The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1915-03-18

surprise. e raised his brows question
ingly.
"Rough-Iooking sort?' he inquired.
"Mountaineer?"
mo, sir. New Yorker would be my
guess Is there anything suspicious,"
Il guess not" The governor laughed.
Rather extraordinary note. but send
him In"
Through his eastern window the
governor gazed on across the hills Of
South Frankfort, to the ribbon Of river
that came down from the troublesome
hits. Then. hearing a movement at his
back, he turned. and his eyes took in
well-dressed figure with confidence
inspiring features
He picked up the slip from his desk
and, for a moment, stood comparing
the name and the message with the
man who had sent them In. There
seemed to be in his mind some irrecon-
cilable contradiction between the two.
With a slightly frowning seriousness
the executive suggested:
This note says that you are Samson
South and that you want to see me
with reference to a pardon. Whose
pardon is 1t. Mr. South"
NY own, SIR"
The governor raised his brows
slightly.
Your pardon for what? The news
papers do not even report that you
Ia,-o ,-o+ boo-, 4,dfotad IL, chodod -,
word yet" with slight emphasis.
'T think I have been indicted within
the past day or two. I'm not sure my
self"
The governor continued to stare
The impression he had formed OF the
Wildcat" from press dispatches was
warning with the pleasing personal
presence OF this visitor. Then his fore
head wrinkled under his black hair and
his lips drew themselves sternly.
You have come to me too soon, sir
he said CURLY. The pardoning power
Is thing to be most cautiously used
at all times. and certainly never until
the courts have acted A case not yet
adjudicated cannot address itself to ex-
ecutive clemency."
Samson nodded.
Quite true" he admitted "If / an
nounced that had come on the matter
of a pardon, it was largely that | had
to state some business and that
seemed the briefest way of putting 1t.
Then there is something else?"
yes. If it were only a plea for
clemency / should expect the matter
to be chiefly important to myself In
point Of fact, hope to make 1t equally
interesting to you. Whether you give
me a pardon in fashion which vio-
lates all precedent, or whether | sur
render myself and go back TO a trial
which will be merely form OF assas-
sination rests entirely with you, sir.
You will not find me insistent."
Then Samson launched into the
story of his desires and the details OF
conditions which outside influences
had been powerless to remedy-be-
cause they were outside influences
Some man Of sufficient vigor and COM
prehension. acting from the center Of
disturbance, must be armed with the
power to undertake the housekeeping,
and for while must do work that
would not be pretty. AS far as he was
personally concerned. a pardon after
trial would be matter of purely AGA
demic interest. He could not expect
to survive a trial. He was at present
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the governor was not Of that mind he
was now ready to surrender himself
and permit matters to take their
course.
And now, Mr.. South" suggested
the governor, after half-hour of abb
sorbed listening, there is one point
you have overlooked. Since in the end
the whole thing comes back to the ex-
ercise of the pardoning power, it is
after all the crux of the situation. You
may be able 70 render such services as
those for which you volunteer. Let US
for the moment assume that TO be true
You have not yet told me very i'm
portant thing. Did you or did you not
kill Purvy and Hollis?'
Il killed Hollis said Samson, as
though he were answering question +
as to the time of day, and l did not 4
kill Purvy"
Kindly" suggested the governor, /
give me the full particulars of that /
affair"
The two were still closeted when a 4
second visitor called and was told that
his excellency could not be disturbed.
The second visitor, however. was so in
sistent that the secretary finally con-
scented to take in the card. After
glance at it his chief ordered admis'
sion.
The door opened and Captain Cal.
lomb entered.
He was now In civilian clothes,
with portentous news written on his
face He paused in annoyance at the
sight of second figure standing with
hack turned at the window. Then
Samson wheeled and the two men rec
ognized each other. They had met be
fore only when one was in olive drab;
the other in jeans and butternut At
recognition Callomb's face fell and
grew troubled. /,
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