Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1913-12-18
Governor Fletcher Hears Peti-
ton of Counsel and Declines
to Stay Death Penalty.
EXECUTIVE VIS|BLY AFFECTED
Has Given Matter Careful Con-
sideratiOn for Months
Murderer Had Full and
Fair Trial.

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this afternoon at Il nearing IN the eHecu-
tive champ'r NJ lHe 0taIc houSo uenicu
the petition OF couhseI LOT arthur hos-
worth Tor suspension OF th' d'ath pen
ATTY by reprlove uhul theN hau urhe 70
determine u ms conSutnt'onal rights hao
oeen NloIat'd' me Governor announcer
MS de'lslon Immediately nj inc cohc'"s-
ion OF the hearing "hich Iasted ABOUT
an hour ano quarter lie SAD thaI ne
dld not see mat any GROUNDS had oeeh
advanced 10 stay sentence or chanRe MS
m'hd tnat execution ShouId ne zone IoF
this brutal murder. shaIl take no &C
ton in the matter. he declared. Inc
hearing is adjourned
The Governor Immediately 'eft the seat
which he had been occupying behind
the large desk in the executive chamoer
and walked towards the window Where
ne Stoou gazing OUT OIL doors on an at'hos-
p"'' N''I "" "'','
If .ho ,rocood,,os and bie ac, ubiob
c,,+ orc posr.or+b,s auol orrool ,bo+ bis
,iro r,ioht ho yo,..d fror, tho ,,iou,s
1,oewor,b,. c,,,neol ,ilod M, of ,be room
corpsoI for m. state potbo~ad their
90 L.
,r,,r,r,o,,,. Nat ,rotbor ,vord was
.noI,or
Ros,rortb v.bo must die an the .,r,lloue
in tbo state nrisor At Windsor ON Fri
d,v ro,uar, for tho murder M Mac
,bono .,o rss.v r,rc,io, r.,t,,,ro,+
,,oitro,. u.,s ro,rosor,od at rho be,rirg
So. poi,,l l., c.o,.or, of 1I,rtford md
r,r,,1, u ,r,,l, IF Windsor AVID tho
poy porl,or {, ,r,,1.r -, rn,soo,.1
.i-,r,.,,,o,, ,.b, .,,a bo orr..o,o, as tbo
.o,,dor,rod NAME s,iri,,,,l .d,.isor and
,,o+ os l,ts ,d,,oc,+o ror ,ba S+,+o an
r.,rod Acknowledgement p !, Hrovn
and u y Sboo. ~ pur,irgtor Who -, .
s+,+a,. ,,.orro,. u.h.., tosv.o,.,b ,,as or
,r,,l for HE ,tfa in cbi,,end.r county.
cour. CIV, W. pov.,. ,acr..or,, 90 s.,,a
, !, +. r., ,., A.,
c,.i,oo was .or,mit,od was ., i,,oros,ad
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va i'N VI ''''7 " Oi'i II : ~ 7r'i'
me main point on which the prisoner
'ounsel asked Tor stay oil execution
was that ne mad not been granted his
constitutional rights to nearing before
I"e last LeglS!'tNre' ~ was claimed that
MS representatives, ana not nave an op-
fortuhltN to present MS case before the
committee ana that the Dill to commute
was reported without nearing and in
TINS respect IL Is alleged ne was not
treated With the same consideration as
other persons in like circumstances. A
stay of two or three weeks was asked
to enable his counsel to have an oppor-
tun!ty to go over the matter with the
attorney-general and determine If there
We're any grounds for the allegation. on
account of the change in the constitution
II is claimed that this has seriously af-
fected the rights of the prisoner since
now ne Is deprived of ever bringing his
case before the Legislature These We're
the main points brought out in a state
ment to the Governor made by Attorney
stevens.
Acknowledgement Brown took the
ground that the prisoners rights under
the old constitution ended when the Leg
islature adjourned intimating that 1t had
n session twice as long as any ordinary
session and twice as long as il ought
to have been. hence Bosworth had ample
opportunity to bring forward his case.
If the course suggested was followed
there was nothing to prevent a resnondent
under sentence of death getting his SON.
toncc POSTPONED from Legislature to 1.ar-
islature. and the ends Of iustica would
he defeated. he said.
Governor Fletcher started tbero was ,
serious question IN the minds of many