Letter from Finis H. Little to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn; June 20, 1871

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Letter from Finis H. Little to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn; June 20, 1871

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Alcorn, J. L. (James Lusk), 1816-1894 Anderson, Unknown Gewin, Unknown Hewson, H. F.Little, Finis H.Moore, Unknown

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Crime Crime--Assassination Crime--Jail Escapes Criminal Procedure--Imprisonment Trial

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Courts Courts--Chancery Courts Jails Mississippi. Executive Department

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Clerks Lawyers Secretaries Sheriff

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Aberdeen (Miss.)Athens (Miss.)Jackson (Miss.)Kentucky Monroe County (Miss.)

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Office of
Chancery Clerk of Monroe County,
Aberdeen, Miss. June 20^th 1871

His Excellency,
J. L. Alcorn
Jackson

Governor,

Sheriff Anderson informs me that you have telegraphed him relative to the safe keeping of Moore and Gewin, now confined in our county jail, at Athens.

Capt Moore is a Kentuckian and an acquaintance of mine, and I know him to be a man of courage and honor—incapable of a mean act, or assassination and I am confident that he would not escape if he could, as he and his friends have no fears of the result of his trial.

I have made myself familiar with the facts of his case, and believe if you were the juryman you would acquit him without

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leaving the box. He is a marked man, and could not escape pursuit, and would not by such an attempt blast the hopes of his family and friends. I must think his enemies misrepresent him, and the facts of the case to you.

The is not the least danger of the escape of either Moore of Gewin—the jail is a good one, and entirely secure. [gap] The Counsel for the state, with a full knowledge of all the facts consented that the prisoners should be kept here, and that some indulgence should be shown them. (which has not been done.) I therefore suppose that you must have received information of danger from an outsider [gap] I assure you that no danger of an escape need be apprehended.

Respectfully, Your Obt Srt

Finis H. Little

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PRECIS.
[gap]

No! [gap]

Executive Office,
State of Mississippi,
County of Monroe

From Finis H. Little
Address Aberdeen
Dated June 20/71
Received " 28/71
Answered [gap]

Says there is no danger of the escape of either Moore or Gewin

JAMES L. ALCORN,
Governor.

H. F. HEWSON,
Private Secretary.