The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-06-15

State contended the crime was com nnftted, and the basement, where the body was found. The elevator, over the working of which there has been much controversy, was closely scru- tinized by the Governor.
 Solicitor Dorsey's address occupied the morning. The principal line of his argument was that Frank could have been convicted even had there been no Conley to testify. He dwelt at some length upon Judge Roan's letter, saying:
 while Judge Roan may or may not have doubted Franks guilt he did not state that he had not had a fair trial On the contrary, he did state that Frank had had a fair trial and that the noise in the court room at the time of the trial was not such as to impugn the fairness of the trial.
 e'The fact is that the record before Judge Roan and the Supreme Court shows that there was no outcry against Frank; that no one offered to do him bodily harm, There was no outcry against the court, it's off cers or any person, as stated in news papers from coast to coast, and was | absolutely false.
 No Need of Apprehension.
 tewe have amdavits from jurors, court officers and cirszens to the ef- feet that there was no need of the ap- 
 at the time of the tria1.' l L MT. Howard spoke in the afternoon, beginning by replying to former Gov. l Brown, who on Saturday urged the 1 Governor not to commute the sen 1 tence. \.-t, He showed that while Brown was Governor he had spared the lives of | twenty-five men convicted of murder. He also pointed out that the ex-Gov- ernor. just before he left office, had is- sued forty pardons for various crimes. l 'Ex-Gov. Brown nisconceives the real meaning of the pardon power. It is a grant, bestowal of mercy, which the Executive may, in his dis cretion exercise for the welfare Of the people and the State. It comes down
 to us from the old English law, which gave to the King the prerogative of l pardon. The only difference is that in our Constitution this power can
 not be exercised until after a person is convicted, whereas, the King was l empowered to exercise it before con- viction. r.f
 "Under our system it is only after the ordinary processes of law have 1 been applied that the Governor is au-
 thorized to extend executive elem
 ency. There can be no application ot
 pardon power until this result has
 been reached. and reached in this way
 The distinguished -ex-Governor seems
 to overlook this fact-the fact that
 only. after the courts, have finished
 with a case can the executive be ask
 ed for or bestow cIemency.
 No Conviction Without ConIey.
 MT. Howard answered Solicitor Dor
 sey's argument that the guilt of Frank
 could rave been proved even had there been no Con1ey in the case. This he
 declared to be ridiculous, asserting
 that the State had only suspicious anC no facts against Frank, and that Con ley was absolutely necessary, ana without him there could have been nc
 conviction
 Then he took up the character O.
 Con1ey and ridd1ed it, and afterwarC he attacked the stories that Frank wa. , a pervert. He also answered Dor sey's charges against Franks lawyers ? for failing to question the women w11C said Franks character was bad. The
 State could not make them give spe cif1c instances and the defense di' not try. This was due, said MT. How ard, to the fact that the women couIt lhave testified to anything they pleas ed and with inpunity, whether it wa true or not