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Show Hontonced. VYm. U. Krllcy, who w.ta convicted of murder in ihe nucoud di-grno last w.-ek lor the killing of J'etcr Van Vnlkenbor couple of years ago, re- reived liii pimiUuh-o yebterday. Judge lOnti'ison aentemid th cuiivict to a liltci u ytara' term of bard labor in ihe territorial penitentiary, and the convict waa imnifdiatt-ly taken lo hia new home. Although filUeu yaura iro a long time, Kallcy may, and prulubly does, eomulcr liitiuoll for-lonalu for-lonalu in txcuping no lightly. Tbat he was not convicted of the highest grade of murder, can bo attributed more to the bad ciiHractur in the community, com-munity, for peace and harmony, ol inn victim than to any other cause. It id terrible for a in mi to contemplate a residence in the peniu ntiary fur bo long a peril d of bis life, and there ia much sympathy expressed for the uu-fortuiuite uu-fortuiuite Kelley, but sympathy, oven of kind hearted jurors, would nut have justified them in acquitting the. do jlMidant, or reducing the grudo uf his crime. Kolley ii not inherently a bad man, nor a dueperato one, but rather the opposite. Howovor, in a mail hour, he permitted ha puMion lo cou-trol cou-trol him in ridding himsrlf of a Imted and feared enemy, and the world of a quarrelsome, unfeeling man. Keller has an opportunity for yet redeeming hhmelf. A sojourn in ihe penitentiary for a few years with good bchaviur will readily secure him an exocutivo pardon. |