Show FIVE DENIED PARDONS IN SCOTTSBORO CASE MONTGOMERY Ala Nov 15 Iff Governor Bibb Graves today denied denied denied de de- nied pardon applications of five Scottsboro case convicts all servIng serving serving ing long term sentences Four of the original nine negro defendants were freed last year when the state dropped charges against them The nine were accused accused accused ac ac- ac- ac of attacking two young white women aboard a freight train near Scottsboro Ala in 1931 Those who lost clemency pleas today were Clarence Norris whose death sentence sentence sentence sen sen- tence was commuted to life Ufe imprisonment imprisonment imprisonment three months ago by Graves Charlie Weems 75 years Andy Wright 99 years Haywood Patterson Patter Patter- son 75 years Ozie Powell 20 years |