The Washington times., 1911-06-12
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he knows well, or to go to him per-
cepted by the Lomax attorneys.
The one incident Of the past ten days
which gives greatest encouragement to
the movement, in the opinion of Mr..
Truitt, was the publication Of the re-
trial in The Times Of Saturday. The
attorney is convinced that the testi-
mony itself will appeal to the President.
on the ground that II shows clearly that
the sentence of death is too severe for
Feared Her Husband.
It was clearly shown that Matte
Lomax had been repeatedly attacked
by her husband, and that she had rea-
son to fear him. Her story of the
tragedy, in which she declares she shot
Lomax in self-defense, when he at
tackled her with a chair, was not dis
proved, and several features OF 1t were
substantitated by other witnesses.
AS against this, is the Governments
testimony that she had threatened to
kill her husband. These alleged threats,
great consideration by the jury, which
he thinks failed to give sufficient con-
sideration to the features of the case
which were to the woman's advantage.
MS Will De the line OF argument SUD-
mitted to the President, backed by the
sentiment against the hanging OF
woman in Washington for any offense.
In many Of the colored churches Of
the city yesterday sermons on the Lo-
max case were preached and colored
citizens were urged to attend the mass
meeting at Cosmopolitan Temple Bap-
fist Church tomorrow night, when
prominent colored people will talk on
the hanging and when petitions to the
proSidanf will he rirC1llafaH for sigma
lures.
Petition to President.
The committee or, arrangements for
the mass meeting today drafted the
petition to be circulated and had
1000 copies of it printed. These will
be passed out at the meeting and also
will be put in the hands of individuals
for circulation. The petition is as
follows:
To the President of the United States:
We, the undersigned petitioners,
desire to supplement and aid the
efforts Of The Washington Times
in preventing the execution of a
woman in the Capital Of the United
States, and We request that you
death sentence now pending
against Matte E. Lomax.
We make this request partly he
cause 1t is our information that
the conviction was had entirely
upon circumstantial evidence. but
mostly because the execution of
woman in the District of Columbia
black or white-would ldo this
nation irreparable injury and de-
feat the object for which it was
intended.
The speakers at the mass meeting
will be the Rev. S. P. W. Drew. pas
tor of the church; Henry L. Johnson.
E NJ Hewlett, W. T. Vernon, and |
the Lomax attorneys, Samuel D.
Truitt and John Ridout.
Letters on Lomax Case.
A few OF the letters on the Lomax
case received by The Times today fol- |
low:
Protests Death Sentence.
To the Editor Of THE TIMES:
AS a citizen of Washington, D. c., 1
have. with no little interest, read a |
great many Of the ayes and noes and |
the why's and whyms advanced for and |
against the hanging Of Matte Lomax |
according to the law Of the District
1t is not on account Of race. sex. or |
religion, but l do not, never did. and |
lever will believe in capital punish |
ment. That belongs to God alone, and |
when he is ready for soul to leave |
this old clay body, he will call 1t forth, |
and nothing can hold IL. However, in |
this instance, there are a great many |
things to be taken into consideration, |
and after studying them over. I cannot |
see where the commonwealth of the |
District or country at large would be |
benefited by making this woman pay |
the death penalty. But as It is the law, |
our esteemed and honored President |