Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-02-24
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aired ID be corrected as sai6 at the
outset he wanted everyone To know
that his decision that SnOwden must
hang vas nnai one.
FL am opposed 10 pstal punishment
except III case such as the Brandon
murder. he said When 4 woman ".
outraged ne she Whit or black
think hanging ii TOO good. This
statement drew applause,
sasd Nea ResponsIhEe For t'eavieessn.
III Is MOI 40 10 the goysrpor 70 r.
yiew the cases PASSED upon IL our
circuit courts. hage not conYlcted
John snowsien ny only duty IL The.
ease vas to ak the date on which the
aenteuce of the Jary and the court
should be carried out
Referring Id the venning Of the case
10 baltimore county the governor said
he wns sorry nOw that II had been
done because the crowd would not
have been there today had the case
been heard here
Ninety nine per cent Of the people
do not know the facts IN the case, he
declared There II no room for
clemency. Ii Snowden Is guilty he
doesn1 deserve clenmency
He then referred 20 the Evans case
and hanging and said he would rather
have committed Evans sentence than
snowden s. The governor said he had
read the complete transcript Of the
case four times carefully and that he.
was convinced beyond reasonable
doubt that snowden was guilty.
Reviews Varaoas ClHes
Then he took up the different clues
that had been followed from the time
Of the discovery Of the commission Of
the outrage and murder
He showed how Mr. and Mrs Thomas
King had been absoIved and then the
husband of the slain woman
Nov We come to SnowdeI1.s case.
said the governor III Snowden came
out 81 Brandon house at the time
the two women say he did, and be-
lieye be did. on the eighth day Of Au-
ust, be ~ guilty oE the crime With
which lie stands charged and convict
ed 4
The governor said II be vas inno-
cent he would have told what he was
doing about the house that day He
said ne did not expect sn0wden to
confess. Referring 10 reference 70 the
alleged questionable character Of the
states two colored Witnesses the gov
ernor said he had known and heard
from their own lips their stories and
that he believed them implicitly He
asked the crowd what motive they
woasd have In wishing to see q mem
her Of their own race put TO death
no the story OF the alleged reward
paid to them be- said. he knew that
neither had ever received 3 cent
tn closing, the governor told the
crowd plainly bat firmly that they
should come III q better cause when
they came 70 him To appeal for mercy
Governor Deeply Agitaeed
when he resumed his seat. Attor
ney Brady asked permission to read
the application for 4 reprieve Of 20
DAYS drawn BIZ Mrs. Harhiston, with
the aid 81 Mrs Spencer Murray, but
the governor IN an agitated mood
made hts way te his private Office ex-
claiming as he did so that he had
talked FOR more than two hours and
half with that woman yesterday.
The crowd expected the governor 70
return to the meeting shortly and
waited Tor some time before dispers-
Ing, but Ne failed to come back Mrs.
Murray and Mrs. Humlston gave out
the text AZ the new evidence which
they wished to submit to the governor
10 newspaper men and said that they
would have other facts soon 10 pre-
sent.
VIM Not Give Up Fight
Mrs, Murray said she would not
give up the fght to clear Snowden
even though he Is hung after the hear
ing she declared that she was re-
ceiying new clues and evidence every
half hour and predicted that she
would be able TO show beyond any
doubt that he never murdered Mrss
Brandon. The petition = lengthy
one and many of the things mention
ed are really new
Indications were that the hearing
did not accomplish much N the way
of convincing persons who have their
own theories OF the case. Long after
the governor had left the room little