Typed as spelled and written
Lena Stone Criswell

THE MARLIN DEMOCRAT
Thirteenth Year - Number 6
Marlin, Texas, Thursday, April 10, 1902
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ROAN GETS TEN
DAYS MORE.
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Governor Sayers Grants Further
Respite.
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       Prisoner Spirited Away.
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       At nine o'clock and thirty minutes Tuesday morning, Governor Joseph D. Sayers telephone Sheriff Charles P. Carlton that he had granted John Roan a further reprieve of ten days.
       This was confirmed later by wire and at ten o'clock Sheriff Carlton and Deputy Sheriffs Bates and Tomlinson left the city with the prisoner by a fast conveyance and he is now out of harm's way.
       A large crowd had collected on the south side of the jail in the court house yard and the prisoner was carried out through the west door and through the servant's house by City Marshal Coleman and Deputy Sheriff Bates to a conveyance in waiting near by and was on his way to safety before many people knew (wh)at was going on.
       (Missing) was little excitement (missing) among the crowd, but low mutterings of disapproval at the governor's action and some gave vent to their feelings in stronger terms than can be put in print.
       The action of the sheriff in removing the prisoner was only a precautionary move.  There is little probability that a successful attempt to rob him would be made had he remained, but the safest plan was to remove him to another jail and the sheriff acted promptly.
       When notified of the action of the Governor, John showed no change in expression.  He received the information with that stolid indiference (sic) that has characterized him throughout, during the trial and ever since.
       The respite means that the case will be fought out again before the Governor and it is certain it will excite a great deal of interest.  Some of the best citizens of Marlin and Falls county believe that the sentence should be commuted while others just as good and conscientious believe he ought to hang.  The outcome will be awaited with interest.
       A synopsis of the evidence, as it appears of record in the case is published today.

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