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watch fobs he was writing poetry which he sent to his correspondents. Off and on he also sent small sums of money to a former prison official who had "resigned" and who lived in Tecumseh. Soon his stepbrother arrived and found work in a hotel. He looked more like a twin brother to the murderer than a stepbrother. They were permitted to visit each other, but a guard stood by and heard their conversation. The brother usually brought a bag of fruit. This was always given a most careful examination. After Prince had been in the hole for a few days he sent for and was given a Bible and became a most ardent Bible student. What a pity that he did not commence long ago!

At his trial, held in June, his attorneys fought hard to save his life from the gallows but the odds were against them. He was found guilty and Judge Cornish sentenced him to hang on August the thirteenth. Mr. Howard immediately appealed to the su-

 
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preme court. It was during his trial that Prince, upon seeing Mrs. Davis enter the court room, turned to Warden Melick and said: "If I had stopped to think of the grief and sorrow that my crime would cause that woman, I would never have done it. As I look upon her and see how she suffers I feel sorry for what I did." This was the only time that he ever expressed any regret over his crime. When going to and from the courthouse he had walked erect, with an air of bravado, and seemed to enjoy the notoriety that he was getting. He had expected a life sentence, and now he was much disappointed, became sullen and gloomy, and seemed to realize that he was up against it. He studied the Bible more and more, and wrote many letters to religious people, also to the former prison chaplain at Tecumseh who had come to his trial at his request as a witness, but whose testimony did him neither good nor harm. Warden Melick treated him as he treated

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all the other prisoners, with kindness. He had a guard take him out for a walk every other day and he enjoyed the privilege. Nevertheless he would often become unruly. One morning he asked the doctor for some "dope." He was promptly refused and he appealed to the warden. Colonel Melick came to see him but also refused. Then Prince asked the reason why. The Warden gave as his reason, that the negro would not be able to make peace with his maker with his brains clouded with poison. From time to time he asked for "dope" and each time he was refused. He was hoping that the supreme court would either grant him a new trial or change the sentence from death to life imprisonment; but that high tribunal concurred with the trial court and fixed the twentieth day of April, 1913 for the execution. He now turned to the pardon board to save his life from the gallows. A hearing was granted, and those interested appeared before, the board in the prison

 
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library. Mr. Hager, deputy county attorney, appeared for the state. His speech was short and to the point. He stated that the murderer had had a fair and impartial trial and that the supreme court had concurred with the trial court. Mr. Howard, his attorney, pleaded that the sentence of his client be commuted to life imprisonment and so did also several good Christians, who do not believe in capital punishment. The fake religionists also appeared in his behalf that they might get a little notoriety. Within a few days the board reported to the governor. Doctor Butler's report was a most interesting document. It set forth how the doctor, anticipating this hearing, had set out to investigate the past life of the murderer, and had traced his wanderings from time to time. It showed how Prince had been a criminal since boyhood, and how he kept up his crime behind the prison walls. To commute his sentence to life imprisonment was to place in jeopardy