Ogden Evening Standard | 1911-08-04 | Page 7 | Unfairly Dealt with by Officer

UNFAIRLY DEALT WITH BY OFFICER r Chicago, Aug. 4. How a 'Maryland Valjean had been spirited out of Chicago, Chi-cago, foiling clemency .plans of tho governor of Illinois, is told In a statement state-ment today authorizod -hy Police In-pector In-pector Hunt. The prisoner is John B. Nichols, a former insuranco agent at Cam-liridge. Cam-liridge. Mdtl His alleged crime of forgery was committed soven years ago and since then he had been working work-ing here steadily as a street railway employe, trying to accumulate enough to repay the money which he was accused ac-cused of having made awav with In the east Recently his wife'died and. indirectly, as the result, tho news of his presence in Chicago reached Maryland. According to Inspector Hunt, the requisition papers signed by Governor Deneen were Issued only with the distinct understanding that Nichols, or James R. Hill, as the prisoner was known here, should have a fair chance to tell before a Chicago judge tho facts as to the long effort here at an upright life. Tho allegation is made that this understanding was not observed and that the mercy desired, de-sired, by Governor Deneen has failed to save the Marylander. nn