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an innocent man has been
murdered.

Cases of this kind have
occurred, and even if only one
chance in a thousand exists,
in this case, that an innocent
man may be killed, that one
chance is sufficient, to my mind,
to stay the hand of the State.

Hoping that this letter
will help to save my friend; and
the beloved friend of many
hundreds of working men, and
women, and again calling to
your attention to the extreme
seriousness of permitting a man
to be executed, when able to prevent
it.

I am
Very respectfully

Philip Graham Avery