The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-06-17

Copyright. 1928, in the United States and
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 SYNOPSIS
 This is the true story ot an adven- turous youth, Curley Kane, once coW- boy and Philippine campaigner. In a western state hes kills two street car men while trying to hold them up, is betrayed by an older criminal and escapes lynching by being hur- ried from Jail in disguise. His first step tC ward regeneration is con- fession. He is convicted of murder and sentenced to die on June 24, 1904, being given his choice of hanging or shooting. In Murders Row in the penitentiary he hears the shots that legally end the life of another con; demned. He starts working for a new trial.
 CHAPTER IS
 In. previous chapter it was set forth the hardest. day for me dur ing my whole time in the hands of the law was the day upon which I received the first letter from my mother after she had heard of my difficulty. And it might here be added that the hardest task l ever had during that time was the task of writing home and telling them of my conviction.
 I had put it off for several days after arriving at the state prison having written to my sister day or so before my conviction-but on the morning after Flowers was executed ] prepared to write home again. But try as might, I could not at first write so much as the first line of that part referring to the jurys finding.
 At length, and after l had written and torn up sheets of paper until there was pile of them lying in corner of my cell, l did manage tC explain that the case had passed through the first court, which was but a part of the pecessary proceed ings,and that it would take several months at least for the higher court to pass upon the case.
 All in all l tried to seem as cheer ful as possible and I implored. them not to become Respondent. In ad- dition told of the number of friends among good people with whom I was getting acquainted, and l asked them that in the event any of those per sons wrote them they would answer as promptly as possible.
 Those persons by the dozens did write them. For in line with my plan and policy of arousing all fa- vLrable sentiment possible, l would request each person who manifested any interest in me to write my
 
 home would be read. thought over. discussed and probably passed along and I knew also that the kind of letters my people swIote would in variably have some effect in the right direction.
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 None Turned Away.
 As matter of fact some persons %dno called to see me at the state prison were turned away. In practi cally all cases of that kind, however the callers were not the type that could or would have helped. any. So far as I ever found out not one per son with any standing in that city or state-or in any other place-was ever denied the chance of talking with me. l take it that inasmuch as the law of that state required aa notice of all cases appealed to the pardon board, and that the notice was literally a call for the appear ance before the board of any person who had anything to say either for or against an applicant, the prison authorities felt that the people had a perfect right to- find out what man. ner of person l was.
 My attorneys made but two calls upon me there in preparing the ap- peal to the supreme court During