Show FORMER PRISONER EARS Sf ASKED KANSAS GOVERNOR I MONEY FONEY Y FOR FORSTATE STATE PARDON Jonathan Davis Issues Statement Declaring His Record II I Clean and Took Advantage of His Sons Son's I TOPEKA TO Ken Ian Jan Jail Ja 10 JO CR W CRIn In Ida lua l s fIt firt l statement luce Inee his Ills fn- fn In an nn a alleged deal deni enl In ho l I o a sae aid I to o hl re hod S for ring a 0 1 pardon On nil ReI l Imi MII of o M I Davis VII Is of Kansas lal isle t tod ball 1 his hie l ls ha had of the tho lie affair 1 15 1 lc cc lare lar tl lie lied had taken to hii Oi 0 own n Ii room roon III In the ox- ox cx x man mansion lon tho 1000 him hini as n a a n first Installment b 1 Ired v forger ills father lied hail not been hn of the lie he asat n t ted I Flit statement follo follows s In to lie n par par- pardon pardon don aba I ha e no to make other than my hither knew noth noth- noth- noth nothing In Jug ing about 11 ui er atlon- atlon that I lanaI had vi lIh itI Illi vii down on our fare In Kansas Iana City or In lit the tl c r rational r hold until I 1 told him about It 11 at about 0 6 30 o cloel F On his and my moLlII's ac- ac ac Sc account count I regret bem being c 00 o li Se as asto Seto asto to be bc led Into Inlo anti 1 e trap I rap as II aS bL for lie inc RUSSELL I I IS KANSAS Cn MO Io Jan 10 10 Glenn UJ-Glenn W A Davis In at the tho Hutchinson Kan Kan- Kansas iZan- iZan Kansas sas sea related In an It made public by llie Kan Kan- Kansas sas City Journal Post hero ero to- to tonight tonight to tonight night that Governor Jonathan M iii Da DaIs Da Is of ot Kansas refused his hh ro- ro request re request quest for tor a pardon from tl ti p t Kin Kan Kansas sas state penitentiary after arter ho had rejected a request of the ov gov- gov governor arnor amer for tor mono mone Tho The lt states also that Glenn A Davi elm ho is at liberty on parole after ha haIng ha Ing sen ser served ed part of o i q s for Cor murder acted as tho the gover gover- governor governor governors nor nors s 5 agent In an attempt to col- col collect col collect lect a 1250 bribe ft om Ired Fred W V man who sought A d pardon from the governor wasat as asat asat at liberty on parole Ho lie was con- con convicted of ot forgery In connection with the failure of the tho Kansal Kansa bank CH Jo DI M On December 18 I tc state slates Glenn A Davis ent ent to the gO gOern governors ern or e office In Topeka and asked for a 1 don hat v are arc you going to o do for forme forme forme me the govel nor Is q quoted as asking I replied Glenn Davis Da DaIs Is state state- statement statement statement ment asserts that I t do at all that I didn t have any money except my monthly check for tor rho governor go told me ma he was hard up that ho he was as aa In u a worse orse fix than I was as as the affidavit continued He He ito said one fa favor a or c cilia illi for another and be he told me he I thought maibe malbe nn be I would o do a II little something for tor him I I told him I was ens that sorry he should have told no me nip n a a ear car 1110 when I was as up for tor 1 parole and Mid had plenty of money mone lie He asked me again If It I was cure oure I did not have ai at y mone monoWe We e walked on out to the gover gover- governor governor nor s a and I bade him good night HE liE GETS GIrS LETTER The following morning accord accord- according according ing to Glenn Gllnn A Davis DaIs the e goer gover governor nor told him he he Ie could depend upon a 20 vear ear commutation lion tion and a n permanent parole When Glenn D Davis Dais ls 1 Insisted upon a pardon tho applicant was as re- re requested requested re requested quested to obtain a leor leef from the board ot of administration allon and this ho he Sa sass sais s he ho did The rhe letter ho state slates recommended A pardon When he presented th the letter loiter to iho he he governor go Divis ls ers avers that the governor to Red sed It SIde taide and said salol that ho he had decided t to ta adhere to his original Intention Da DaIs Da Is el he still insisted heisted upon a pardon and that In the of ensuing con conversation the gov gov- governor gov- gov governor governor referred to He ito said had nude nido the statement that he had c fixed for Cor a pa don but that he sas ns out of ot luck Glenn A l Da I It resumes resume He He told me he ho would like ilke to 10 have me go to Kansas City and tell that I old t ld him I I go and ask him what hat sort eort of message c he wanted anted me to de- de deliver deliver de deliver liver to TO TOLD LV ro CO 0 BE Dr 0 The The governor O told Ile ie to ad- ad adIse ad advise vise iso Ise to one of my agents It he wanted an done I asked asbed him who his agents were ere and how much mone monel It would take and that I anted to be sure to recommend the best agent He lie told lold me It If would take about 1250 do dovan n to his farm and his boy that he would ct It cL what hat he anted as ho paid a great deal dealo of attention to what hat hI hL boy said I-fe I also said that It did this ho might look 1001 at m mj rise ciso In Ina ina Ina a differ ent light The governor ah me to tOo be i of the theay ay ay I talked to Th affidavit ll then asserts that he decided to tell the exact fact facts He Ill failed 0 o o ret pel In touch with on his ar- ar ar arrival rival In Kansas City Davis ls said and telephoned to lien Ben C John John- Johnson Johnson son John son whom horn hom he lie had kno known n as aa an officer at the at Lansing He went cot ent to Johnson s shome shome shome home Davis Dais stated and communicated communicated his mission to Johnon John He later got In touch with Hit and all three went vent to 1011 man s 5 room where here Davis Davia ga gave gac G the gO governors governor's message the affi- affi aUIda affi affidavit da daIt davit It states stale HI itt RIT WRITES RITES MIl LR The neat nt day continued the U told me mo to go tellI b baek gob goback ele to GO Governor Davis and nd tell I him I had not found and asked me to o write rile a letter telling what the tho governor said saidOn saidOn On that da dav December 20 0 1924 I went lack back to Topeka D Die Is as- as as asserts adding that the Iho gO go Ste med to be bo disappointed I I went ent to Hutchinson the affidavit continues there here on De- De December De Do December DeI cember 24 1924 and I Waiter alter G 0 Helen en a reporter for forthe orthe the Post Journal-Post visited me I promised and that I would ouid write rite a letter to I the governor telling him thu thit I had seen the tho friend ho he v mo me moI moto meto meto I to see and I hae have ha e conveyed Id the message That letter was wal a ritten Christmas Christma day December 25 1924 I GOVERNOR GOVERNORS S ST T TI Governor Jonathan o M lit Davis toda today Issued the tho folio follow InC Ine state stale statement statement ment to the people o 0 Kansas Hansas concerning the alleged bribing of his son eon for tor delivering a i pardon p-irdon In regard to the pu published statements regarding the tho pardon to Fred W tV rollman I want ant to say cay ay first that I knew 1 nothing whatever er of ot Mr Poll Poll- Poll mans mans man's visit to 10 my son Bon at the farm or his negotiations with my myson myson myson son until 6 30 o'clock evening I 1 had land known Bollman not In- In intimately in intimately but In a general wiy ty lY by reputation and b by acquaintance for everol years some four tour or fh fie e before his bank bani failed at Kanu Kanas I had hail been called as s a charac charac- character character character ter witness In his trial when Poll Poll- man was convicted and had been I more or less with Ith lh the facts ac s brought out OUI at the trial I I 1 nau lIaa the circum stances of the failure allure and no nl ono one ha haIng Ing suffered any loss loin that there th re I had heed been no need of ing Accordingly when shen hen his I attorney Horney John Crane asked me joe to a n It letter to Governor A Allen lien recommending his parole I had done so In October 1922 Goer Gover Governor nor Allen Alien had paroled him In Jan Jan- January Jan January uary usry 1923 I had met and talked with Ith ith Poll Poll- Penman man several se times and he after ater- afterwards afterwards wards advertised ad for tor and I gave him a conditional al T IK TALKS ABOUT lie JIe had talked with aith me mC m In re- re regard re regard gard to a pardon telling me mo of some coal cOlI Interests In In Illinois that lIe he wanted to develop that hc be would Quid be hampered In the devel devel- development development until he was es restored to toI I full citizenship but at no time had I ever talked with ith him re- re regardIng re regarding garding a money consideration or orny any ny other sort of consideration In respect to what hat I might or might not do for him hint I never referred to any ono one who ho could help to get geta geta geta a pardon neither did I ever bond I anyone any ny ono one to him or tell any one OliO oneto oneto to convey any me message to him ro- ro re regarding garding hi his pardon Ills his ease case was waa to have havo como come u up for hearing on the tho dd da day of cat December He lIe wrote rote me sue and aDd said he would not be here on that day thay and I J wrote rote him that the hearing could be loe held any day that Jle he could come cumo to my soy office while 1 14 still in of office effice tie no 1101 GETS When toy ray son silted asked me what I a ivas asas going to do In the case caso of Pullman I told him that I 1 thought 1 I perhaps I would pardon him soa so a when he h came camo yesterday and told me mo that was tas In town and I like to have haie ha e his pal don Is- Is Issued issued Is Issued sued It occasioned no more than passing notice I told him that Mr ought to come up here and get It and he said eald that he wanted to avoid the publicity as much as possible and as Poll Poll- Poll man had said that to me frequent frequent- frequently l I ly I did not think anything an thinG par par- par particular particular of It and let the boy take a copy of the pardon do down don n to th hotel to him was some time lime about 2 or 2 30 as near noar as I can remember It In the attel aftem noon I did not see the bov bo any mOil until some somewhere here near 6 30 in the afternoon They had not sari said a- a athing any anything thing to me at any time lime about Na h employing him or chIn him or offering ottering hint him any mont mom montAt At 6 30 he told me what hat had hap hap hap- happened hap at the tho hotel The statements regarding Glen GlenDa Da DaIs is are untrue where there they sa that I talked to Glen Davis Dais about a money consideration for his hia pa- pa parole parole pa parole role and commutation or In III re- re respect rc to a pardon for tor an 11 had first my It it tt to Glen Davis as ac an In- In Inmate In mate of ot the penitentiary ar ard d had taken quit quite an Interest In him and mentioned him frequently to nie me meho board hoard of had bad also he been en attracted to Davis by hl hi outstanding work in the Institution ution Davis Dais had been about my of- of of office fice ice In an and out for tor several eral day days about the time I Issued hl hi his heroic and commutation The Tho hoard of administration as I 1 remember had recommended a n full and corn piet I ardon but I did not think his once eJe that action and bO 0 had given him a parole with aith commutation commutation tation to 20 years Ho lIe was dis- dis dissatisfied dissatisfied dis dissatisfied satisfied apparently with this t it least He lie stayed about a aa a da a dai or ort t 0 trying tring tr Ing to persuade me to ghe h e him mote mOle of a cut This I want ant to reiterate that I considered Glen Do Davis DaIs Is parole and commutation on the merits of ot tho case and gave him what nhat hat I thought the record Indicated ho he should base hao without any thought at any anytime anytime anytime time of ot any money consideration and that I considered red s case on Its merits and the Information information Information mation I had regarding It without any knowledge or thought or coi con consideration of ot a monetary nature so that while some of o the tho state Mete statements m merits ments In the story are aro true truo they have been ablo able to build up enough falsehoods and by taking advantage advantage tage toge of ot my friendship for tor and Davis Dais DOl Is and of the 1 unsophisticated unsophisticated nature of ot my son to him into some Indiscreet acts I t a he ho did not Jle gravity of ot his actions pr or ho would have consulted me and been saved from the humiliation I have held hold these hear hear- hearIngs hearings ings logs at lit all 1111 times with an open door and at no time and In no case caBe have I been Influenced by the pay pay- payment payment pay payment ment of any allY money I 1 am sure a full and complete completo Investigation of all the records and tiles files In the case cases casee I hate ha gone one over oter r will show just basis ha ls for forthe forthe the decision r reached hed In each ellch ease aee StATEMENT KANSAS CITY Mo Io Jan 10 10 Fred W V who is ii I alleged to have hae ha given Russell G Davisa Davis I a I 1 1250 bribe to obtain a par par- pardon pardon par pardon don from Davia IR father Governor Jonathan M N Davis of ot Kansas I is q quoted In a story cop copi righted hy by the Kansas City Journal as asden den Ing the lie governors governor's statement that the thu expose was a political up up frame I relied on Governor Da Davis DaIs Is to toI gh gRe me flue a pardon so no 1 I could I so luin ic-luin e- e etUI I tut tUI n to business life d declared red I felt I deserved a Vh When the maU matter r of Russell Davis the govel nOI s 's son wag suggested by bythe bythe bythe the nor governor himself I was Willi doubly sorry that I had misjudged Governor Dals whom I had known for or arO I I wish to mole It plain thet nobody Inveigled In Russell I DaI Davis In- In Into in into to taking money Three times he added I I In n negotIated with nith Da Davis DaIs Is I ave Ip-ave 10 gate e him even ver opportunity k to toba ba hack k out of f the plot denIes having accused ed edthe the go gov of ot hiving havIng accepted mone money for Cor or Glen Olen K K IC Davis p parole role |