Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1911-12-14 | Page 3 | Coming Stork Wins Freedom for Him

OMING STORK WINS r FREEDOM FOR HIM lS C Case Case ass Against Alleged Bigamist Is Dropped on Plea of r Motherhood It was the tho Impending arrival of the stork cork that touched tho heart of or Acting Acting Act Act- ct- ct ing Governor Allen of or Montana and persuaded that executive to refuse the request of ot the Salt Lake county attorneY attorney attorney ney for extradition from Great Falls of C C. L L. L ODonnell O'Donnell charged with bl bigamy am t Publicly PUblic Goo Governor erno Allen announced that that he did not believe there was sufficient suf sur- a evidence of ot OD guilt t to warrant his being released by Montana to o the Utah authorities This statement state state- ment nt ent was leas an admission that ho had overstepped his authority In refusing he hc requisition as a Ii state executive Is from considering the guilt ir r Innocence of or a man for whom proper requisition c papers have ha been presented rl I f nut But privately Governor Allen cx- cx Il i that it t was not his ion o of the e accused mans man's innocence hat persuaded persuaded him protect to him hint from he Salt Lake a officials but the picture f the unhappiness of ODonnell O'Donnell's s present present present pres pres- ent wife wife about to become a 11 mother In hi his final verdict upon tho the extradition extradition extra extra- Governor Allen said he beI be- be I Ie cd ODonnell O'Donnell already had done all allie he ie could to make reparation for COl what he be ie believed to be bo an unintentional wrongdoing unintentional unintentional because he lie was convinced ODonnell O'Donnell had been informed in- in formed that his first wife had divorced dl Ira ilm before he married the second time in n Salt Sal t Lake s After the extradition had been reused re- re used Governor Allen sent sont for Mr Bowman and told him that O'Donnell's wife had bad called at the governors governor's office of- of fice and and pleaded with him not to send her ber h husband to Salt Lako Lake to Jail a as that would leave lea a her destitute and alone lone w with th thIt their child just coming cominS' n into the world It was s this plea the gov governor overn ov- ov ern or said that ha had influenced him nim most mst of all In refusing extradition I. I Mr 11 ir Bowman said last night that was was as nothing thing moro more the tho county attorney at attorneys attorney's at- at torney's torney s office here could do in seeking to bring about the tho prosecution of ODonnell O'Donnell t s. s I. I by another class of tho the same I 1 kind which will embrace a still larger number of at stakes