Show L UNABLE TO HANDLEI HANDLE I DEFENSE OF DAY I Young Voting Attorneys Make Open S Statement of Their In- In experience I 1 MANY ASK COMMUTATION COMMUTATIONS S p pS S Petitions to Board of Pardons Pardon From Salt Lake and Al Allen Allen Al- Al I len County Texas it S rI 1 When S tho the board hoard of pardons meets meet v this morning mornin- it will bo ho confronted wita with wit witha f a n It petition for or the the- commutation of th tho t 5 death sentence of Albert Alhert T. T Day t to tot t- t 5 S lifo life Imprisonment Willie While tilt the board boar C 55 mn may not net act on the matter tOlla tola thos r S Interested ll in the tho colored 11 slayer In vcr o or of SIj 1 S Horace II n. Voss ass hn hate hae c been active ct o ond an nd S ha haxe hav sot ot out their thell views in a n petition S I Sl Signers ner of oC the tho petition for 01 4 5 I tion arc aro T J J. W. W Hou Houston ton George corge D D. I t 5 Keysor n Groo John U. U Winder t I- I j. j jr J J. J II ln R D. D O. O Mog Mo Mo- g to 1 roni Heiner A. A C C. mils Ellis jr l Rus-oll Rus C I IS S Walker allor T. T 1 Gunter W. W H U. S Dickson and a number of or others to together to- to ij gether with school teachers and nud color colot f ed d persons I The law firm of nl Kills Ellis Ellis 4 c has taken a 0 hand band in th the I matter asking the board of ot pardons 1 to commute the tho sentence and setting L 1 forth that DR Day did not have tho the advantage ad all- or S vantage o of experienced lawyers la In his hi- defense Walter altor W. W Little and ami William WilliamI I 1 Jj Dunn Duni two young oun attorneys were 5 defending Day h lit hut t the the older oller firm of ot attorneys believes belle that the accused man I o ha had a better show If It there I hail had b boen En moro morn e experienced counsel counRel 1 Little and anti Dunn also send sf-nd a statement state state- I ment mont to tilt fun board railing calling n Attention to F- F the thc communication from Dickson Ell Ellis I. I 1 JIlis S. S In 11 their petition tho firm points out outI rl I i. i that all alt right of oC appeal h has as now been that of Is I lost but tho the character Day Dar such Ruch that penalty would d bo ho justifiable rho They rhey point out that I ff owing to the youth and Jn Inexperience or of fJ the thc attorneys for Cor or Da Day he lie hen n was CLR not given hen henK K the proper defense which should ho he accorded ac no- cS corded a l man on trial for his life lite J S-i. S Wo We c make tills this statement sa sav Y the theS S older attorneys M In Iii their petition without without without with out desire in any way to reflect upon the tho counsel who conducted the tho defense l of oC tho the accused but hut they the pre Port young youn men S 'S Inexperienced In the tho trial of nr criminal tl eases Involving ol tho life of one accused ed edor of or crimp crime and wo confidently state tah that thata of ot the record in this I a careful reading cause will show that the accused did t not e have the benefit of or that sound and experienced jud judgment ment which er e every man mai maiI I whose life lito is at It stake should Iho have ha and antI receive recel 5 Statement of or if The Tho statement of or Mr Little and Mr 4 5 i Dunn Dunn Is 11 as aR follows At At the eleventh elc hour In thin cn case 5 a a. very cAT reputable firm flim of nf lawyor to toS toI S I wit Dickson Ellis Ellis has formulated n a petition on and andS S secured signatures thereto for Cor or St S presentation of ot same to your our honorable r tj J I bod body S SS S Prom From the first day n that t wo entered upon the tho performance of or our out duties as this poor unfortunate mans man's attorneys r wo we have o at all times Ume felt and expressed S j jh h l. l our own oun limitations and lack Inch of experience 4 once ence In handling caS cases F of or so 10 grave rl e a aL nature ns as this thin ono one On divers dl occasions occa occa- L 5 4 Ions we have earnestly requested and Importuned Importune without avail however hIMl hi hl Ml friends friend to procure procuro additional or new tew counsel But nut wo we Il gae to the defense S S. S o of Albert T T. Day our whole and experience whatever er that might have amounted to 1 S Your honorably hol body must mun know from experience that courts appoint attorneys cC to defend prisoners on rF charged charge 5 with crime if every lawyer would f sacredly regard the put upon him b by statute there would ho he no need t- t I of or courts appointing inexperienced S' S S counsel and th the tho defenseless and op opS oppressed op op- S I pressed would be he defended by hy the most able practitioners at nt tho barWe bar I We Wc make tho the above o observations 1 S S actuated h by what W we believe helle to be 45 5 our duty dU toward the defendant dt In this tilts 1 case r realizing as lS we have always 1 realized our poor ability in the premises prem prom ses and arid trust that your our honorable S S body horly will take such Rt steps p an IS maybe necessary to give Kivo this defendant a S and proper hearing S I Appeal Prom Front rc S With signers ners a no petition for tor cl clemency clemency clem clem- m- m ency comes from Texa 1 I It t h Is signed 5 h by tho postmaster sheriff nn l teachers mci merchants chants and physicians who knew w Day w when en he ho lived erl there The petition I is IB S We Ve tho undersigned citizens of or orn Anderson Anderson An n derson county T Te as have hav known AF A. A T. T D Day for a great number of or years as n-l this was his home from childhood I IL up to eight or ten years a ago agoV o. o Wo V have ha no bettor citizens In iii the tho county than his hiI family He lie was 1 a n law abiding lIL S yen len wh when n ho lived her here that S loath death Is too great grent a punishment for or S tho crime that he committed we earn earn- till request your honorable bod body to 5 5 S non iule l ls sentence to a a. term In the penitentiary I |