The Semi Weekly Messenger

Habeas Corpus Petition of Mrs. Rogers Denied

Brattleboro, Vt., June 22. The habeas corpus petition of Mrs. Mary M. Rogers was denied by Judge Wheeler, sitting as a justice of the United States Circuit court today. In his opinion Judge Wheeler criticised the proceedings of the state with reference to Mrs. Rogers and her case. He could not see, however, that he was justified in ordering her discharged from custody.

Mrs. Rogers' lawyers filed an appeal.
LIFE SAVED FOR THE THIRD TIME

Governor Bell Grants Reprieve to Condemned Woman.

HANGING WAS SET FOR TODAY

The Case Will Now Be Carried to the United States Supreme Court on Constitutional Questions--Reprieve is Granted Until December 5th

Brattleboro, Vt., June 22. A reprieve until December 5, for Mrs. Mary M. Rogers, the condemned murderess, was signed this afternoon by Governor Charles J. Bell, and for the third time the woman who was to have been hanged at Windsor tomorrow for the killing of her husband, has been saved through the operation of the governor's power of staying the execution.

Today's reprieve was granted in order that the case may be carried to the supreme court of the United States on constitutional questions, which were raised at a hearing before Judge Hoyt H. Wheeler, sitting as a justice of the United States circuit court.

Mrs. Rogers' attorneys petitioned for her release on a writ of habeas corpus. The court declined to grant the petition, but suggested that the points of law raised by the petitioner were such as should be passed upon by the supreme court of the country. The refusal of the judge to grant the writ, was at once followed by the filing of an appeal. Judge Wheeler thereupon announced that he would render his decision upon the question of appeal late in the afternoon in order to give Governor Bell an opportunity to reprieve Mrs. Rogers.

Late this afternoon, Judge Wheeler received a telegraphic message from Governor Bell at White River junction announcing that Mrs. Rogers had been reprieved. The judge at once signed the paper, which gave to Mrs. Rogers the legal right to have her case heard before the Supreme court of the United States.