Early Governors' Papers

Greeneville Greene County East Tennessee 19th April 1828.

His Excellency. Samuel Houston esquire

On the night of the 15th of this Instt. a fellow by the name of Daniel Dyche with another in Company broke the Jail of this County and made his escape- He was tried and convicted at the lst September Term of the Circuit Court here for the wanton and unprovoked Murder of his Neighbor and friend- Daniel Adams, as appeared from the Evidence on the Trial- and no extenuating Circumstance but the too free Use of Whiskey-

The object of this is to ask your Excellency to offer a Reward for the Villain proportional to the magnitude of his Crime, that he may suffer that punishment which the Law has directed to be inflictedbut from which with the Assistance of one or more villains from the Out-side of the Jail he has at present escaped- Daniel Adams's connexions are poor, respectable, but unable to offer any Reward for his Apprehension-

Be pleased to direct as General a Publication as the Case will admit of particularly in the Papers of East Tennessee

Respectfully yr. Obet.

Richard M. Woods Sheriff of Greene County

Daniel Dyche is about 22 or 23 years of Age but appears much younger than he really is- smooth facenot much Beard- dark Skin- bleached by a length of confinement in prison- dark, thick, straight hair trimed in

objects for which punishment was instituted as well as to detain them in prison untill the expiration of the s^d three Months - Do beseach your Excellen-cy to remit the remainder of their imprisonment One Solicitation arises alone from motives of humanity ~ - Whatever may be your Will, we as in duty bound, will ever pray ~

M [S?] R Maloney Geo Jones John McKee [E Guinn?] Joseph Cutler M. Payne Jno. Britten [U?] Sevier James Patterson James Brittain Richard M Woods Richard West Jas W Wyly Wm Villance Joseph Brawn Christian Dyde W A [H Leclance?]

Citizens of G. County -

Petition to the executive -

Praying a par don, for the persons therein named.

Haward

Not Granted Sam Houston