The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-05-22
PENNSYLVANIA IS
AFTER CRIMINALS
AsNs GOVERNOR aANN TO TURN
ovrB CoNyICTs WANTED IN
war >fATE
MURDER is CHARGED
KEYSTONE OFFICIALS ans CUR
TAIN THEY WAVE ENluTNsJ
WHICH WILL tAlSE THIa
no nE tSIstt FEU

Stern iaunevfyan44 'aNx Eager }a get
its clutches upon four soUT tets do"2
;tI1te" In the Virginia peuit~uuafE has
Tedcubfcd its ,trf0T-s '7 the hope ot
sua8ing the men 'u Zee ri death iu~
stead Of being ,vHtrut Vlth their
PRISON sentences heFe.-
In the penjteHtiarE here are JcbE
I.u,-. alias u L.. HroNn Chester
l,ewzrwski. alias Jaws~ 'sNis, Joe
1Insey. alias James T. Ean., alias
Joseph T.. Narfy and william
s.-4l.s.4stz -.l3s.s. -l,s4-.r!s.sl-- y iI4&alts~
Bach - uuder sentence at i~e@Te
yrars sor highway r"bbery ThFE
arr vuuthtuI criminals and theIf
yTyf7l71 n pr r fTrTz - 81 notorious
faat Coz error John Is. Taner, spury"i
o. hy District Attorney Harvey r.
Henley .of READING. IS leaving no
stone uuturued to ~ 10 Ire consent of
Governor William Hodges Mann to
h,aor his requisitton fer them,
The Reading ofivta} declares he aas
Sufficient asid, pcs t9 give them the
dssth penaity for thu murder n Cor
don Kaufman last year and n add
zion they ere charged with q series
If hureiafieS highway rubberies and
brutal assaults.
Made FORMER Effort
thoritiet made an effort 10 gain Gus
.eaiy aT the quart etc of criminals. but
Governor Mann indicated that ne had
conferred with Attorney General Sam
ASA "a. Williams and they could h"d
re law iron which he might legally
grant Pennsylvania request.
The governor Received a reQuIsition
r Nn Governor Tenef yesterday ac-
s.ofr PANIED nv "a BARN of legal docH-
fssents ard q personal appeal. An
other conference will be held between
xng governor and the attorney gc Il era
OF Virginia, bat it is believed that
Governor Tener will have ~ wait untii
rhsiF terms expire A. the peuiten-
ss&ry In Richmond Unless Governor
Nanrs Lay ons them In order that tho
KeadirL court officials may impose
,he death penalty.
Tat the prosecution at FeadifI&,
Pa is backed by ample financial
support coming from friends Of the
murdered kaufman there is no doubt.
They want the men taken from the
Virginia penitentiary and make them
suffer death instead Of mere imprlson-
nlent
The prisoners are aghsst at the idea
of returning 10 Pennsylvania.
Attacked MFR. Hartman.
After the murder In Pennsylvania
they driftea TO Virginia and We're a
vicious bunch of tramps. In Peters
turg they committed the highway
robbery offerse for which they wer,
ssI.t encea 10 she penitentiary. Prto
Ia this they attacked the SON of Stat
Treasurer Hartman m Eighth stree
In this citY-g lugged him and -stnI
his valise and sum Of money.
They made their getaway" hu
WERE captured II, North Carolina ans
returned TO Petersburg for trial
In his requisittnn which name
George G. Stranb. John J. 5parely an,
Irwin r. Anderson. az agents of Penn
syivsnia, Governor 1'ener attache
asfidsvits concerning the crime o
murder and the nrerw helming cVi
demo. against the four men.
The case probably Ia unparailtle'
In Virginia, where another State ha
made snvh strenuous efforts 20 gni
custody Of prisoners already in IN
peniteniisry for long terms