Arizona republican., 1919-12-17

editors of medical papers, presidents of medical societies, all of whom assert that the crime Of which I am charged. is not merely illogical, but scientifically Some of these letters are in your files, as you know, but The Re publican, although doing it's share to arouse that public prejudice backed by a public press" as quoted by Dr. O. E. Plath, a witness in the trial, has never published them so that Phoe- l nicians might know something of the truth upon which l have based my claims. Papers all over the state, with- in the last two years, have used them as basis for editorials favoring my release-but Phoenix papers have been significantly silent.
 Nor is it true that the prisoner dur ing his term has amassed fortune" It would delight me to allow The Re publican to distribute half Of that mythical fortune among Phoenix charities, if it could be made real. In fact, the only thing that has stuck by me for years, in a financial sense. is the drafted debts incurred through the
 ascality of former Phoenician who managed the enterprises and took ad- vantage of my situation and those other debts incurred in helping other of my fellows who proved unworthy. Nor have I had "an enviable practice for the last several years, because l had to give up work following the breakdown resulting from handling postage magazine, unaided, for two years, plus my other duties as pris- oner. In June of 1918 I was again committed to the 1unger's yard,' and am there now.
 have never made any claims Of good conduct or other qualities, for myself, preferring to let other judges make these claims. But any man might be proud to have the officer who was for seven years parole clerk write of my "painstaking diligence, deep-rooted honesty and unimpeach-
 able integrity" That would sound alarmed sardonic did it come from me, 1 but coming from 8 man who read ev- cry word of my mail and watched my every act for seven years it must con- vince. Or, another parole clerk who
 watched me nearly two years and
 wrote: In doing for others Eytinge
 has found himself and is truly new
 born Then too several wardens and LNO AIiLOlid EJNCl iiOlo
 me on the score of conduct, hence why ] need I make any such claim? 1 More than three thousand inmates
 have come and gone-hundreds of then
 were murderers-some Of them plea6
 guilty to save their necks and many
 of them have left me behind by year.
 because of that prejudice which was
 once aroused by publication of un-
 truths. I have served practically thir-
 teen years and neither rebelled no1
 whined, nor indulged in jackassic self
 pity. No other white man, no negro
 and but two Mexicans have served
 longer nor has any such lifer ever pre- sented endorsements from people o
 the highest standing, such as the pres
 ident of the Mormon church, numer
 ous senators. governors and the like
 not to speak of similarly representa-
 tive citizens of our own state. Nor hav many of these lifers ever had behin' them the strength of the claims t innocence as are right now in the pos session of The Republican. in the forn of letters from medical experts of thi state. And, because only of late hay 1 learned from the prison physician Dr. Huffman, that I am sufferin with an incurable disease. other thal
 my standby T. B., and which will, I year or so, be sure to carry me of may I not ask The Republican to al low it's subscribers to know the trut about the Eytinge claims2 Would tn
 truth hurt or help that paper? It can not harm the convict.
 I have tried to live, of recent year! | according to my ideals and one of thes | ideals is that a newspaper owes it | it's public to attempt to right an ! wrongs of injustice that may exist. | would not be pressing my claims be 1 fore any board of paroles were Ari 1 zona's laws different Discussing th | newly discovered evidence with Juds | Ross of the supreme court, it wa | made plain to me that no case coul 1 be re-opened save within ninet days of execution of sentence-and- l that there was no court of justice at l thoriZed to reopen. hear and pass upo newly discovered evidence whic might establish some degree of innt cence. Justice Ross asserted that IT only recourse was the parole boar | which, no matter how favorably di; posed, should it ever act, could hart ly give me more than a crust of chal ity, not the vindication possible in ! court Nor could the members of u parole board tender even this sop
 solace without endangering the spl netic crisicism that has been so oft heaped upon my head through igno
 ance of the truth in the case.
 | Frankly, if I had that 'amassed fo l tune" could I not hire lawyers by u
 dozen, instead of lamely appealin
 alone and singlehanded for a lit
 light upon the truth? Shucks, u
 only work I've done, or felt strol | enough to do, in more than year,
 bit of occasional advertising for D 1 triotic or charity movements, or t l little help I am able to render the S 1 Carlos dam effort, all of which is e l tirely and properly gratuitous. But can still hustle the shekels, if The R publican lacks the courage to pri those medical statements, right now
 a crisis in my history-if it fears
 print the prisoners side to help all purblind prejudice and secure I;
 and square hearing on this new e' dence, why then, print those lettt as advertising using full page of yo
 space and bill me at your usual rat
 I'm willing for the truth to be tt l Dy others, even II iidNO to pay .o II" the public know the facts when would otherwise get only one sid ! views.
 I could have had this truth to outside the state, in such publicatie l as the American Magazine, or in cha | of papers such as the Hearst perio l calls, one of whose editors appealed l to me for such material this VI month-but--I have felt that any St controversy on Arizona's justice or ] prejudice of her people might prt l i,,i,,r;oas +o hath tho gtate and