The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-04-25
BACK TO CELL, STRIPPING
q MIRDERtR. WHO
SERVED ~ POLICE CHEZ Al
TER ESCAPING PRISON. Dl.-
MED PARDON II MY II-
LAW" DENOUNCED ~ SPECIES
OF ANARCHY
(By the Associated Press,

Atlanta, Ca. ApriI c2.-In DENYING
the application for pardon IL by
Thomas Edgar Stripping, former police
chief OF Danvillc. Va. under sentence
TO life Imprisonment for the murder
OF William J.. Corbett. Governor
Brown. III 4 review OF the ease. made
public tonight. excoriates the 'unxrt-
Ten law, which Stripping pleaded ia
1~uSt3fcatlon OF his act as q "cuphamiSm
presenting, when unmaSkcd. the hid
eouS feature of anarchy" which viii
bring criticism upon the retiring Gov
ernorS position in dealing with the
question in the abstract 81 the right Or
q man to defend the honor of a sister
Stripling's friends DO not despair of
Yet getting some favorable action III
his behalf. after Governor Hoke smith
IS i~nausuratGd. soon.
O Brown on "IawlrS>ncss."
"One of the most dangerous evils
menacing our Institutions : lawleS~-
ness declared the Governor.
The mob executing in wild dis
order its victim and the individual
Wreaking his own revenge for wrongs
real or imaginary. the man or interest
treating With contempt the laws OF
the land and trusting TO gold or infu-
ence' for safety. are striking NANTES
tations of this spirit OF la~wlesSness."
While expressing profound sympa-
thy for Stripiins's family and high
respect for the impulses which
prompted his friends to apply for 4
pardon for him, Gov. Brown says that
sympathy and personal friendship
have no right to supplant an oath
bound duty to execute the laws or
Georgia
"Abov the rolling tide and obscur-
ing fog Of sympathetic pleas and
emotions, we cannot fail to see the
rock of the record VIII ch shows the
Thomas Edgar Stripping. by a jury
Of his peers. was convicted OF the mUr-
der OF O fellow-man.' continued the
Governor. That he afterwards vio-
lated a second law Of Georgia b.
breaking Jail and fleeing to another
State. and that, enmeshed in the COM
plications of his crime his own
brother-in-law. Terrell Huff. was sen.
to the penitent AIRY, within which he
was confined at hard labor. Until.
through doubts as to his guilt, he was
set free on recommendation of the
prison commission. I greatly regret.
therefore, that under the condition. /
do not feel justified in i~ntcrruntins
in this case the due process of law.
Reviews S~tripling's Later Career.
Gov. Brow discusses Stripling'S If
after he broke Jail in 1897. and does
not find It sufficiently spotless 10 en-
title him to q pardon and continued
liberty as his friends had hoped.
Not one man in several hundred
kills one man" SAYS the Governor,
Not one man n five thousand Kills
two men and Intentionally wounds
another. and While an officer Of the
law is fined once for opprobrious
language profanity. and once for
violence. toward yet another man
Put this is Stripiing's record since he
killed Corbett. / do rot say that he
was not within the . OF rs duties
in each of the tragic incidents mark
ing his career since he fled from this
State, but / submit that they impair
the power to claim that his lie in
Virg MIA is above suspicion and ger So.
entities hin to a Dardon in Georgia
What Mrs. Stripping said About 1t.
Danville. Va, April 22.-Nhen seen
tonight by a representative OF the
Associated Press, Mrs. Stripping was
inclined TO be reticent.
What are your plans FOR the f.
ture?" she was asked.
~ ell. i don't know that / care -
make them public at present.
D. You expect to continue 10 resii-
IN Danville?'
yes. but I don't sec where tia.
concerns you" she replied.
Were YOU surprised at tn" action
OF the Governor IN refusing a pa--
dom"
We'll. yes: We fully expected Iii
recommendation Of the pardon boa
would be carr ed out.
I'VE own our little home in Dan
Vile and will. as far as | know -
present, continue TO live in this city
Mrs Stripping stated that she AMI
the entire family had just returned
from Georgia and lahama, where the
spent several weeks visiting old friend
and hat the sent mcnt in those Sc