La Junta tribune., 1912-12-21
Arkansas Has a Great Governer

IN tne auJoiuillS state OF ARKANSAS
they say the natives have to have
their hands on 1t before they will
believe that anything Is real The
man who Went TO a menageric and
saw camel for the first time. and
then remarked. There amt no
such animal was from Arkansas.
The governor Of Arkansas Is ma
tive OF that state. and reasoning
from the same analogy as the man
who saw a camel for the first time.
has arrived at the conclusion that
all of the prisoners IN the state of
Arkansas are innocent. or at least
ought TO be free This week the
newspapers chroniolcd the fact that
he had pardoned 3ls Of them in one
day.
The officers Of Otero county re-.
Gently had little experience with
this same governor His name is
Governor Donagey-and what a name
that is to swell the sounding trump
OF fame During the month of No
vember Sheriff Potter went down to
Arkansas TO secure prisoner who
was wanted In Otero county The
prisoners name was Oswald r.
Faulkner On July 25th OF this year
he cashed a forged check for s5o n,
the First National Bank OF this city.
The Pinkerton's were put on his
trail and he was finally lpcatcd in
Little Rock, Ark Sheriff Potter
was notified of the capture and
went to Arkansas armed with The
necessary requisiiion papers to se-
cure the man The pinkerton Agent
iu his report to the bank OF n In
teryiew with the governor lrs,ases
the following Interesting s,hy:
We drove to the execu,sso ssAa.
sion. accompanied by Dep,pyg Sheriff
Hawkins and the prisoner FaplkseS.
Judge Manning. representjaD peo1o-
ner. was already there wje\ MA
Faulkner. mother of thu oD0neo,
and q number Of her r.la, 49,
Manning made q long &D -
xoverpor-af,cr ~e had 1b -
vited into the receptioH room ana
introduced to GoverpYf nonasey.
Judge Manning argued that Faulkner
was charged with bthinins money
under false pr"tenses. but according
TO the laws OF Arkareas. Faulkner
had committed no crims. ms he had
only sent telegram promising 10
make draf, coed that was signed
by L. G. Shepard; that this VAS
merely future promise to- pay
money to the bank on which the
draft was drawn iie dweli at length
on the affllciion Of the Faulkner
family. which had LIST number of
members by consumption, and stat
ei that Oswald r. Faulkner, who
he said. is only boy. Is III. only
support of his old aud feeble mother,
The governor shed tears along
with the women present Judge
Manning said he was pleading for
this boy without any financial re-
ward. but from a sense OF duty. Our
side was ably represented by At
,prney Adamson. who brought out
the fac, that Faulkner admitted his
part In obtaining IN. money; that
Faulkner and Hubert Faulkner. now
dead. had entered into u conspiracy
to defraud. knowing fun well the
consequences,
The governor finally said that
his mind was made up and that a
governor was no, required To explain
his reason fer his acts In such
matters. He said h. could not Sc"
that crime had been committed by
Faulkner. and tina, he canno, be held
for the acts of his dead brother. and
that his decision is not To honor III"
r'slulhitlbN bI tnf E'N'iH'i W N''''"
do 10 return Faulkner. and thai he
be- discharged from custody"
Governor Dorag"y. when h par'p''
I'D 3ls prisoners from the prnl' n
,la-y IN one day. probably argued The
same way as h. did In this cna"
that he was net required to espl'in
his r.nson Tor his acts In such mat
,orS"-nat even IN singl" INSANE"
like this one nor IN wholesale lots
Governor Donagoy refused TO honor
the rruuIsition rapers from colora'
do on November sth. and on Notem'
ber 18Th Faulkner was nrnln arrest
90 ia Little Rock for f'rEing a check
frr sT.7i For this crime be- was
fined $40 aud Given H"n'once of
ton DAYS IN jail The governor prob
ably rcmiitcd the jail sentence.
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