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Show PAROLE REQUEST OF i DEWEY IS REJEGTED s Pardon Board Denies Application Ap-plication of Man Who Killed Policeman. MANY RULINGS MADE Attempt to Clear Up the Calendar for Incoming Administration. Application ff Elmer E. Dfwev. ron-Mcted ron-Mcted sl.i;, er of J. Henry Johnston, la to ergeant of police of Suit I-ake. for parole was rlpni.-J yesterday I' V - Klate board of .anions at its meeting held at tUo state prison. Yesterday's meeting was postponed from the regular meeting date of December De-cember 16. owing to the absence at that time from the. stale or Governor William Spry, who was in Washington. I). C attending the governors' conference. The meet! ok held yesterday was the last the present board will hold, as a new board will take charge "f the work at tlie next regular meet Ins on the third Saturday Sat-urday in January. The old board made an effort to char up its calendar as far as possible. As a result, sixty-eight rapes were heard and I he board was in session until late last night. Dewey Petition Opposed. Tli application of Dewey for parole has been pending before the hoard Tor months, but lias been continued from time to time. Strong efforts have- been put forth to have him released and strong opposition opposi-tion to it has been put up by members of tiie police force and other officers. The board, after mature deliberation yesterday, yes-terday, decided to deny the parole. hewcv was convicted of murder in the pecond 'degree and sentenced on November Novem-ber 27, 1 :i 1 1, to fourteen years in the state prison for shooting and killing Sergeant Ser-geant Johnston while in a drunken fit of jealousy and rage, following a qu;irrel with his wife. Minnie Dewey, In the Albert Al-bert hotel Dewey shot Serjeant Johnston John-ston wiiile the officer was trying to quiet him and protect his wife from threats of violence at the hands of her husband. The board was more generous to Thomas Vance, convicted of assault with intent to commit murder and sentenced from Salt Ijake county to twenty years In prison. It commuted his sentence to eighteen years. A commutation from life Imprisonment to twentv-fivo years was also granted to Rohert Zaffey. convicted of murder in the first degree in Carbon county. A rehearing of his application for commutation com-mutation of sentence was also granted John Zoiis, convicted of murder in Carbon Car-bon coun'.y. Cases Acted Upon. The names of those, whose cases were acted upon, t ho offense charged, the clemency sought and the action taken were as follows: ''Victor A. MeCroskey. grand larceny, parole, terminated January 15 ; MUo At-wood, At-wood, bad checks, commuted to December Decem-ber James Huike. murder, second degree, de-gree, pardon, denied; W. D. Dagus. grand larceny, pardon, sentence terminated January 2: Jack Stevens, robbery, pardon, par-don, denied; Frank Tlorsley, Jr., grand larceny, pardon. continued to March meeting; Richard A. Baker, robbery, pardon, par-don, denied: Arthur Rowley, robbery, pardon, denied ; Albert Alhertsen, assault with deadly weapon, pardon, denied; Jasper Jas-per Eves," grand larceny, pardon, sentence sen-tence terminated: Sam Kirkpatrick, murder, mur-der, second degree, pardon, denied; Thomas Thom-as U. Benson, felony, pardon, sentence terminated ; Frank Wilson, bad checks, pardon, commuted to take effect at once; Elmer L. Dewey, murder, second degree, parole. denied; Eon is Eucy, assault, parole, denied ; S. E. Green, burglary, pardon, denied: George Kirklakos, forgery, parole, granted ; Eeo Benson, attempted burglary, commutation. denied; Sam Schafer, grand larceny, commutation, denied; de-nied; F. C. Johnson, burglary, commutation, commuta-tion, commuted to 1 S years from 25 years; A. F. Hea'on. murder, commutation, commuted com-muted from life to 1(5 years: Bert Heaton, rohhery, pardon, denied ; Thomas Vance, assault, com it illation, commuted from 20 to IS years: Robert 'affey. murder, commutation, com-mutation, commuted from life to 25 years; V. W. Thompson, rohhery. pardon, continued; John Furey. robbery, commutation, commu-tation, continued; John Zeora. manslaughter, man-slaughter, commutation, denied; John W. Owen, robbery, commutation, denied; Ous Johnson, burglary, commutation, commuted com-muted to January 15: John Morrill, burglary, commutation, denied; G. Man-nix, Man-nix, burglary, commutation, denied; Alfred Al-fred Aiiuirre. burglary, termination, terminated ter-minated December oil; Joseph Anderson, j'ssnult. termination, denied; Thomas II. Mc Bride, carnal knowledge, termination, continued; William Swasey. grand larceny, lar-ceny, terminal ion, denied ; James Mayes, robbery. termination, denied: William Marks, forgery, termination, denied; John Fay, grand larceny, termination, terminated termi-nated April 1; Carl Kooyman. burglary, termination, terminated March 15; Jim Brown, burglary, termination, denied ; 1 lenry Nash, attempted burglary, terml- j nation, denied: Joe Murphy, burglary,; lermination, terminated March 1; Alvar I ,i inde vail, carnal knowledge, termination, denied; Flank Mclaughlin, burglar?, termination, tt rminated March 15; S. A. "ueker, statutory offense, termination, denied; "William A. Bringhurst, robbery, restoration of credits, restored seven months' credits; R. W. Fowler, burglary, pardon, stricken from record: Camelio rianero, murder, pardon, denied: J. D. 1 'ouglas. murder, commutation, denied ; John J. Kelly, assault, commutation, commuted com-muted to April 1; William Reese, murder, commutation, commuted to April 1: D. P. Atkins, rohhery. commutation, continued; James R. Small, burglary, commutation, terminated Dccernher 29: Charles Walker, forgery, termination, terminated December Decem-ber 0: Byron McLiin, robbery, termination, termina-tion, paroled; Mona lowborn, burglary, termination, denied; S. C. Muthart, attempted at-tempted robbery, termination, terminated December ;;0; L. C. Vance, rehearing, granted; Oust Zaeharopohs. rehearing, granted ; E. J. Cornelius, rehearing, denied de-nied ; Stephen Olds, rehearing, denied ; Mike Murphv. rehearing, application wklKlrawn; Mike "Donovan, rehearing, defied; de-fied; Joseph Grisniio. rehearing, denied; 1 Lichard Mel unald, rehearing. denied : Clyde Iiub, rehearing, denied: Arthur Baty, rehearing, denied; J. H. Abbott, rehear re-hear i inc. denied : John Zoris, re hen ring, granted for January meeiinc. |