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Show BOARD OPENS PRISON DOORS FOR THREE MEN . x - - .-.V., --( :'. i'M.'W'-T"- v.':.- -?7 At the State prison yesterday three men walked outInto the light of the 'day free men. They were Harry Poole, ; " William Brown and Richard McLaugh-; McLaugh-; ' un, all 'of 'whom ' were pardoned by the ' , . State Board of Pardons at its meeting Saturd ay. 7 Another : person : who ' was ajranted his freedom. by the State offl-S offl-S ; cers wa Harry T. Duke,; who was sen-' sen-' I tenced to: four, years, imprisonment for , f ' embezzlement.-Duke ; has been out: on f ''. parole, for some time and his release f - - came on the eve of the day be was to I be discharged. Duke was formerly a trusted employee , of ; the .Wells-Fargo J bank,. . . ' ' i - ; -At the prison yesterday Harry Poole i - was. met by his aged father, a veteran f - , of the ClvU war. Tears were in the j fatJwsr's eyes 'as he grasped his son's ! ; .. 7 bail.' Poole' was sentenced to,-eight yelis In the penitentiary for robbery osv-Oecember 15, 1302.. He will make bis 1 home-with- hie-. aged ' father whose ap : peal to the. board gave him freedom.- -t For more than three hours the board - listened to i the arguments of Attorney 1 V - a. J. Weber in behalf of "Nick- Ha- worth, now serving a life sentence for murder. A pardon Is being sought. Ha-worth Ha-worth was convicted of the murder of Thomas Bandol at Layton on March 29, i ' ' ISSt.' ' " ' - . '.'!'- -1 Attorney Weber declared that he was i not allowed a private interview with i 1 J the client during his trial and also pro-' pro-' I duced an affidavit from John L. Eden, i ' one. of tha Jurors in which was stated '-' C- that upon entering the Juryrooms one of the Jurors declared that "if any Juror refused to agree to a verdict of guilty i the others would starve him out." The case was continued to the next meeting ; - '. of the board. - " " -.-. |