Show SALT LAKE DEPART i WORK OF BOARD OF PARDONS thomas williams a liter was par cloned by the board ot pardons at its session saturday morning williams has been out on barolet for some time but applied for a pardon he was sentenced in juab county on october 4 1884 to life imprisonment for murder attorneys W H dickson and S P armstrong presented his case to the board they represented that williams has already had a great deal of punishment for his and that bis behavior since hie conviction has been excellent H 0 holmson an eighteen year old boy convicted of burglary was par deneu johnsons sister appeared bo fore the board but was unable to speak being overcome with emotion secretary of state hammond then stated the facts to the board johnson was sentenced to one years imprisonment by judge in ogden on june 4 1904 W II 11 appleton also sentenced to ono year for burglary was pardoned james Acken backs sentence was commuted from alvo to two and a half years he was sentenced for robbery on march 21 1903 the case of roy kaighn now out on parole was brought up it has not been sufficiently advertised however the application tor pardon could not be granted A great many new cases were presented to the board for consideration all those except the above were continued or denied the other cases are W H burton jr grand larceny sentenced on juno 6 1903 to two years ray bagshaw grand larceny sentenced may 13 1904 at beaver city by hon T marioneaux to one year in state arisba joshua greenwood prosecuting ec W H smith grand larceny sentenced october 17 1903 at ogden by hon H H to one year in state prison also on april 26 1904 to one year same crime in davis count halverson prosecuting william cox robbery sentenced october 15 1803 at price by hon jacob johnson to six years in state prison W D prosecuting D V lawson grand larceny sen may 6 1904 at kanab by judge chidester to eighteen months in state prison J H erickson prosecuting jens hansen adultery sentenced june 13 1904 at richfield by judge chidester to fifteen months in state prison J H erickson prosecuting mark kerby carnal knowledge sentenced may at heber city by judge booth to ten months in state prison A C hatch prosecuting william H appleby burglary sea fenced september 3 1904 at prove by judge booth to one year in state prison harry pool robbery sentenced december 15 1902 at salt lake by judge johnson to eight years in state prison D C eichnor prosecuting john G miller alias joho gray housebreak hou assisting prisoner to escape and habitual criminal sentenced Sep lenber 6 1899 at salt lake by hon A G norrell to three fifteen and one years fifteen and one year sentence concurrent graham F putnam prosecuting william la rose five years for burglary sentenced november thomas L imlay two and one halt ears tor adultery sentenced on november 30 1903 SPLIT TELEGRAPH POLE terrific consequences followed joe carelessness in leaving a team untied at the head of commercial street saturday afternoon but not halt so terrific as they would have been had not a trolley wire pole stopped the mad flight of the horses a few moments after sims sought refreshments in a commercial street saloon the runaway was one of the liveliest the city has seen in years sims bails from the country lie hal a lumber wagon loaded with elnare tl nare and other noisy commodities the horses ahat drew this were not accustomed 10 city noises and thein ears were going forward and back as they danced through alie streets then mrs sims went tp buy some dry goods and sims along with a companion hunted for wet goods the horses were left untied to take care of themselves at this stage of the game a piece of corrugated iron slipped down in the rear of the wagon and played a merry tattoo along the side of a cook stove both horses made a lying start or their own souta country they went straight down commercial street at a mad gallop and the noise of the hard ware in the liko a couple of salvation army bands As they passed into second south the team managed to strike a trolley pole supporting an arc light tha wagon tongue split the pole in twain and shivered the glass of the light the harness parted and both horses started tor the sidewalk but evidently daz ed by the force with which they struck the pole their pace was slackened and they were caught without trouble awo they nero making tor the plate glass windows of the willoh thea sims came out of tho saloon wiping his mouth and took possession of bis live stock WOMEN KIDNAPS SON kidnapped by his mother in broad daylight from the infants home aej day nursery frank woolsey was spirited of the city saturday afternoon sheriffs deputies are now looking tor mother and child the woman took her seven year old son out of the biome during the afternoon and drove toward murray with him at a gallop mrs was dispossessed of her child by action of the district court a month ago according to the evidence the boy was neglected he was bald witnesses allowed to go without food and driven from home ho slept during the summer months in haystacks after the order of the court WM signed the hoy went fo the which Is at 66 I 1 street mrs woolsey platted the born it seems the matron did no know of her presence she taked with the boy the latter was sent out to carry in an armful ot and ling this was shortly beloro 6 he did not come back his absence was not noted until the supper hour immediately afterward a telephoto message apprised th sheriffs office of what had happened investigation disclosed the fact that mrs woolsey had taken the boy to state street near third south by the street car there she was seen with him the pair were gettine into a biaglo rig the horse was lashed to furious speed and the rig was soon out of sight to the south the haste of the woman driver caused bystanders to note these facts deputies wore sent to murray inobe hope of intercepting the woman but at a late hour last evening she had not been placed under arrest the boy is only seven years old ills mother mrs sarah woolsey Is a widow her home Is in murray |