Show BARTLEY IS PARDONED Former State Treasurer of Nebraska Is reed Prom Penitentiary by Gov Savage Lincoln Neb Dec 31 Gov Savage at 7 oclock tonight granted an unconditional pardon to Joseph S Bortlcy former Stale Treasurer who five years ago was ben tenccd to twenty yejirs In the penitentiary peniten-tiary on conviction of having ombzzlcd C010CO of State funds The pardon wcn into effect from the moment It was delivered de-livered to Mrs Bnrtley by the Governors private secretary It was presented to Worden Davis at tho penitentiary a half hour later and at 0 oclock with his family and lawyer Bartlcy was brought In a carriage to his homo In the city To newspaper men hp said he had no other Immediate plans than to spend tho first day of the new year with his family fam-ily He would not admit that he had any Intimation that the pardon vas forthcoming but said his Joy In tho present over his liberty was so complete that ho had no deslro or time to recount the past or discuss tho future Hartley has been in tho Stato prison four year and six nlonths to 0 year In the Douglas county Jail while his appeal to the Supreme court was pending Ills entire shortage Is alleged to have been JT50000 but ho was convicted on tho single sin-gle count of embezzling 201000 |