Salt Lake Telegram | 1926-03-21 | Page 2 | Prison Term of Wacaster Girl Gut to 20 Years

0 i PRISON TERM Of I ce ACASTER GIRl CUT CUI TO m 20 YEARS fEARS I Pardons Board Reduces Sentence for Part in Slaying of C. C A A. Faus The life hEre sentence of oC AngelIne Angelina was commuted to twenty years ean Saturday afternoon by the state board of at pardons after W. W H. H Wallace and Ben Jo F. F Redman representing the Rotary club had presented a resolution protesting a a. parole to the year old murder convict The girl who was convicted of complicity in the murder of oC Charles A. A Faus member of the Smith Smith- Faus Drug company in tn 19 1922 told the story of ot her life Ute to the board in executive session Saturday af af- af tee She seemed brightened at the commutation of ot her sentence stating stat stat- ing that she wanted to learn typewriting typewriting type type- writing and other arts during the tho remainder of ot her time Urne behind the bars She has served servel four years ears PLOTTED ROBBERY The girl s-Irl had been employed as maid at the Faus residence for two years ears prior to the tho holdup fatality She he plotted with Gilbert Brighton and Ro Roy Donnell Donneil to rob the Faus home borne The two men armed and masked knocked at the front door while the family was at dinner The girl Irl admitted them They ordered the family to stick them up Donnell shot Mr fr Faus in the stomach the wound being fata a few days later Both men were given life liCe sentences Mr lr Wallace allace and Mr Redman fledman were opposed to an any immediate re release reo re- lease for the girl but did not protest protest pro pro- test the year twenty-year commutation Mrs l Esther Husbands social worker pleaded for the girl claimIng claim claim- ing tog the absence of at restraint in her youth and her reformation since her incarceration were factors that should be considered STAY GRANTED Stay of execution until his case is appealed was granted s Masata i l. l Japanese sentenced to be executed April 2 for the murder of a countryman in a brawl at Helper last year ear Ezra W. W Stevens serving a sentence sentence sen sen- tence of at fifteen years on a charge of second degree murder for killing kUling his son law Andrew Slier Siler In ln inthe the southern part of at the state in June 1922 was granted a parole The shooting climaxed a a. dispute over money Slier claimed Stevenson Steenson Steven Steven- son owed him Leniency was ex cx- tended to Stevens on account of his age He lie is 75 years old MILLS DENIED William Mills who has served seven years ears of ot a a. recommended term of ten years ears on a charge of ot voluntary voluntary volun volun- tary manslaughter was denied termination of sentence He lie is 65 6 years ears old Mills is said to have killed a a. man who refused to stop atop whistling when he requested him to Extremes of ot age aSe in petitioners were represented at the Saturday hearing In contrast to Mills and Stevens Tom ODonnell O'Donnell and Bert both 18 years old charged with third degree burglary were denied termination of ot sen sea tence Frank Smith convicted of hold hold- hold hold- log InS up a bank at Springville October Octo Orb ber her 7 7 1919 in company with James Miller and Frank DeerK was granted a parole The robbers I took all but of which has been returned lie He has served six years ears and five fhe months montha of a IL recommended term torm of twenty years ears OTH OTHER ER DECISIONS The pardons board in afternoon executive session rendered the following following fol fol- fol- fol lowing decisions Application for termination M. M. M R. R Tent Yant forgery granted Pete Tele Fotus prohibition violation denied Leo L. L Buckbee second degree hur- hur glary glar denied C. C F. F F Caldwell seland see seo ond and degree burglary granted ef et- May 1 Joe Webber ebber burglary burglary burglary burg- burg lary third degree denied Application for pa parole parole parole-A. oJe-A. oJe A. A O. O An An- Anderson derson prohibition violation granted grant grant- ed Sterling Little forgery paroled to father Tom Martinez murder second degree denied Tom Toni Robinson Robin Hobin- son Ion a assault soult denied W. W J. J assault denied 1 Frank rank Hernandez voluntary manslaughter r. granted on condition that he go to California John Dunkus robbery granted I Alfred Boshard prohibition violation viola vlola- tion and Albe Albert t Walker talker second degree des burglary were were continued to the next meeting of the board