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Show MOTHER SECURES CONVICT'S PARDON Pittsburg, Feb. 17. When he awoke this morning In hl cell In the "Western "West-ern penitentiary, William Swartman, former teller of the Oakland Trust company of this city, was notified by Warden John Francis that his pardon had been recommended by the pardou board. An aged mother's plea for her son during an illnesj that will prove fatal, touched the hearts of the directors direct-ors of tho trust company, and they Joined tn 'the petition of physicians and many other persons to have the joung man released. Swartman ia suffering from cancer. He was under a five-year seutcuce for embezzlement |