Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1912-11-29
JAMES JACOBS FATE
SEALED BY GOVERNOR
Death Warrant for COlored Murder
er is Signed Today.
TO HANG ON JANUARY 10.
Executive Holds Pardon Court and
Receives Number Of Applications
for CIemency.

Governor Goldsborough today signed
the death warrant and liked January
10 as the date for the execution by
hanging of James Jacobs, colored,
convicted in the Anne Arundel Cir
cult Court two weeks ago, for the
murder of John Brooks, also color
ed. The day Of the execution, as
usual, is on Friday
Jacobs is now confined in Balti-
more city Jail, and while the war
rant specifies that the execution shall
take place in this county, no spe cific
place is designated, but il is pre-
sumed that it will take place in the
yard on the site where the old jail
building stood.
The crime for which Jacobs will
give his life was committed in Sep
tember last, in the fhird district, near
Rock Greek. The killing of Brooks
was the elimination of an old feud
that existed between the two men.
They had been enemies for years. 1t
was while returning from a cunning
trip one afternoon that Jacobs stopped
by the home of Brooks. Seeing
Brooks outside of the house he ap-
preached him and almost without
warning shot him down with his shot
gun. The first load, apparently, did
not produce death. as Jacobs reload
ed the gun and fired again into
BroC ks body.
Governor Goldsborough held a ses-
sion of his pardon court at the Exec
utive Office today, and he was asked
to exercise executive clemency in
behalf of number of prisoners. In
none, however, is the Governor in
clined to act favorably just now, al
though he ordered one case advertised
for final hearing. This latter was
the case of James Hawkins, or Pris-
sell, and Frank Matthews, convicted
of the robbery of the Baltimore,
Chesapeake and Atlantic Railway at
Salisbury six years ago, and sem
fenced to terms of fifteen years in
the Penitentiary.
There are certain extenuating cir
cumstances that commends the cases
of these men to the Governor, and the
application for their pardon is en-
dorsed by all members of the jury be-
fore which they We're convicted. In
visw of this the Governor decided to
advertise the case.
The Governor finally declined to
act in the case of Henry Weissmiller,
convicted in April, 1911, Of robbery
and sentenced to five years in the
Penitentiary. The Governor told
the father of Weissmiller that he
would take the case up again at the
expiration of two years of Weismil-
ler's sentence.
0Cher cases presented and held by
the Governor for furher considera-
tion were the following:
Edward Galloway, an Anne Arundel
county colored man, convicted in
April, 1905. by the Prince Georges
County Circuit Court of murder in
the second degree and sentenced to
fifteen years in the Penitentiary.
William d. Jackson, convicted of
bigamy by the Montgomery County
Circuit Court.
George Dixon, convicte in October.
1909, in Prince Georges county of
assault with intent to kill and serv-
ing term Of five years in the Peni-
tentiary.
William Wallace, convicted Sep
tember 19, 1910, by. the Criminal
Court of Baltimore, of rape and SEN
fenced 20 three years.
Alexander Kraft, convicted De-
cember Is. 1908, by the Criminal
Court of Baltimore, of two cases of
larceny and sentenced to eight years
for each.