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Show IN M1TY Governor of Oregon Takes a Convict's Word of Honor. Salein, Ore , Dec 30. Honor bound to return nnd sene out his life sentence sen-tence so soon as he had earned money to pay off a debt owed his father-in-law, William Mack is back in the penitentiary pen-itentiary after an absence of six months. Mack is serving a sentence for the slaying of George Carter at Grant's Pass In order that he might have money to defend himself at the trial, his father-in-law mortgaged hitf home. Governor West learhqd that Mack s family was in destitute circumstances after bis conviction. Bidding the prisoner pris-oner to go out and earn enough to pay off the mortgage and provide for his family, the governor released Mack with onlv the man's word of honor as security. |