him IS an officer
to suppress the lawicss conduct in
the car in which " hittaker and the
other drunken men were behaving
so badly ana NarcUm went forward
with the description the conductor
had given him and arrested Robin
son. who was not dlsordeTly, but
as soon as he returned with Rob
inson, found this was mistake and
went back with the conductor TO
point out Whitaker, and the con-
ductor pointed him out aud Marcum
attempted to arrest him.
The Court OF appeals has held
he had a right to arrest him; that
1t was in the line OF duty, but even
II he had not been legally author 2
ed, ne was undoubtedly acting in
good faith as an officer and It was
whittaker's du,y to submit to the
arrest and vindicate his legal rights
in Court and not by an assault up
on the officer, but the result was
that these drunken men resisted the
officer of the law and contlhusd
the offensive course whicn rney had
been pursuing for some time and
the fight resulted and Whitaker
was killed 1t is a pity that this
man went to Catlettsburg and con-
Quoted himself as rowdy, drunk
ard and law breaker there and
on train coming home. 1t Is a pit?
that he was killed, but no man cou
behave much worse than he was
behaving and Marcum was doing his
duty as an officer and protecting
the travelling public and he was
right in 1t, and instead OF being re-
warded for his courage and brave
conduct as an officer. he has been
subjected to the humiliation OF
arrest on a criminal charge, indict-
ment, two trials and finally to
confinement pending the decision
on his case, when he ought to
have had the highest commentator
from his people and his county.
Since the first trial, another
drunken crowd of roughs on the
same train coming up from Catletts-
burg and behaving in the same way,
has murdered Blevins, the Conduc-
tor, wwho was a faithful, brave and
kindly man, who did his duty as a
conductor on these trains, and hun.
dreds of people have been Brighten,
ed and alarmed and the travelling
public disturbed.
Now, feel it my duty as Cover,
nor to uphold the law aud tc
protect people in their rights and
to maintain peace and good order
throughout the boundaries OF the
Commonwealth, and | have tried
to carry out this policy very earn
estly in other fields and where 9th
er issues are involved, but in THU
field 1t seems to me there can bt
no possible question that it is tht
duty of the Governor to uphold thii
officer in the faithful discharge o
lie duty and for tnis reason
feel 1t my duty to grant him a par
don wlthou. deg because he de
serves honor and praise and hi
family in the interest OF good orde
and of peaceful and law-abiding be
hayior on trains and of the safet,
and welfare of the travelling publ
and of the protection OF this ayenu,
of travel and commerce, from drum
en- rowdies and disorderly behavior
and that it may be known that +
the future other officers keeping ,r
der on these trains will have IN,
protection of the Executive Bran,l
of the Government.
l therefore grant his pardon an,
direct the immediate release OF Dr.
Marcum from confinement, this S2r
day of September, 1910.
AUGUSTUS E. WILSON.
| Governor OF Kentucky.
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