Salt Lake Tribune | 1906-07-21 | Page 5 | Sticks to His Promise

STICKS TO HIS PROMISE Gourdain Still Insists Upon Going to State '3 Prison. X A R A G A N SETT PIER, R. T., July 19. Louis A- Gourdain, tho allrgod Chicago and Now Orleans lottery doaler, who is seeking to bo roturnod to tho .Toilet, JU.. penitentiary, from which he was recently reclamed, arrived horo from New York tonight, and wont to the home of Justice Whito of the ...inrcme court of tho Unitiid Statos. Justice "Whito informed in-formed him that he would not accept the potitiou or order it fllod by tho clerk of tho court. The Interview between Justice "White and his visitor was a pleasant one, as Justice Whito was formerlv acquaintod with Gonr-d Gonr-d run's fathor, and both came from La Fourcho parish. La. - In the petition. Gourdain explained, he had set forth that during his trial ho had given his word that if convicted ho would not appeal from tho sentence, hut in some mysterious way an attorney had afterward intorvoncd and had secured a pardon for him, which Gonrdain, at tho earnest soliciia-tion soliciia-tion of hiR wife, had accepted hy signing the required bond. Afterward. Gourdain explained, ex-plained, ho repented of his action as he considered his honor involvod because of his promise made in court prior to his conviction, con-viction, and he therefore desired So ho returned re-turned lo tho penitentiary