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GOV. BROWN REFUSES PADo. After Fourteen Years' Liberty, Geor cia Man Sentenced to Life for Murder Begin Service. Atlanta, Ga., April 22.-In denying the application for pardon filed by Thomas Edgar Stripling, former po lice chief of Danville, Va., under sen "tence of life imprisonment for the murder of William J. Cornett, Gover nor Brown, in a review of the case, made public tonight, excoriates the "unwritten law," which Stripling pleaded in justification of his act, as a euphemism presenting, when un mask4d, "thc hideous feature of an archy. Danger of Lawlessness. "One of the most dangerous evis1s menacing our institutions is lawless mess," declared the governor "the mob executing in wild disorder its vic tim and the individual wreaking his own revenge for wrongs, real or ima-: ginary, the man or interest treating with contempt the laws of the land and trusting to gold or "influence" for safety, are striking manifestations of! this spirit of lawlessness." While expressing profound sym pathy for Stripling's family and high respect for the impulses which prompted his friends to apply for a pardon for him, Governor Brown says that sympathy and personal friend ship have no right to supplant an, oath-bound duty to execute the laws of Georgia Convicted by His Peers. "Above the rolling tide and obscur ing fog of sympathy and emotions, we can not fail to see the rock of the record which shows that Thomas Edgar Stripling, by a jury of his peers, was convicted of the murder of a fel low man," continued the governor; "that he afterward violated a second law of Georgia, by breaking jail and fleeing to another State, and that, enmeshed in the complications of his crime, his own brother-in-law, Terr-ll Huff, was sent to the prison, within which he was confined at hard labor, until through doubts as to his guilt, he was set free on recommendation of 6Uthe prison commission. I greatly re gret, therefore, that under the condi tions, I do not feel justified in inter rupting in this case the due process. of law." Reviews Record After Escape. Governor Brown discusses Strip ;ling's life after he broke fail, in 1897, and does not find it sufficiently spot less to entitle him to a pardon and continu:ed liberty, as his friends had hoped. "Not one man in several hun dred kills one man," says the gover nor. "Not one man in five thousand; kills two men and intentionally! wounds another and, while an officer1 of the law, is fined once for oppro brious language, (profanity) and once for violence toward yet other men. But this is Stripling's record since he killed Cornet. I do not say~ that he was not within the scope of his duty in each of the tragic incid.ents mark ing his career since he fled from this State, but I submit that they impair the power to claim that his life In Vil 4 ginia is above suspicion and per se en tin-es him to a pardon in Georgia." Stripling Coolly Receives News. Columbus, Ga., April 22.--Thomas: Edgar Striping, former chief of police of Danville. Va., who is confined in~ the county jail here, awaiting the out come of his petition for pardon f3r the killing of Win. J. Cornett, was inform ed tonight that the governor had de clined to aplzove the recomme.1r.tion for pardon. Stripling displayed no emotion, and when asked if he had any comment, merely replied: "I 'have nothing to say." Mrs. Stripling Interviewed. Danville, Va., April 22.--When seen tonight by a representative of the As sociated Jress, Mrs. Stripling was in clined to be reticent. "What are your plans for the fu ture?" "Well, I don't know that I care to* make them public at present." "Do you expect to continue to reside in Danville?" "I do not see where that concerns you." she replied. 1 "Were you surprised at the gover nor in refusing a pardon?" ,"Well, yes; I had fully expected that the recommendation of the par don board would be carried out." "We own our own little home in) Danville and will, as far as I know: at present, continu;e to live in this city." Mrs. Stripling stated that she and the entire family had jnst returned. from Georgia and Alabama, where they spent several weeks visiting old friends, and that the sentiment in that section1 was in'crThle to her husb~and. As v:e prCeii(ted all of Col.Fie' talk about wvhat he was goinm rt a'tout Gov. Blease was noi e he ' ti o detract attenti'on fr h ".icus charge the gove:s: :nade - ()ranzeburg f>:~-s ?nJ OUR' OXI Are Gooc Not becai they are. until you to find 01 next pair. vinced, P Always St Oi AGSTRATE'S ROW k-i ON IN GREENWOOD f of rdge Watts Refuses to Issue Orders pi Title to Office Involved. te Greenwood, April 21.--Judge Watts M re this afternoon, declined to issue M norder requiring Judge Kerr to turn at )er to J. W. Canfield, Gov. Blease's ppoi.ntee, the books and papers be- fif oging to the office of magistrate at w eenwood. Judge Watts held that the le to the office, was involved and iht he could not try the title in pro edings of the kind brought by the L4( :orneys for Mr. Canfield. The i-ule heretofore issued by Judge atts in this case was heard on the titon and affidavit of Mr. Canfield er :ached and on the return of Mr. Cl arr and affidavit of Senator C. A. C. fic aller attached. -s lei The petition among other things al- A ged that the appoint:ment of Mr. sb nfield was a recess appointment and dc lmanded possession of the books and pers of the magistrate's office. The turn of Mr. Kerr denied that the pointment was regular and put the estion of title to the office in issue. C The return is too long to set out in ll, but in substance this is about :h nature of the return: It was con eded by the attorneys for Mr. Can icd that on the authority of the case fWhipple and the Seibles case they re entitled to a rule requiring Mr. to rr to turn over the books and pa rs of the office. The attorneys for D r. Kerr contended that the doctrine in fthose cases apph~ed only where t are was a prima facie title to office own by the record and that in this va se such did not appear, but on the re ntrary the title to the office was in me and that the court could not try a question of title ; the office on: ule to show cavse TL.-y :eUed on ca(xse of' Bullek aga:ns: McMillan iM c:hr eais-. .dg Wat a uu that inorder to : nt the rn!h roucid necessarily thl required under the allegat,ions of th ho return to try the t> to the of- g e which cuestiont he could not go vart-Perry Co. V'VERY Shoe we show in -d our store possesses so iuch of genuine merit that I warrants your attention nd deserves your admira ion & careful consideration 2ORDS AND S I Oxfords and ise we say so, but be You will never knoz wear them. A gooc it is when you need Come, see and be rices from $1.50 to I tPerry riving to Pleas ice wear the Krip >endorf SHOES mnd you will know Lhy- we claim so much for them. art-Perry Co. nd and passed an order to this ef et without prejudice to the rights the other party to bring such a -oceeding as th.ey might desire to st the title to the office. Judge Kerr was represented by essrs. Grier, Park & Nicholson, anid r. Candield by Messrs. E. L. Rich dson and H. C. Tillman. The next move belongs to Mr. Can id now and it remains to be seen at this will be. e GOV. BLEASE NEVER SAID IT. R ters Bearing on Nuch Discussed Cheves Portrait Incident. Columbia, April 22.-Taking furth- qPat official notice of the Langdon OIIE eves incident, Governor Blease's of- qPat e today furnished copies of the first qStre :ter from Hal Morrison, the artist of qNel lanta, and the reply of the gover r's secretary. Thie correspondence qv ows that the words "the governor qPha es not know where he is now at'' sa are never used. (u The correspondence follows: "97 1-2 Peachtree Street, Atlanta,' lumbia, S. C.-My Dear Sir: "I have been employed by the U. S. vernmnent to paint a portrait of ngdon Cheves, former congressma-1I > your State and speaker of the ~ ost um. of representatives at Washing "I would like to know just what can RC cbtained, under your jurisc 'tion, R the line of likenesses of thi; a' - ~man. "Thanking you very much, in ad nee, for the information, 1 am, most] spectfully, (Signed) "Hal Morrison.'' 'March 123, 1911-Mr. Hal Morrison, Nf ln ta, Ga--Dear Sir: All o "The governor is in rcre'ptof your hereby ter of Marc. 31. and dircts me to their re n.i el,tat 2e does5 not know~x days by \2:Wig ab,out th. ma:iorC refer red tO: at t Is 'Vr 21 ;i osession, and' ore is nothing in this office in re- 4-18-St rd to it. 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