Show Pardoned Editors Herald Please correct the article in your paper of December 28th under the head of Escaped Convict and give the facts Thomas Moulton was pardoned by the Governor as a Christmas gift to his aged and widowed mother and also upon recommendation of the acting warden war-den for his good conduct during his imprisonmentG G E THORNTON Acting Warden Utah Penitentiary December 29th 1881 The HERALD was wrong Moul ton was pardoned on Thursday week by the Governor at the request re-quest of his mother and as the acting warden says upon his rec oinrnendation for his Moultpns good conduct during his imprisonment imprison-ment The acting warden must be a little off when he says Moulton has been a man of exemplary conduct con-duct for it is known by all the city and county officials who knew Moulton that he was a desperate I des-perate man as his repeated re-peated daring attempts at ecape while in the county and city jails show and as is additionally testifiet toby > his attempted escape from the Peiiitentiay under Warden Butler While the Governors right to pardon par-don Moulton is unquestioned it is certain that he could have found within the Penitentiary walls those far more worthy the executive clemency clem-ency and if the record of Moulton is a sufficient evidence of good conduct con-duct to justify the acting wardon in recommending pardons the entire i i Penitentiary might be emptied |