Arizona republican., 1914-11-30
.EYT|NGE DENIES
 HE SEEKS PARDON

To the editor of the Republican. Sir:
 Will you kindly make public de nial for me ot the story that am seek ing q pardon?
 1 have never yet, am not now, nor have any immediate intention of mak ! ing any application for pardon It is entirely true, that for more than two i years my friends among the worlds 1 leaders in business advertising, jour nalsm and sociology. have written in 1 letters looking towards d parole for me i l-but-I have not made any formal tp- plication It is true that clean, noble ! pure woman. has recently made some active efforts in my interests, but it is also true that l put d stop to her ac- tivity on account of the Death Pen alty situation.
 Frankly, although | do not wish to i complain of the attitude of one wom- ans club, winch reported in this morn ing's issue of The Republican, to have taken an antagonistic stand to any move that might be made in my be- 1 half, vet it might be well for these same club-w women to make an exam ination first Moreover, if they will do so. 1 will pc glad to pay the expenses of their chosen attorney in the matter if he can find one word in all the testi- mony that says my alleged victim died an unnatural death. It might be well for them t1 know that the editors of two medical magazines have declared in favor of my innocence, against my conviction anG surely, the last people ! in the world to free an alleged poison- CT would be medical men. It might be well for them to remember that al- though had made d public demand for q chemical analysis of the organs of the body. that my innocence or guilt might be absolutely established and proven. none was madei It might be well for them to remember that l was ialso indicted for shooting my alleged victim and no bullets holes were found, and the pistol I was known to have was never fired And. so long as l shall live, l propose to protest my innocence with all my power and shall never cease to labor to remove the stigma of this murder charge from my name. Will my critics deny me this right?
 It might interest these club-Women who are so kasty to condemn, to know what friendships have been given me among the great leaders in women s clubs. It might interest them still more to know that much of my best tWork has been given to charities man aged by Womens organizations, such as as Childrens Aid Societies, Tuber- cular and District AssociatiOns-Ass ciated Charities in other cities. Work too, that was practically gratis on my part, work that helped them to raise money for their causes Were l at all bitter against my critics, l should certainly decline to do more of this. It might interest them to know of the so- cial welfare bodies. the Y. M. (. A. $,
 the business. advertising and civic or ganizations that have asked me to pre-
 pare papers for their meetings or per sonally address them when opportur iopened.
 I trust that one lady did not say the
 things quoted of her. No penitentiary ino matter where located, either in ad-
 vanced Switzerland or Japan, where
 they are fla more successful in the
 handling of their criminal problems and where far more privileges are
 shown than in any American prison
 no prison eyer has been ''so attractive
 that our sons hasten to it's doors"