Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1921-07-07
GOVERNOR AROUSED;
HE SPEAKS OUT

! Harry NJ Daugherty has written
to Governor Richie declining to
Z promise that no third reprieve
would be asked Tor Henry A.
Brown, the negro unde- death
sentence for the murder of Miss
+. Harriet kavanaugh, naval nurse.
Browns present stay OF execu-
ton will expire August / The
Attorney General SAYS the De-
partment OF Justice has grave
doubts OF his guilt. 1t was re-
/ ported i'll Washington Yesterday
that agents OF the department are
following out clues which may
implicatc another person in the
murder for which Brown was
convicted
COlOred Felix's Interested
4 The Association for the Advance
ment of Colored People. probably the
most powerful organization ever form
ed by negroes. has become interested
/ in Browns case through the instru-
mentality of Rev Boston Allen and
/ two colored women. The association
! is furnishing money for presentation
of his appeal for clemency and Is
! bringing all possible pressure To on
tain favorable action ON his petition
I for pardon. The petition was filed
early in June by Browns attorney,
Augustus w Schnepfe. Neither Judge
Rose, before whom the case was tried,
nor United States District Attorney
Carman has approved the petition
There was sufficient evidence pre-
sehted against Brown TO convict him,
! II ii were true" said Attorney
Schnepfe yesterday 1--WE do not be-
lieve it to be true. | felt that the ad-
mission of third alleged confession
as evidence at the trial. after two
other alleged confessions had been
ruled out. was sufficient To obtain a
reversal from the Circuit Court of
Appeals. But to prepare an appeal
would have cost probably $500 and
Brown had no money.
Governor Aroused
|
last hight OF the Attorney Generals
attitude he expressed himself vigor-
ously.
Il don't want to seem disrespectful
20 the Attorney General OF the United
States" he said. but ii is hard for
me TO believe that those who are
handling this case for him appreciate
the seriousness of the situation To
grant a third reprieve in this case or
TO take any other action toward pre-
venting the sentence Of the court from
being carried out would, III my judg-
ment. be little short of disaster, and
! cannot see any Justification for the
second reprieve Certainly third
one would have serious and far-reaeh-
ing results.
The crime committed by this negro
was one of the most brutal in the his
tory of the State. OF his guilt there is
not the shadow OF a doubt At the
request OF Admiral Scales ] sent de-
tectiyes TO Annapolis TO aid in the
hunt for the murderer. After Browns
arrest and confession he took the de-
tective TO the scene OF the crime. show
ed where he had thrown away Miss
Kavanaugh's pocketbook. showed
where he had hidden the weapon with
which ne killed her and gave other
details which. proving true, could not
have been known to anyone else on
earth but the guilty man.
Was Sure Of Fair Trial
He was not tried in the local court,
where there might possibly have beeI
some demonstration of popular feel
ing, but was taken to Baltimore and
tried in the Federal Court there be-
fore Judge John G. Rose.
THAT the negro. received every legal
and moral protection; that he was
given every chance and every right 10
which he was entitled, no one who
knows Judge Rose would doubt for a
minute. He was sentenced to be hang
ed, and no question of his guilt appar-
, emily existed in the minds of any
one.
Not only had he confessed and sup
, piled details in his confession that only
the guilty man could have known. but
there was enough evidence against
him. believe. to have convicted him
, without a confession.
Now, in the face OF this situation,
the President of the United States.
upon the recommendation OF the At
torney-General. twice steps in between
the negro and his punishment
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