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Show DE PiETTO IS GIVEN iOTHERJEPRIEfE Board of Pardons Continues Con-tinues Case for Further Hearing Until October. Application of Frank DePretto, condemned con-demned to be shot for the murder of Dugene Allen in the Highland Boy store holdup in 1915, was considered further yesterday by the state board of pardons and the reprieve granted the condemned man in May was continued in force until the October meeting of the board, when the application will again be taken up for consideration. DePretto was convicted of murder in the first degree in the Third district court and was sentenced to be shot on June 9, 1916. Before time for the execution ex-ecution he applied for a commutation of sentence and the board reprieved the prisoner pending final action on his application for commutation. The board was unprepared to make a decision de-cision on the case yesterday, so continued con-tinued the reprieve in force until the next meeting. DePretto is the alleged partner of Harry Brewer, who is sentenced sen-tenced to be executed the latter part of this month. Five indeterminate sentences were terminated hy the board, four applications applica-tions for parole were denied and three granted. W. P. Desmond, sentenced to an indeterminate in-determinate term in the Third district court for third degree burglary, had his sentence terminated at once. The sentence sen-tence of Walter fteid, grand larceny, was terminated at once. Application of Ralph Walters for parole was denied. Parole was granted to Fred L. Shelton, burglary in the second degree; sentence of Roy Jones, grand larceny, was terminated, ter-minated, effective September IS; sentence sen-tence of William Goelitz, forgery, was terminated, effective October 1, 1916; parole was denied Jack Boss, robbery; sentence of Al Stockman, grand larceny, lar-ceny, was terminated, effective October 1, 1916; application of Willard Thompson, Thomp-son, robbery, for parole was withdrawn; application of A. Bayes for parole was denied; application of Joseph G-risolio for parole was denied; parole was granted grant-ed to Lawrence Fosberg, grand larceny; lar-ceny; parole was granted to Adolph Blotter, grand larceny; sentence of Henry Bowen was terminated, to take effect at once. The eases of twenty-one other prisoners pris-oners asking parole and commutation were continued until the October meeting meet-ing of the beard. Among those applying for a commutation commu-tation of sentence was John Zoria, convicted con-victed in the Third district court of second degree murder and sentenced to eighteen years in the state prison. His application was continued until . the next meeting of the board on request of the prisoner's attorney. |