Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-06-07
Former Augusta Woman
Interested in Lambert Pardon

When hearing is held before Gov.
Baxter and Council on the petition Tor
pardon of Henry Lambert, French
Canadian, who was tried 20 years ago
for the murder Of J. w. Allen, farmer
in Shirley. and sentenced to a lie
term in Thomaston, one of the advo-
Gates Of the pardon will be former
Maine woman, for % years or more
resident in Massachusetts, whose
connection with the case came ABOUT
in very strange fashion.
There have been all sorts OF inter-
esting developments in connection
with the case came about IN very
strange fashion.
D.. There have been all sorts of inter-
esting developments in connection
with the case, but none more inter-
esting than the fact that one OF the
prime movers for the pardon is this
former Maine woman. Miss Helen
NJ. Folger, now church organlst in
Massac husetts, who has not the
slightest connection, by relationship
or otherwise, with the accused man,
and did not know him until he had
Miss Fogler has given much time and
energy to research in connection with
the case, and with each phase of her
| investigation has been increasingly
/ convinced that her attempt to secure
! his freedom is in the interests of
! justice and mercy.
! Her connection with the Lambert
case dates from three years ago, when
/ she went to the office Of Warren F.
! Spalding, assistant secretary of the
| Massachusetts Prison Association, on
! an Grand and found there a Mrs. NJ.
! +. Stone of IS Greenough street, ia
/ maica Plain, who had interested her
, self in the welfare of Henry Lambert.
! Waiting in the outer office for an
! interview with Mr.. Spalding, Miss
| Fogler heard frequent references to
/ Maine and ThOmaston in Mrs. Green
/ oughs and Mr. Spalding's conversa-
I ton, and her interest in her native
State was sufficient to inspire her to
! question Mrs. Grecnough when she
/ emerged from the inner office as to
What Maine prisoner she was at
| tempting to assist.
1t developed to he Lambert, with
! whom Mrs. Grecnough had been in
! correspondence at the request of the
! prison commissioner who felt that
kindly and encouraging letters could
not fail to promote morale among
! prisoners. OF two convicts whom Mrs
/ GreeAough was asked TO mother" in
| this fashion, Lambert was one, and
! the difference between the apprec-
! iafive tone of his letters and the
/ crudcncs5 of the let'crs she received
| from a convict at Sing Sing. with
| whom she was also corresponding ty
/ request, led her to believe Lambert
TO he of finer calibre than he
! average prisoner, and made her take
| a particular interest in his ease.
She was at the time of her meet
| ing with Miss Fogler, attempting 10
! assist him 'by selling the bead
chains which he fashions to exc out
| the small income which he makes
with his work in the prison, and Miss
| Fogler had agreed to help her in
| marketing them.
AS time went on, and Miss Fogler
| gained knowledge of Lambert's skill
at handicraft through handling these
pieces VI MS Workmanship, she began
to have higher opinion of the mans
potentialities, and during a summer
visit to Maine she made some inauir-
les about him, and also called upon
| him at the prison.
" nat she saw and heard inspired
Eer with faith in his innocence and
she took it upon herself to do everv
thing IN her power to further the
move for a pardon.
On several subsequent visits to
Maine she conducted further investi-
cations, showing an almost legal
ShreWedness in her manner of maxi
ing inquiries, and the results of some
OF her Investigations will be in evil
cence at the pardon hearing, a date
Tor Which will be set tomorrow.
Miss Fogler is a native of Augusta.
where her father was a we'll known
business man, is a musician Of prom
lnence in the Boston music world. and
mas also devoted a great deal of her
time to voluntary welfare work. for
which she is said to have great anti
tude.-Portland Evening Express,