Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-02-25

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10 m0isa aaa aaw no One 90 ID or come
ont o1 the Brandon home This teski-
n0ny Ii purely negative Neither q
III en- IL they we're % the porch saw
anything O9 Sn0wcen although Snow
den passed right BY them IL they we're
there al that time according 90 Snow
den,s own testimony. But Snowden
said that when be passed through the
lot and came out Second street
Preacher Williams MAS On the back
and not the front porch ard nobody
was On the Williams front porch.
sOf course, Sn0wden's statement Was
made before he knew what Williams
had said do not doubt that Rev.
Williams and Rev Hughes we're on
the porch at some time thar morning
but think IL II very evident that they
.ere not there between 11.30 and AZ
O'Clock or IL there, they saw and
heard nothing and the Rev MI Will
Hams testimony is further weakened
by his statement to the states attor~
Iney that he did not know what time
he was on the porch, and the further
statement al the women that he urged
them not to tell what they knew and
told them they could not be made TO
tell and that this was q white mans
AFFAIR
TO my mind. this IL the most con
elusive murder case and freer from
reasonable doubt than any with which
have been acquainted, and my whole
practice as lawyer has made me I'M
3timate with criminal Law and evidence.
Il great wrong has been done Bran
done BY attempting I'd connect him
with his wifes murder without a scin
tiila 81 evidence This murder Il 4
horrible one and there are no extenu-
ating circumstances. and the guilty
party is entitled to no Ieniency what
ever
Say VIII Not intervene.
am opposed to capital punishment.
but viii never start the exercise OF
my prerogative in case Of this char
acter The people of Annapolis have
unfortunately and yet fortunately TOO
been unacquainted with the character
OF this henious and horrible crime
committed right III the heart Of their
town The safety of their women is at
stake / refused recently 10 commute
ito life imprisonment colored man
guilty of rape upon coiored girl. and
- certainly shall not commute the
sentence Of negro who has com
United, in my opinion. both murder
and rape upon white woman, and
now seeks By falsely proclaiming his
innocence to save himself from the
gallows.
am a friend Of the colored race,
but ielieYe that the greatest harm
could do their race is to commute
Snowdena sentence The best citizens
OF his race want Snowden 10 pay the
penalty. if guilty He has had fair.
trial II is not up to me to try this
case cannot commute his sentence.
unless convinced or a reasonable
doubt and IL there is q reasonable
doubt. he ought to be pardoned and
let 90 free outright, for in that case
he ought not to have been convicted
There is nothing in this case that APP
peals to me and Of Snowden's guilt |
have not the slightest doubt what
ever happened to know those col
lored women and they have most
excellent reputation They are not
after any reward and have ,3ot asked
for any. They have been made to suf-
Ter for standing sqnarely up for right
and justice and they are entitled to
praise. not censure
The fair name OF the state must be
indicated Some foolish iii my opin-
ion crfminaIly foolish, white people
have expressed the idea that Snowden
was being raiiroaded and that race
prejudice had been invoked He has
been treated with remarkable cOnsid-
Grafton. There Is no impartial jury
lon earth upon the evidence Ia this
case that would have any doubt as to
the guilt Of Snowden.
The fair name OF the state must be
indicated. The virtue of our women,
white or black. must be protected
WiIful, deliberate. cold -blooded and
murderers must pay the full
penalty of the law. This Is no case
for mercy. This is case. il there
ever was one, where the law should be
indicated
will not interfere. The full power
6of the state will stand behind the
Sheriff of Anne Arundel county iii the
execution Of the sentence Of the court