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Show SESSION OF STATE BOARD OFPARDONS SALT LAKE, July 17. Tho state board of pardons had a busy session Saturday, as it had two months' work before it, there having been no meeting meet-ing last month because of the ab-tence ab-tence of several members of the board. Twenty-eight applications for pardon, parole and commutation were considered and of these only three were granted clemency. The application appli-cation of Jsmee Etonaldson for commutation com-mutation of sentence was considered by the board and continued for ninety nine-ty days. Donaldson was convicted in June, 1907, and sentenced on July 6. 1107, to ten years for robbery because be-cause of his connection with the Mc-Whlrter Mc-Whlrter brothers episode, in which tbe two Scotchmen were robbed of $10,373 In this city on September 19, 1006. in a card game participated in by Donaldson, William Parrctt. William Will-iam Dell, Larry and Jack O'Brien Donaldson was arrested soon after the robbery, at Hot Springs, Ark., and Parrett and Bell were also placed under un-der arrest They both turned state's evidence and were released after a thort term in tho state prison. Donaldson Don-aldson was tried, convicted and sen lenced to ten yearg In the state prison Ho began the service of his term on January 29, 1909, after his case had 'ben appealed to the supreme court and affirmed and has served about eighteen months. Commutations and Pardon. Clara Smith, a negro woman, was granted a commutation of sentence to take effect at once. She was sentenced by Judge Armstrong of the Third district dis-trict court on July 2. 1908, to five jears for robbery. It is said that her sentenco was commuted on acount of her ill health. A. J. Morrow, convicted of adultery, was granted a commutation of sen, tence to take effect on January 1, next Morrow was convicted in Utah county and was sentenced by Judge Booth on July 12, 1909, to three years in the state prison. A pardon was granted by the board to Arthur M. Anderson, who wrvs convicted con-victed of forgery in Kmery county and sentenced on October 18, 109, to two jears in the state prison. The fololwing applications for pardon par-don were denied: Stephen Qutnn, burglary, sentenced to five years; Nick Wltka. assault with a deadly weapon, sentenced to two years; William II Savoy, burglary, sentenced to or.?, year; WlUts Elliott forgery, sentenced to three years; Rufus G. Lytal, burglary', burg-lary', sentenced to ono year; Hyrum Youngberg, grand larceny, sentenced to one year; Tracy Drlskell, furnishing furnish-ing implements to escape prison, sen-tenced sen-tenced to one year; James B. Maxwell, Max-well, involuntary manslaughter, sentenced sen-tenced to one year: J. Davis, grand larceny, sentenced to four years; Edward Ed-ward Lindsay, grand larceny, sentenced sen-tenced to five jears; Fred Howet, burglary, sentenced to three, years. Commutations Are Denied. The following applications for commutations com-mutations of sentence were denied: William J. ChlTrell, felony, sentenced to twa and one-half years; John Shay, burglary, sentenced to one year; Benjamin Ben-jamin Forman, burglary, sentenced to four years; T. G. GibBon, ebbezzle-roent, ebbezzle-roent, sentenced to two years; W. W. Woods, assault with a deadly weapon, sentenced to eighteen months; Henry Watson, burglary, sentenced to ten years; James Jensen, attempt to rape, sentenced to one year. The application for pardon of Gust Dores was continued for one month;-tho month;-tho application for commutation of Watkin Reese was continued for the Fame period; and the aplicatlon of David Latham for parole was continued contin-ued for one month. In executive session the application for pardon of Reese and Bass, convicted con-victed of murder, was continued for two months. Hyrum "Wiseman was granted a rehearing of his application for a pardon and the petition for a rehearing of tho application for pardon par-don of Do Ray Horrooks was denied, i |
