Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-04-13
RELATIVE OF CONDEMNED MAN COMES FROM GEORGIA TO
 MAKE PLEA FOR HIM.
HE IS INSANE
Aged Mother Does Not Know of Sons Tr0uble-TelIs of Insanity
 ill Family.

J. E. Talmage, of Monticello, Ga., arrived ill the city yesterday to con- fer with Attorney w. B. Sorrells, counsel for w. c. Alexander, who was recently convicted in the Desha Gil cut court at Arkansas City, on change of venue from Jefferson coun- ty, for the murder of J. P. Kelly ill this city some months ago, and who's !, case is now pending in the Supreme Court
 Mir. Talmage is brother-in-law of Alexander. He is a small farmer and cotton buyer of Monticello and is also very prominent in Ma sonic circles in his home state. He says the relatives of Alexander only recently learned of his trouble here and that while he knows very little of Alexander himself he is in terested himself in his behalf on ac- count of his wife and the mother and another ster of Alexander.
 q am not a man sof any great means," said Mr. Ta1mage, "but l will spend what little I have to keep Alexander from the .gallows, be- cause his, trouble has already caused my wife great worry and anxiety Alexanders motler, Mrs. F. M. Alex. ander, lives at Godfreyl Ga. She is 65 years old, an invalidk and is ex- ceedingly feeble. She knpws nothing of her sons trouble and we are doing all we can to keep it from her. Alex ander's brother R. w. Alexander, Ives at Monticello and Mrs. Maud Sammons, another sister, dives at Godfrey with her mother.
 "AleXs nder has always ben differ ent than any the telher members of the family. We believe him to be of unsound gmine and have always thought he was mentally weak. Hi Rather and grandfather both died from insanity We did not know that Alexander was tried here by san ity commission. Had we known of the trial we would have had affi- davits here to prove the insanity oi his father and grandfather. l have the aff d;.vits with me now. l sin cerely hope that the Supreme Cour' will reverse the case and that Alex ander will be given another hearing at which i me we hope to show him to be of unsound mind and wholly irresponsible. If the Supreme Cour' should affirm the decision of the lower court, I shall make an appeal to the Governor for clemency and asl that he be placed in am asylum in stead of sending him to the gallows. His sisters will also come here an6 make an appeal fer him.
 "No one but h's relatives can fully appreciate the sadness of the whole affair. w. c. Alexander is mentally week. There is no doubt about it and vet while Le was not under the in- fluence of liquor he was most at tentive to his sisters and his aged mother.
 "IIis father died many years ago He was am ex-Cont ederate soldier and lost his arm on the battlefield. regret to have to cone here on such a mission, because l have never been in the courts ill my whole life. l have never had legal proceeding or had one against me. My hearing is bad and for that reasontI am never summoned as juror. It is only when have to pay taxes in my home town, where I was born and reared that I go to the court house at all"
 Mir. Talmage left his home in Georgia for Pine Bluff several days ago, but was held at E,lmondson, Ark, on account of the flood. He Wit messed many scenes of desolation and thrilling rescues in the flooded dis tricts and finally got back to Mem- phis. where he was able toA catch a train and reach this ely in round about way.