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Show ANEGROJSSET FREE. Preident Harrison Pardons a Colored' ! Private and Eeprimands the Sentencing Sen-tencing Court. ITS UNGBATEFUL MONAECH. Contesting for the Tiophj-Gathering of the Blue and the Gray A Testimonial Tes-timonial Benefit. Stillwater, Minn., May 24. Special. Spec-ial. Lewis Carter was released from the penitentiary where he had been confined for live years. Carter, who was a colored private in theTweuty-fifth theTweuty-fifth infantry, United States army, was courtmartialed in 1885 at Fort SnelHug for criminal assault, robbery aud desertion. de-sertion. He was found guilty aud sentenced sen-tenced to ninety-nine years in the penitentiary. pen-itentiary. President Harrison, after reviewing the ease, issued au unconditional uncondi-tional pardon, which took effect today. He reprimanded the court for having convicted him (Carter) of criminal assault as-sault and robbery, and took tne ground that five years is stillicieut penalty for desertion. |