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Show PAROLE FOR MAN WHO HIRED PAL TO THRASH WIFE Wrong Woman Got a Beating and Plotters j Were Jailed. Mike Sullivan, the Ogdcn man.'Vlio i was willing to give free board for a year and l0 hesldes to the man who would give Mrs. Sullivan, his wife, a sound thrashing, was paroled today at &' special meeting of the beard of pardons. par-dons. Kdward Towers, alias Kdward Benson, Ben-son, who set out to perform the task for the remuneration fixed by Sulll-van. Sulll-van. In mm In the- penlu'ntl:ir. Mr. and Mrs. Sullivan haa quarreled. Powers was a close friend of Sullivan's when he accepted the task of punishing punish-ing Mrs. Sullivan. One dark ntzht last January he laM In wait for the woman. Hut when Mrs. Sullivan and friend came along powers made a mistake. Instead of assaulting as-saulting Mrs. Sullivan he ft ruck Mrs. Gertrude Krahy over the head several times with a pistol. Mrs. ftrabv finally wrested the wetnon from the thug anil put him to flight. Powers left his hat anil a few other effects behind when the woman set after him. These effects led to his arrest. After denying his n;lt fur twenty-four hours, he cnifee,i that he had been hired bv Sullivan f-r the free board and the $0. Sullivan and Powers were convicted In the district court last t-vruarv-Both were given indeterminate sentences. sen-tences. N. J. Kell of Oirden stands sp nwr for the paroled Sullivan, who declares he will tread the straight and narrow in the days to come. Mrs. Sullivan liven in gden. The Sulllvans have two children. |