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Show FliS ILL m TO OBTAIN PARDON Rise of Joshua Tedford of Chicago With Prison Sentence Sen-tence Hanging Over Him. CHICAGO, Dec. 5. Active steps were taken today to obtain a pardon for Joshua Todford, whoso caso is one of tho most extraordinary over evolved in tho tangled nkein3 of justice. Convicted Con-victed nine years ago for conspiracy, Tcdford has risen from a policemnn to superintendent of one of tho largest men's furnishing stores in tho world, attaining rapid success with a peniten-tinry peniten-tinry sentnneo of from ono to five years hanging over .his head. Todford escaped prison through tho error of a olork who pigeon-holed the mandate of the supremo court upholding uphold-ing his sentence, instoad of filing the document with the trial judgo. The verdict was unearthed by a lawyor, who, piquod bocauso his client was convicted, pointed to.Todford as a man who evaded punishment through tho influence of his friends. Tcdford never had much to 6ay about himself, although when ho npplied for work ho frnnkly admitted ho was im- E Heated in an affair which had cost im his place on tho force. An investigation at the same time was satisfactory to his employers. Because Todiord was wonderfull' efficient, ef-ficient, he was advanced to assistant superintendent. In that position he re-rejected re-rejected hundreds of chocks offorcd for merchandise. George Lj'tton. vice president of tho store, says a bad check never got past Tcdford, because "he knows crooks so well.,, Tcdford has been sought for two years. "We bclievo Tcdford is innocent of tho crime for which ho is under sentence," sen-tence," said Mr. Lytton. "But if he is piilty, for tho sake of argumont, society "should be satisfied with tho success ho has made." Chief Justice Olson of tho municipal court, who prosecuted Tcdford, will rocommond that Governor Dunno grant a pardon. John J. Iloaly, who was stato's attorney at tho time the mandate man-date was received, does not demand bis "pound of flesh." Justico Brcn-tano, Brcn-tano, tho trial judge, said ho would give tho influential friends Tedford has mado plenty of time to act in his behalf. |