Show OWE MAN MADE HAPPY John S Andrews Pardoned Yesterday Yes-terday by the Governor THE BOARD OF PARDONS THIn EN APrildATIOXS FOR EXECUTIVE ECUTIVE CLEMEXGY CONSIDERED One AVa Postponed and Eleven Denied Session Lasted All Day TiventyTvro Applications Before itlie Board Tlie Rest Will Be Considered Con-sidered Tomorrow One Petitioner it Humorist Would Not Have iCIommittcd Burglary i tIle Pace Hart Been More Securely Locked A Terrible Wrong Has Been Done One Applicant i His Story i rrue Some Interesting Petitions The board of pardons met yesterday to consider a grist of applications for executive clemency In all there were twentytwo applications some accompanied accom-panied by petitions signed by friends and some not but all contained a pit ful appeal to the head of the state government for that freedom which othsr men enjoy The board sat from early morning till 7 oclock in the evening even-ing but only succeeded in acting on thirteen of the applications each one of which set forth at length reasons calculated to actuate the board favorably favor-ably for the petitioners ONE PARDON GRANTED Of the thirteen applications considered consider-ed but one was granted That was the case of John S Andrews of Ogden who was sentenced May 20 1895 to two years in the penitentiary for burglary Accompanying the application a a petition headed by Secretary of State J T Hammond and signed by a large number of prominent citizens which represented that the offense was Andrews drews first that he had a family dependent de-pendent upon charity for support and that inasmuch as he had served six months of his sentence besides being confined in the county jail a month prior to sentence it was believed by the signers that he had been punished sufficiently Warden Dow of the penitentiary peni-tentiary certified to the good conduct of Andrews since his Incarceration THOSE DENIED The other applications acted upon were those of J M Richardson John Pierce J W Marsh Maurice A Pre vost Thomas F Quinn Richard Knight Samuel W McConnell Charles Durango Robert T Adams Alma Murdock James Benson and Hyrum McBride In the case of the first named the application was considered and laid over for further consideration All of the rest were refused The board ad journed at 7 oclock until tomorrow at 730 p m when the remaining applications applica-tions will be actad upon SOMETHING OF A HUMORIST Were it not for the gravity of the fact that Maurice A PreVost alias George Parmallost has five of his seven years sentence staring himdm the face his letter to the board asking that he be not compelled to remain in durance vile any longer might have been considered con-sidered by the gentlemen authorized by law to grant pardons as the utterances of a humorist written for their especial delectation He was convicted at Provo on i 1 charge of burglary and sentenced on March 5 1894 to seven years In his application the erstwhile II wrong doer represents that he is a French Canadian that at an earls ge he married against the wishes of his brides parents who proceeded to persecute per-secute him to the extent that he was driven to drink that it was during a period of mental aberration dut to excessive ex-cessive recourse to alcoholic stimulant to drown his sorrow that he discovered he was sorely in need of shoes that he found i impossible to earn sufficient ro eY to slake his thirst and buy shoes both so he had decided when a convenient con-venient opportunity offered to procure the latter from a shoe store hardby to the saloon wherein he deposited his i money with John Barleycorn and company com-pany that even therr l > he would not now be where he is had the proprietor ctf the aforesaid shoe store been more careful and have more securely fastened fasten-ed his front door that even further had the policemen 0 the beat been doing their duty instead of drinking beer and enjoying themselves at that selfsame saloon he would not have dared to try the door which gave way with the gentlest push imaginable But the police were not watchful he was full and bare footed and the door was I not properly secured hence his fall Besides all this the petitioner further I represents as an additional reason why I he should be given his freedom the fact that he had noticed that Judge Smith who sentenced him was on to i him so well There lurked not in his mind a suspicion sus-picion that his honor was acquainted with his past and knew of his previous convictions so thinking to save himself him-self a long sentence and to shield his relatives from disgrace he had given an assumed name But to his surprise Judge Smith knew all about his having done time before and even knew his real name and so he got seven years and for all these reasons he Relieves himself entitled to a pardon TEX WAS SENTENCED TWICE Charles Durango was sentenced at Provo October 5 1892 for five years for stealing horses He represented that he stole two a brown and a black but as they were owned by two different dif-ferent men he was tried twice and again on March 1 1893 was sentenced to one year more He now holds that as he stole both horses at one time he ought not to have been convicted but once More particularly should he be now pardoned he says for the reason that his accomplices who pleaded guilty received much lighter sentences Attorney John M Zane hearing that Charles was making application for a pardon wrote the board a letter he having been of the prosecution at the time in which he stated in vigorous language to the board that the appli cant is known as Tex and js an all round bad character and that if he is to be pardoned the operation of the criminal courts might as well be suspended sus-pended at once Teas pardon was among those refused SAYS HE IS INNOCENT Robert T Adams sentenced October 21 1893 to ten years for rape represented repre-sented that he was unjustly convicted that he maintained he was innocent at the time and that he still does so He claims that his accuser Mrs Dirk Jens Boss of Ogden did not at first recognize recog-nize him as her assailant and only did 50 after much prompting He insists in-sists that she was mistaken TERRIBLE IF TRUE If the statements of Samuel W McConnell I Connell of Ogden another of the petitioners pe-titioners is true someone has been titoners guilty of a terrible wrong He was sentenced at Ogden October 13 1894 to twelve years on a charge of attempted at-tempted murder His petition for a pardon was signed by several hundred people and accompanying it was a statement to the effect that he was among the strikers at Ogden during the railroad troubles of 1894 He represents rep-resents that the railroad authorities became convinced that they could only put an end to the trouble existing by securing the conviction on a serious charge of some of the leaders of the strike He being among the leaders was selected as the victim and a plot was laid for his downfall One Wooten a spy in the employ of the railroad enticed him and some companions he claims to an out of the way spot along the railroad by inviting in-viting them to call with him upon some friends and later to go to a dance that railroad tools made a pretended pre-tended attempt to derail a passenger train that the officers were notified that such an attempt was to be made and a posse was sent to the spot agreed upon that they arrived at the place where some pretended damage had been done at the same time he and his friends reached i led by the decoy de-coy that they were all arrested and he was declared the leader and charged with attempted murder He further states that the man Wooten swore to some woefully false statements state-ments on the witness stand and secured se-cured his conviction and that the same Wooten was discharged in what manner he knows not but that he does know that he is now living in plenty Together with his statement and petition McConnell submitted a dozen or more certificates from different differ-ent railroads showing he had been employed em-ployed by them and had been honorably honor-ably discharged WAS OUT OF WORK Robert Michael Bowen was convicted con-victed of forgery at Logan in September Septem-ber 1895 and was sentenced by Judge McGmms for a term of three years in the penitentiary In his petition Bowen tells the story which prompted him to break the law He is a boiler maker by trade has a family and like a number of his craft was out of work I was the failure to secure employment employ-ment he says that waS the cause of his downfall The usual statement of a good previous reputation is asserted and this portion of the petition is endorsed en-dorsed by a large number of his acquaintances ac-quaintances and some of the prosecuting prosecut-ing officials CHARGED AS A PROCURESS The petition of Mrs Mettz who was 1 I convicted as a procuress and condemned con-demned to do time for a period of thirty months had no endorsements I outside of her ow statement She was sentenced by Judge Bartch in I May last year Although convicted by the jury she proclaims her inno cense denying that she ever enticed I any young girls for the purp se of accomplishing ac-complishing their ruin She has now served about onehalf of her term and asks that she may be released so that I she can aid in the support of her only daughter who has been deserted by her husband and left alone and in a sickly condition with a child only a few weeks of age AN UNJUST COURT William Ryan was sent up from Provo in December 1893 to serve a five years term for burglary He was convicted con-victed together with James Wilson and I Richard Gould who received two and onehalf and three years resDectlvely Ryan alleges that the court did h man m-an inustice to Impose a heavier sentence sen-tence than upon his accomplices and considers that the courts severity was uncalled for wherefore he asks for executive clemency Judge Howat who prosecuted Ryan supplements the petition with a statement state-ment that he does not believe Ryan was the ringleader of the gang but that Judge Smith who sentenced him imposed a heavier penalty because of Ryans superior Intelligence from which he concluded Ryan must have been the leader of the trio MURDERED WHILE DRUNK Samuel Mulberry WILE who in 1890 while practicing target shooting at Clear I lake shot and killed Herbert Fulmer asks for a pardon and has a petition well endorsed Mr Mulberry plead guilty to murder In the second degree and received a twenty years sentence He is now 47 years old He recalls the circumstance that the shooting was done while he was in a state of intoxication intoxi-cation He has for the past few years held the position of hospital steward at the penitentiary and is spoken of very highly by the officials in charge at the prison HEDGES CASE Joseph Hedges was sentenced by Judge Bartch last year to serve seven years for an assault with intent to commit rape on a little 12yearold girl The petition has no endorsements endorse-ments After reciting the alleged circumstances circum-stances of the crime the petition goes on I was insane at the time I committed the deed and had been previously pre-viously confined in the insane asylum I ask that you pardon me because I am a Mormon I want to be free so I can help to build up the church and the kingdom of God upon this earth which I cannot do while I am in prison Joseph T Richards entered a protest against executive clemency Hedges ihe states is a hard character and a dangerous one to be turned loose upon the community PUNISHED ENOUGH Cole B Noel who robbed a saloon at Ogden and waG sent up in May 1895 for a term of two years thinks he ha suffered sufficient punishment and asks that he be pardoned Several of the jury who convicted him have signed the petition and also the keeper whose saloon was entered UNDER GREAT PROVOCATION John Benson and Hiram McBrides petition sets forth that they were convicted con-victed for voluntary manslaughter In October 1893 for the killing of Dr Elliott The latter i will be remembered remem-bered was a practicing physician in Tooele county and was alleged to have seduced Bensons wife who was a sister sis-ter to McBride Dr Elliott entered the household as a family physician so the petition states for nc other reason rea-son than to wreak ruin One day as Elliott was returning home he was shot dead b petitioners while begging for mercy They ask that in view of the great provocation they had for doing the killing that they be released from further confinement United States District Attorney Judd objects to a pardon In the case ANOTHER INNOCENT George Hartley was sent up from Provo in February last year to do a three year term for an assault to commit com-mit rape He is now 47 years of age and has a wife and grown son married mar-ried The elder of the boys appeared before the board in his fathers behalf affirming his belief that the father was innpcent and if turned loose now would become a good citizen a he had always been The wife also pleaded for clemency clem-ency TERM PROLONGED BY ERROR Wm G Bleak states in his petition that he Dleaded guilty to two indictments indict-ments of forgery in March 1894 and was sentenced to terms of two years and one year to run concurrently His term should have expired October 27 1895 but owing tC an error committed by the clerk of the court his sentence was put down as three and one year concurrently The petition Is concurred concur-red In by the prosecution THINKS LIFE TOO LONG Alma A Murdock who is serving a life term for killing Ernest Olds at iant is another petitioner for executive execu-tive clemency He has been confined in 1 the penitentiary since October 1891 OTHER APPLICANTS The other applicants for executive clemency make the usual statements that they have served portions of their terms tha they have fully repented their wrong doings and believe they have been punished enough and not a t few have destitute families or a poor support mother or other relative who need their |