Public Addresses of Albert Blakeslee White; Governor of West Virginia, During His Term of Office. Including Proclamations and Other Official Papers (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated.1905 Excerpt: ... not only a power for good, as it always has been, but may again develop into a strong, self-sustaining college for the thorough christian and intellectual training of the youth who may be so fortunate as to enroll themselves as students within her walls. THE CASE OF LUD MADISON. PROCLAMATION OF THE GOVERNOR COMMUTING TO LIFE IMPRISONMENT THE CONDEMNED CONVICT. Application having been made to have the sentence of death, pronounced in the case of Lud Madison, convicted in the Criminal Court of Fayette County, of murder, on the 25th day of October, 1899, and sentenced to be hanged, commuted to life imprisonment, a short statement of the history of the case and the reasons for taking action are necessary. Lud Madison, a negro twenty-four years of age, was indicted and convicted on the charge of murder in the Criminal Court of Fayette County and sentenced to be hanged on December 15th, 1899. On the 12th day of December, 1899, the Advisory Board of Pardons recommended that a reprieve be granted in order to afford Madison's attorneys an opportunity to prepare a writ of error to said judgment against him, and on the 14th day of December, 1899, Honorable George W. Atkinson, then Governor, granted a reprieve of thirty days. This reprieve reached the prisoner on the day before he was condemned to be hanged. On the 12th day of January, 1900, Honorable George W. Atkinson, then Governor, issued the death warrant requiring the said Madison to be hanged on the 13th day of January, 1900, at the expiration of the respite granted on the 14th day of December, 1899. In the meantime, on the 15th day of December, 1899, the Circuit Court of Fayette County refused to grant and award a writ of error. An application being made to the Supreme Court, a writ of error and supersedeas was...