Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-11-30

CLARA EMMA GETCHELL
or Sidney. Serving Life Sentence at
Thomaston for Murder of Husband,
Whose Petition for Pardon Was Table,
Tuesday by Governor and Council.
tlaherty Of Portland. who was SEN
fenced for five years for mansaughter
The petitioners were given leave tC
withdraw in the case of David Pa
rick Murphy Of Mars Hill. sentenced
on charge of killing his father with ar.
ak, and also in the Oxford county case
OF Geo"Sianna Podvin. serving a jai
sentence for infractiun OF the pro
nibitory law.
Pardon t. take effect Dec 20 wa
granted Maurice K. FogG Of East
sumner, a prominent citizen ano
primer CHAIRMAN of the board of Sc
'ectmtn of that town, who had al
ready served ~ days of Il four-uontl,,
jail sentence for maintaining Il liuunt
nuisance III connection with the corn
shop of Which he was superintendent;
rardon Was also granted in the cas-,
oi Lee +. y. F'oWrnpy. alias LEROY
FRENCH, committed from Franklin
county Tor robbery, and at present ir
the insane criminal ward of the Main,
state hospital at Augusta
The matter of printing Il stumble.
m"ntary report Of the department az
agriculture and the adjustment of fin.
Inference between the State auditors
department and State Assessor PottI,
m regard to payment of his ertir,
salary as State Assessor while at III.
same time he was serving as assrs,o,
II the city of Lewiston. were both lar,
IN the hands of committees
Jfl" Governor and CounciJ vor. j..
session from 80 A. NJ until p. NJ.
WIN ~" exception IF n short inter.
mission at noon for dinner.
The meeting of the t;ovoru,r .,,
'sonhril was almost entirely taken u,
with pardon matters, the one of most i'm.
portancc to kenncbcc county pcoplo he
ing That for the pardon of Mrs. f,lar.
Emma Getchell. formerly of Sidney. VIII,
Is at present serving a life sentence in
the state prison at, Thomaston for tn.
murder by poison of her husband
William henry Getchcll Governor Fer
maid presided and the entire membership
of the council was present except DR.. G
c. Morrison of Bar Harbor.
The first case to be presented MAS that
of Lee +. y. Fowney. who was com
mitted from Franklin county for robber,
under the name of Leroy A. French and
who is at present in the criminal insane
department of the Maine Insane Hospi-
tai at Augusta a pardon being asked
upon the ground of insanity. Hon. Ar
thur S. Littlefield appeared for the petit
TONERS and presented as his principal
witness Or. II. w Miller of the Maine
Insane hospital, who testified that Fow-
ney was suffering from an incurablc
mental disease. being afflicted with in
durable religious mania. alternately
praying and cursing. The matter was
laid over for executive session.
The next case to he heard was the pc
ttion for pardon Of Maurice r. Fogg o.
East Sumner. who was sentenced in
October of this year to four months in
Jail and TO pay a fine of $500 for main
tanning liquor nuisance. Attorney
Fred r. Dyer of Brkfield appeared for
the petitioner. He argued that there
was no proof that Fogg had sold liquor
and that the sentence was the heaviest
ever imposed in the county for first
infraction of the prohibitory law. He
had already served 40 days in jail.
Frank L. Warren of Buckfield testified
that he had known Fogg for II years
and had never seen him intoxicated nor
knew of his drinking liquor to excess.
He was kind to his family and a leading
citizen. having been chairman of the
board of selectmen and having carried
his town as a candidate for Representa-
tive to the Legislature. Treasurer f. A
Cannon of the Minot Packing Co. Of
which Mr. Fogg has been superintendent
for Is years. testified. that he was cor
rect in his accounts and good in his char
acter and that he would be again en-
Moved bv the firm after his sentence
had expired J. A. Gerry of the same
COMPANY corroborated Mr.. Cannon.
George F.. Gross. selectman with Mr.
Foes testified that he was tirst-class
business man.
Numerous petitions were presented by