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Show GOVERNOR GRANTS FATHER'S PRAYER Son, oflsaltiMkePjWdDned, From Wyoming State Prison After Serving Three Years for Manslaughter. CHEYENNE. Wyo., July 14. Loise H. Paradise, a former resident of Utah, has been pardoned from the Wyoming State prison by Gov. B. B. Brooks. Tha young man was convicted of manslaughter at Evatiston April 15, 1903, and sentenced to 8rve seven years in the State prison. Tha petition for the pardon of Paradise Sas one of the strongest ever presented the Governor and State Board of Pardons. Par-dons. The father of the' young man. who resides in Salt Lake City, never believed that his son was guilty of the crime charged, and for three years has worked for a pardon. The alleged crime of Paradise was the killing of W. H. Burnell on August 6. 1!j2- Burnell was known as a bully and kept Paradise, who was then 18 years of age, in a constant state of terror. During one of his bullying acts young Paradise turned on him and shot Burnell in the leg. The wounded man paid no particular attention at-tention to tho wound, not even consulting a physician. Blood poison set In and Burnell died. The arrest and conviction of Paradise followed. |