The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-04-19

the police were not watchful, he was
full and bare footed, and the door was
not properly secured, hence his fall.
Besides all this, the petitioner further
represents as an additional reason why
he should be given his freedom, the
fact that he had noticed that Judge
Smith who sentenced him was on to
him so we'll.
There lurked not in his mind sus
picion that his honor was acquainted
with his past and knew of his previous
convictions, so thinking to save him
self a long sentence and to shield his
relatives from disgrace he had given
an assumed name. But to his surprise
Judge Smith knew all about his having
done time before and even knew his
real name, and so he got seven years,
and for all these reasons he believes
himself entitled to a pardon.
"TEX" WAS SENTENCED TWICE.
Charles Durango was sentenced at
Provo October s. 1892, for five years
that he stole two, brown and black,
but as they were owned by two diff
ferent men he was tried twice and
again on March 1, 1893, was sentenced
to one year more. He now holds that
as he stole both horses at one time he
ought not to have been convicted but
once. More particularly should he be
now pardoned, he says, for the reason
that his accomplices who pleaded
guilty received much lighter sentences.
Attorney John NJ. Zane hearing that
Charles was making application for a
pardon, wrote the board a letter, he
time, in which he stated in vigorous
language to the board that the appli-
cant is known as TEX" and is an all
round bad character and that if he is
to be pardoned the operation of the
criminal courts might as well be sus-
pended at once ''Tex's" pardon was
among those refused.
SAYS HE IS INNOCENT.
Robert T. Adams, sentenced October
81, 1899, to ten years for rape, repre-
sented that he was unjustly convicted;
that he maintained he was innocent at
the time and that he still does so. He
claims that his accuser, Mrs. Dirk Jens
Boss of Ogden, did not at first recog-
nize him as her assailant, and only
did so after much prompting. He in
sists that she was mistaken.
TERRIBLE IF TRUE.
If the statements of Samuel W. Nc
titioners, is true, someone has been
guilty of terrible wrong. He was
sentenced at Ogden, October Is, 1894,
to twelve years on a charge of at
tempted murder. His petition for a
pardon was signed by several hundred
people, and accompanying it was
statement to the effect that he was
among the strikers at Ogden during
the railroad troubles of 1894 He rep
resents that the railroad authorities
became convinced that they could only
put an end to the trouble existing by
securing the conviction on a serious
charge of some of the leaders of the
strike. He, being among the leaders,
was selected as the victim and a plot
was laid for his downfall.
One Wooten. a spy in the employ of
the railroad, enticed him and some
companions, he claims, to an out of
the way spot along the railroad by in
viting them to call with him upon
some friends and later to go to
dance; that railroad tools made a pre-
tended attempt to derail passenger
train; that the officers were notified
that such an attempt was to be made
and a posse was sent to the spot agreed
upon; that they arrived at the place
where some pretended damage had
been done, at the same time he and
his friends reached it, led by the de-
coy; that they were all arrested and
he was declared the leader and
charged with attempted murder. He
further states that the man Wooten
swore to some woefully false state
ments on the witness stand and Sc
cured his conviction, and that the
same Wooten was discharged, in what
manner he knows not, but that he
does know that he is now living in
plenty. Together with his statement
and petition, Mcconnell submitted a
dozen or more certificates from differ
ent railroads, showing he had been en-
ployed by them and had been honor
ably discharged.
WAS OUT OF WORK.
Robert Michael Bowen was con-
Der, 1885, and was sentenced by Judge
the penitentiary. In his petition Bowen
tells the story which prompted him
to break the law. He is a boiler maker
by trade, has a family, and like a
number of his craft, was out of work
1t was the failure to secure employ
ment, he says, that was the cause of his
downfall. The usual statement of a
good previous reputation is asserted
and this portion of the petition is en-
dorsed by large number of his &C
quaintances and some of the prosecut-
ing officials.
CHARGED. AS A PROCURESS.
The petition of Mrs Metz, who was