Evening star., 1933-01-15
EXTRAD|T|ON FIGHT
AVO|DEDBYGEORG|A
Gov. TaImadge viii Send New
Papers for Fugitive Held
in Michigan.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
ATLANTA, January 14.-The Cover
nor of Georgia says there will be no
controversy between him and the Gov
ernor Of Michigan over the extradition
Of an escaped Georgia prisoner.
Gov. Eugene Talmadge of Georgia
announced today that Gov. william A.
Comstock of Michigan had told him
in telephone conversation he would
grant the extradition of Jesse Craw-
ford, colored fugitive, when the requi-
sition papers met Michigan require
meats. Yesterday Gov Comstock de-
clined to honor Georgia's request.
Gov Comstock at Lansing, however.
said that "if Gov. Talmadgs concluded
that had agreed to return Crawford,
he evidently misunderstood my state
ments over long-distance telephone this
morning.
Didn't Commit Self,
Conlstock said he had merely in
formed the Governor of Georgia that
"extradition was denied Crawford yes
terday because of the insuficiency of
the extradition papers. did not COM
init myself nor do I choose to do so
whether I shall honor the request Of
the Governor of Georgia if the papers
are perfected.
Talmadge said the Governor of Mich
1gan told me that they raised the point
about that cruelty business at the hear
ing, but that he paid no attention to
It, but did decline extradition because
the papers were not in proper form"
Gov Talmadge was correct when he
quoted me as saying that paid no at
tention at the hearing to the allegations
of brutality in connection with Georgia's
treatment of chain gang prisoners"
Ccmstock said. Il did not consider the
merits Of the case, but merely the in
suflciency of the papers"
mo Controversy" to Arise.
After learning that Gov. Comstock
said the Georgia Governor had misun-
derstood him about granting the extra
dition when Michigan's requirements
were met, Talmadge said only that there
would be mo controversy between Gov.
Comstock and myself" over the extra
dition
Crawford is wanted in Fulton County
for an automobile theft and burglary
He escaped from a Fulton County chain
gang camp April z, 1882, with three
others by cutting hole through the
thick board floor in a corner of their
sleeping quarters. He was serving two
sentences, one for auto theft and an
other for burglary.
Gov Comstock, in denying extradi-
ton. followed recommendations Of As
sistant Attorney General George Muir
ply. who presided at the hearing at
which CraUford's attorneys and one
other witness charged that to send him
back to Georgia would be to subject
him to "inhumen tortures."
Exhibits Three Scars.
Crawford exhibited three scars at the
hearing which he said were caused by
chains. He said he was fastened In
stocks because he was too i'll toswork
and that he was forced to eat and sleep
in chains
Three Fulton County officials, Com
missioner Walter G. Hendrix, DR.. W. l..
Gilbert, physician and member of the
County Beard, and A. A. Clark, jr.,
superintendent of county public works,
denied there had been any i'll treat
ment of convicts In Fulton County
camps.
Prison Commissioner Vivian Stanley
wired Michigan authorities to re-arrest
Crawford. who gained his freedom by
habeaS corpus after extradiction was
denied, and officials were preparing
new papers to send that would meet
Michigan'S requirements.