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Show Convict Refuses Pardon. A case unparalleled in prison records rec-ords was created at the Penitentiary at Thomaston, Me., when John G. Farr, an inmate of the institution, refused re-fused the unconditional pardon granted grant-ed him by the governor. When Farr, who is 29 years of age, was asked to explain his extraordinary decision, de-cision, he said: "Why should I go back to a place where there are rages and jealousies and where one's supposedly supposed-ly best friend, sometimes even one's wife or one' bosom friend, turns out in the end to be one's worst enemy? Mere I am surrounded by men whose aim is to conduct themselves in a model manner. Very few of them are really bad at heart. Many ol them make friends who will remain true through thick and thin. So, 1 think I'll serve my sentence out." |