New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-10-29
This Was Done on Advice of a
"FalI" Lawyer, Who Gets
His Title From Prac.
tees Here Described.

The only man who could grant the pardon
was the Governor Of the Western s,s..
where "slim" was imprisoned II wa, +,
good deal Of an undertaking 10 talk ira
Governor of a distant state into pardonlny
common crook. particularly when N,
lawyer did not know the Governor nor any
one who did know him; he was not A..
Quainted with single human being in IN,
state. For a cay or two the LAWYER A.
voted his spare time 10 thinking out ia.
OF procedure. He never for a n1oms,,
doubted that the way existed pol,,Ic,
seemed the most logical fulcrym frou
which TO work Like fash - plan awn.d
on him, and the whole thing seemed an.
surdly simple. lie stopped AZ a newsnan.r
Office and looked through The Consre,.
slonal Directory" Nearly every Congros.-
man from the Western state in witch n.
was Interested belonged 10 tho sanla M.
litica party az the Governor OF tina, star.
Doubtless one or more Of them stood nre,,v
close 10 the Goyeraor-had a 10, o, ,nr,,.
ence with him. The lawyer then hun,s1
up his own Congressman. who was snond-
Ing a few days AZ home. He expla,rea
was not some chance Of interesting ono .,
his Congressional colleagues from m.
Western state.
III you can help me out in this" said
the lawyer. II can guarantee 10 throw
three hundred votes your way in enc fac
tory district"
Election time was approaching. and tbs
Congressman desired votes. When he re-
turned TO Washington he made IL a point %
find out which one OF the Representatives
| from the Western state was closest to the
| Governor. He learned that ono had
stumped the state for that Executive in
| the previous campaign and was among his
| chief political advisers. The Congressman
| awaited his chance. and went 10 his West
| ern colleague one day with a proposition
| 10 vote for a bill that the Westerner was
! vitality interested I'm II he would only uss
| his influence 10 get pardon for poor fel-
! low in the pententisry OF his state.
! In due time the Western Congressman
! put the case up TO the Governor, who was
under political obligation 10 him. To mako
| the story read well, IL should be stated
now without further delay that the Coy
eE1lOT promptly pdIubtlfd lllF lildll fpilN AZ
this point there was hitch in the proceed
ings The Governor procrastinated and id
not grant the pardon He looked into tho
case and the prisoners record was against
him. However, the rail" lawyer was un-
daunted He busted himself casting abou;
for additional influence. For one thing, lie
learned that the Lieutenant Governor N
the state whore his man was imprisoned
and a banker in his own city we're college
classmates. lie didn't know tho banker,
but he went TO a free lance" reporter and
got him 10 arrange with the banker TO write
A letter to the Lieutenant Governor with a
request that the latter have a heart 10
heart talk WITH tho Governor. The repor'er
was willing to accommodate the lawyer
because the latter. by virtue Of hts knoWi'
edge OF the underworld was ono Of the best
news sources I'm town. Later. the r"-
porter also called up several prominent
business mon including the heads Of one
or two commercial organizations, and got
their permission to send kilograms n the
Western Governor in behalf Of the prisoner
and sign their names.
All this cumulative pressure had us enect
and the prisoner was pardoued. lie at ONE
returned 10 his evil associations ana the
old life.
Cootinued on seventh page.