Show HISTORY OF THE CASE January Honest Hone t and Upright Since His Escape 0 Kansas City May 8 William January alias aU as Charles W V Anderson whose ap aJI application application for pardon has been approved by Attorney General Bonaparte was con convicted convicted convicted in 1895 of ot robbing a building at Stillwater that contained a post postoffice postoffice postoffice office lIe He was sentenced to five years in the federal penitentiary at Fort Leav Leavenworth Leavenworth Leavenworth from which institution he lie es escaped escaped s alter after serving three years After working through Kansas first as a quarry quarryman man and then as a traveling sales salesman salesman salesman man for a It tea house he came to Kansas city elt changed Ms Ils 1 13 name to Anderson and marred He III engaged in several severn I kinds of ot business finally finall becoming proprietor of ot a restaurant and was well weil respected Anderson was rearrested In Kansas City April 20 last through Information fur furnished by b a former convict who had known him In prison On the day ay An Anderson Anderson derson demon was returned to the penitentiary a movement was begun by b the Kansas City Star and Kansas City Journal to secure his pardon Three days later pe pc petitions petitions bearing names were for forwarded forwarded forWarded warded tc President Roosevelt and with within within within in two days das a second batch of petitions was sent to Washington bringing the th to total total tal tai number of signers up to Many prominent persons were among amon those who recommended a pardon has previously announced that he would return here and engage In busi Lust business business ness and has been promised support from Substantial business men In anticipation tion of his release tel east Mrs Irs Anderson and their former neighbors were busy today tod y preparing a d warm homecoming for tor him |