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About The Montgomery monitor. (Mt. Vernon, Montgomery County, Ga.) 1886-current | View Entire Issue (April 13, 1911)
BOARD RECOMMENDS LIFE IMPRISONMENT. : Atlanta, Ga., April 7. —J. C. Hunter, the Savannah Confed erate veteran under sentence of <£eath for murdering his wife, Mrs. Ohlander, and Mrs. Gribble, Ypas recommended for commuta tion to life imprisonment today by the prison commission. ; If this decision is finally ap proved by Governor Brown, Hunter will have to thank the courage and work of practically two men —Rev. J. S. Wilder, a young Baptist minister of Savan nah, and Attorney M. F. Oliver, who made the plea for mercy be fore the prison commission. No petitions, no papers of any note, with the exception of the long protest against clemency filed by Walter Ohlander, of Memphis, husband of the mur dered woman, were placed be fore the commission. But Rev. Mr. Wilder thought there were strong elements of doubt con cerning Hunter’s guilt, and he had the courage to appeal for a special.hearing. Two points of importance were brought out in Attorney Oliver’s statement. The principal one was the factor of circumstantial evidence surrounding Hunter’s conviction. He read from the records of the case to indicate this fact clearly. Then there was the confession of the negro, Binham Bryan. This negro con fessed that he committed the re volting crime, but the police ap parently disproved this confes sion, and fixed the guilt on Hun ter. Mr. Oliver showed that B/yan’s clothing bore blood stains, and there were traces of it even after he had washed his clothing. “I would be the last man in the world to come here and ask for mercy for this man,” said the attorney, ‘‘unless very grave doubts existed of his guilt. I know Dr. Wilder well enough to know that no power could induce him to come here with a plea for such mercy if he believed Hunter guilty of this hideous crime. ‘‘But very serious doubts do exist in many minds as to Hun ter’s guilt. When news of this fearful atrocity went forth to the world, the law authorities of Chatham realized that the world demanded the apprehension of the perpetrator or perpetrators of the diabolical deed. They are to be commanded for their zeal and ardor in running down the criminal, but I do not believe this triple crime has been fixed beyond reasonable human doubt on J. C. Hunter.” Mr. Wilder also made a state ment, covering to a very large extent the same ground, but his earnestness, his evident deep conviction of the innocence of Hunter had its weight. In a very short time after going into exec utive session the commission de cided on the recommendation to life imprisonment. A few weeks ago the supreme court affirmed Hunter’s convic tion. A day or so ago Judge Charlton resentenced Hunter to death, the execution being set for May 12. Rhode Island Red Eggs for Sale. All new stock. Extra red and active layers. Highbred. See me for eggs. Mrs. J. M. D. McGregor, Ailey, Ga. 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It is practically certain that the net loss will reach above a quarter of a million dollars. Lack of water pressure was responsible for the fire get ting beyond control of the Dalton department. Practically every telephone in Dalton is out of commission to night. Plans are under way for the re building of the burned district. G. V. Downing of Atlanta was the only man injured during the progress of the fire. Downing was seen to climb out of a window of the Hotel Dalton when the building was a mass of flames. A ladder was being raised to take him down and the crowd urged him not to jump. Unheeding the frantic voices lie swung' from the window, grasped for a water pipe, missed it and went tumbling to the ground. In his descent he struck a mass of telephone wires, which broke bis fall, and he land ed, badly bruised, but not se riously injured Chattanooga’s automobile fire engine was hurried to Dalton on a special train, but it was not un loaded. The lira at that time was under control. 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After Byrd had been sent | his dinner the sheriff beard three j cries from liiscell and rushed up, to find Byrd on his cot, bleeding ; profusely from a large, gaping! wound in tb“ neck. Physicians were summoned and examination : showed the throat had been etp from ear to ear and the smaller veins severed, but tho artery was not cut. The wound was dressed and sewed by physicians. The only weapon found was a small blade of a safety razor which Byrd said he had kept for such aii emergency for a long time, without the sherilf’s know ledge. He bad asked for mor phine this morning and was de spondent about his case in the Superior Court next week. Byrd killed Prince Sunday af ternoon four months ago nejir Broad street when, with two com panions, Gunn and Stevenson, and the three were held, Byrd for murder and the two others for complicity. Byrd is not expected to recover from Ins wound. Ho has a wife and child at. Fort Valley. _ For Discharge. Georgia—Montgomery ('onilly. Whereas, S. .1. 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