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Show X LETTERS TO THE EDITOR I lTlMI VKmm p ifiBtm a a ImIimii mm mw ena Ml-AatfrlMa Man mj n mnm TW TUmnm aw '"'" IU 0 Ma nw Tmlrm I- mm Uttn- rtm m 2aT!idi feuaw u Uud tuaa .il.MnlMaalwaoeld.kiI.4ia. I II Lettere to the editor muet M written only on one elde of the paper; otherwlo ...net be uaed end will be thiwwn In the waate paper baeket. object? It muet b. remembered that he waa only an lS-year-old hoy when apprehended for the aliased offenae, and even If he were actually sullty. elshteen years la a Ions Incarceration for murder In the aecond degree for a mere boy, eeperially when the Jury that tried him recommended mercy, and nine of them now aak for hla pardon. Very respectfully. DR. A. W. A PLEA FOR MAJORS. Editor Telegram: My vialt to th. penitentiary today waa a pleaeur. to me, as I found a homelike home-like congeniality snd friendly atmosphere. atmos-phere. When th. warden and deputy warden came In with their beaming amllea of good will I forgot for the time being that I waa In tha place where men tra confined for breaking the law. until the little mother of Aba Majors aald. "Tan we see our boy?" "Ted. Indeed." was the kind and hearty reply. I could not help thinking. "This la the man In tha right place." if I am not mistaken, inside of two years Utah'a state prison will be known aa a place of reforming men, of building up broken down characters, and creating new life and Individuality In these poor unfortuoata fellows. I had known thla man Majors aa a little boy In California. He waa then In hla mother's home with three other brothers, the mother, then a beautiful woman, working hard to support her little flork. When I look at her trembling, trem-bling, ahrunken form. I acarcely recognize recog-nize the semblance of what waa. eighteen years of a living grief, coupled with hardships trying to earn a living, have don. their work. For eighteen years A he Majors has! heert In confinement In ' your state prison for a crime said to hav been committed by hlra, but which many of the very Jurors who convicted hlra aay (hy doubt tie committed. Nine of those Jurors request his pardon In order, aa they state, thst they may correct any wrong they may hare un-Intentlally un-Intentlally done him. Majors' head Is not shaped lfke that of a murderer: from a clear and open, countenance his blue eves look at you enuarely. Hin hearty hand grasp Indicates In-dicates anything In the world other' than that that hand was ever stained with blood of bis fellow men. I hsd a long conversation with Majors, and I am convinced thst hs can be very useful In the world, can stand upon his own feet, and ha a man amonr men If riven his freedom. One of the most' beaut irt 1 1 tntnan that struck me about him Is his evident klndlv. Christian feeling for his fellows. While he hue at all times declared his Innocence of the crime of which ha waa convicted, and while most men would undoubtedly harbor a feeling of revenge or vln-dlctlvenesa vln-dlctlvenesa aralnst the law and perhaps per-haps those who were Instrumental In f-nnvlettng htm. It Is not an with Ma tors. He never utters an unkind word of anyone, and manifestly, during the long vears of his confinement, love haa got the upper hand of every other sentiment senti-ment and melted away all feeling aaatnst everyone that ta not kindly. Majors' mother needs his protecting care. The long struggle with arlef and noverty has weakened and destroyed her life. Abe stated to ma that should he be pardoned she will never have cause to worry srala; so why not pardon par-don him. give him a chance, give him back to his mother? If tha men who tried ktm feel aa they do. doubt his guilt, ask for his pardon, wlah to undo sny wrsnsr that may have been unwittingly un-wittingly don him, why ahould others |