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Show charged in the prosecution that Perovieh's Pero-vieh's lack of knowledge of English was only a pretense and that accusation accusa-tion prejudiced the jury against him. He was convicted. Then the question ques-tion arose in the minds of those who reviewed the case that the testimony of the three men might have been prejudiced. After President Taft commuted his sentence, Perovich became one of the lost legion in the Alaskan gold rush. He heard of his brother who had made a fortune In Alaska and was returning re-turning to Montenegro to be married. mar-ried. Perovich refused his brother's offer to forego his marriage and spend his fortune to obtain freedom. His brother went to Europe and never returned, re-turned, abandoning the case as hopeless hope-less after receiving the decisions of the courts. Released on the habeas corpus plea, l'erovieh went to Rochester and bought a barber shop with a small Initial payment Before long he had paid for it, and purchased another. Now he has the latter shop cleared and owns a motor car. Resides his brother who amassed wealth in Alaska. Perovich had three other brothers. They were killed in the World war. Their widows, with eight children, are living in Minnesota. Virtually all the money Perovich earned from special work while he acted as prison interpreter was sent to the widows to support the children. His lawyer estimated that he had sent them almost ?2,0o0. |