| Show FIVE II PARDONS GRANTED I Mulberry Wanless Farr Brown and Matthews I MULBERRY IN FOR MURDER Of the Five Pardons Ono Had Been Convicted of Murder Three of Criminal Assault and Ono of Bur jriaIySIulbciTy Had Served Nino o Years on a Twenty Years Sentence and jIatthbws Three Years on a Ten Years Sentence Two Applications Applica-tions Denied and Two Continued I J I Samuel Wv Mulbery Walter Farr George Wanless Marion A Brown and I Samuel Matthews were ordered freed from tho penitentiary by the Stale Board of Pardons yesterday Mulberry was sent up from Provo of n for twenty years for the killing Fullmer at Clear Creek Utah in 1801 and his pardon was granted because of tho belief that he had bean sufllclently punished Tho application for his pardon par-don was signed by the United Slates Attorney and his assistants who prosecuted prose-cuted the case and their statement raised a doubt as to whether or not Mulberry was guilty of an offense greater than manslaughter It also ap pqared that he had been a good citizen prior to tho killing and an exemplary prisoner sluce Embraced in his application appli-cation to the board Was the following Flowers will fade with tho outumn frceao But no no known will your nobel deads For they aro like tho beautiful vino That clusters to tho lofty pine For they have stood for ages past Money and money a cold winter blust So now as long an lIfo does ID tour t-our nobel friendship I will clasp Walfer Farr was sent up from Ogden p one year for burglary on September 11 1S09 The recommendation of the Judge who tried him the attorney who prosecuted prose-cuted him and mitigating clrcum ntanccs surrounding his case together with his youth and former good char actor secured the pardon for him George Wonlcss and Marlon A Brown were sent up from Provo for three and five years respectively on February 2 1tO for assault with Intent to commit rape Their application for a pardon was signed by tho woman whom they assaulted and also by tho Judge and Jury who tried them Samuel Matthews was sent up from Coalvllle for ten years for assault with Intent to commit rape on December 26 1S96 The Judge who tried him and the attorney who prosecuted him joined in the application for his pardon par-don Mitigating circumstances and the length of time already served were also taken Into consideration Other orders ere made by the board as follows Orlando F Mead convicted on Juno 27 JSOS at Castle Dale Utah for the crime of burglary and sentenced to eight years in the Utah State prison application continued for one month Marion C Thomas convicted November Novem-ber 20 3839 at Vernal Utah of the P crime of assault with a deadly weapon application denied George W Jones convicted on October r Octo-ber 23 1859 at Logan Utah of adultery adul-tery application denied Jens T Rohde convicted on February 20 ISU9 at BrIgham City of adultery and bentenccd to eighteen months In the Utah State prison case continued one month p Charles W Ferguson convicted on September 7 1807 at Randolph of the crime of burglary and sentenced to four years In the State prison application I for rehearing granted I William S Clark and Walter B Clark Jointly convicted on July 13 1S93 at Coalvllle of the crime of burglary bur-glary and sentenced to one year In the State prison application for rehearing denied I |
