Show SAYS II1CEI II DIED 1 SCAFFOLD Letter to Chicago Police As serts Real Murderer of Girl Escaped CHICAGO Dec 8 That an innocent man was executed here in 1894 when George H. Pa nter vas hanged for t e murder of Al ce Alart n s t e statement made in a letter rce ved today by C ef of Po Ice Gleason f ro n a person s Dn ng h mse I R. W Ba ter of Buffa o Sa gamon county I no s T e wr te asked that Pa nters elat ves be fo nd and prom ed to remove the stigma from t e fam y Pa n er s last wo ds on tne scaffo d were a declarat on tha e was not gu lty The hang ng of Pa nter was made un usually b uta by t e break ng of the rope He fe to the cemen pav ng of t e jal ard and had to be suppo ed b two me wh e the noose was aga n ad jus ed The real murderer of A ce Ma t n for whose deat George H Painter was hanged in 1894 was a tramp who ca ed 1 mself Jack Cade accord ng to R. W Ba. ter Baxter sa d he met Cade wh le on the road In Montana a few years ago and that Cade to d him he 1 ad k ed Alice Ma t n and let Pa nter lose h s fe in penal y Cade Is dead Baxter de clared Baxter wo s 74 years o d makes his v ng se Ing extracts and it was w le on the road in th s b s ness tl at he n e Cade he sa d H s ne ghbors genera y do not cred t his stor Al ce Mart n Pa nte s sweetheart was beaten to death 1 1891 and Pa nter was aires ed ninp mon b ater After two years of fighting tl e p soner was con victed and executed On t e scaffo d he sa d If I V 1 ed Al ce Mart n the g rl I dearly loved the woman I lo ed so nucl that I would almost comm t any cr me for er I pray t s m nute n y last m nute on earth that the ete nal God wil put me inta eternal he 1 ad cont nued KSentlen en if there Is one man among you who Is an Ame ca I say to him on h s sou on 1 s soul I sav t at 1 e find the murderer of Alee Mart n. In t e scafto d pra er t e Rev A. P Moe djke said Mav he vhon so many bel eve nno cent of th s c me jo n Thee in ever asting 1 fe for t e sake O Lord of T y so Jesus Christ our Lo d G eason sa d he wou d take no steps in t e matter e cept to look for Painter s re atives to n ake known to them Ba ter s request |