All we can do is keep going up against then as long as Ray is alive because when he dies it will not be possible to establish the truth of his innocence in a court of law.

[citation needed] He was educated at the University of Pennsylvania graduating from the college in 1862 and from the medical school in 1864. Pepper was the founder of Philadelphia's first free public library chartered in 1891 through funds provided by the estate of his late uncle which became the Free Library of Philadelphia today the city's multi-branch public library system. and Sarah Platt Pepper.

M. (August 21 1843 - July 28 1898) an American physician was a leader in medical education in the nineteenth century and a longtime Provost of the University of Pennsylvania.