The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-08-02
TO MAKE PARDONS SCARCER
STATE BOARD WILL INSIST ON
REAL REASONS

Attorneys Appearing Before the
Board Yesterday With Petitions
Were AdmOnished In Two Gases
That Too Many Applications of
the Undeserved Sort Were Being
Filed, and the Practice Must Stop.
The state board Of pardons, at its
meeting in the governors Office yester-
day afternoon, in no uncertain terms
laid down precedent which will gov
ern future deliberations of that body
In It's exercise of executive clemency.
Unless good and substantial reasons
can be advanced why pardonS should
be granted, the board will promptly
deny them. Chief Justice Start made
a very emphatic statement to that eff
rect, and the governor and the attor-
ney general seem to share the same
views OF the matter. In the past the
board has been deluged with applica-
lions of all sorts Of criminals who
nave but just began to serve their
sentence. In the case of Frank Arden
OF Ramsey county, who was sentenced
to sixty days in the Workhouse but
three days ago for taking 81 from the
till of his employer, Justice Start made
his sentiments in the matter known by
taking Harvey e. Hall, who appeared
for Arden, to time very severely for
bringing such case before the board,
when the petitioner pleaded guilty and
had only served three days of his SEN
tence. Young Arden returned to his
employer the money which had been
taken from the till, on the promise
that he would be pardoned. The board
refused to countenance any such tran
saction
Arden's case was not the only one
which the board turned down prompt
ly. Albert Thoraldson, who was SEN
fenced from Jackson county June 4,
1898, was refused pardon. Attorney
Nels Quevli, Of Window, appeared for
Thoraldson. and he, too. was taken to
time for bringing such an application
before the board The defendant was
sentenced to the states prison for four
years for grand larceny in the second
degree, and previous to that he had
been sent to the reform school for a
serious offense. Trial judge and prose-
cutting attorney were unfavorable to
the application, and the board could
see no reason why the application
should be granted.
The application of Herman Smith, of
ramsey county, came up again, and
II was continued until the October
term Smith was given a ten-year SEN
tence on the charge of grand larceny.
Some of those who know of the case
think that the sentence of ten years
was Unjust, and Chief Justice Start
STATED yesterday that he was not salts
he'd with the case, and would investi-
gate 1T before the next meeting.
Inc case of Lille Green, another from
ramsey county, was taken up. Miss
Akers, of the county Jail, urged the
WoHlans release. She is serving a
four-years' sentence for assault in the
second degree. Miss Akers was Quite
put out that County Attorney Ander-
son did not appear in Mrs. Green's be-
half, as he had promised to do
Miss Akers-I can't understand why
Mr.. Anderson did not come before the
bhard this afternoon.
Judge Start-You can't understand
why? You can't vote next fall.
Miss Akers-Well, T would vote if I
could get chance
Attorney General Childs was in
clined to take charitable view of Mrs.
green's case, which has been before
the board on several occasions, and on
the suggestion of Judge Start the mat
ter was referred 20 the attorney GEN
eral to Investigate.
The sentence of Thomas Carberry. of
FreebGrn county, was committed TO
four years. ,Carberry was sentenced to
five years at hard labor for manslaugh-
ter in the second degree. General
Childs prosecuted the case for the
state at Austin, two years ago, and it
is very peculiar one. Two men be-
came engaged in a quarrel and one
SUI uck the other on the head with a
heavy instrument. The injured man
ran down the street and met Carberrv.
and called him foul name The petit
toner struck him on the head render
Ing him unconscious, and he died the
next day. The communication was grant
ed upon the recommendation of the at
torney general, trial judge and prose-
cutting attorney, as there was great
doubt as to whether the blow delivered
by Carberry with his fist caused death.
Upon recommendation of the county
attorney of Sherburne county and a
number Of prominent citizens. and in
view OF the facts in the case of Horace
a Brown, published heretofore by The
q b e, Browns sentence was COM
muted to six months, although the ap-
nhcat1on was strongly opposed by W.
Il. HCultcn, superintendent of the state
The sentence of Arta Tidland. SEN
fenced from Hennepin county March
IL, 1897. to states prison for four years
for the crime of grand larceny, was
committed to two years upon the rec
ney and citizens of Minneapolis. It'd
lands mother appeared. and the board
thought the case one of the few in
which the law had bsen indicated.
Michael Flemming, of MINNEAPOLIS.
sent up for burglary in the third de-
gree, was refused pardon.
Upon the recommendation of the re-
formatory managers the sentence of
Howard Perry, from D dge county, was
CrT,lDlUtoO to three wears
Fred Schumarn, Of Swift county. was
denied a pardon.
TIE application of John c. Haumes-
ser, of Murray county, met a similar
fate at the hands of the board.
Asa Phelps, of st. Paul. had his SEN
tence of six months in the county iail
committed to a fine of 500.
The case of Mary A. Horrigan. of
Mime apolis, was continued until the
October meeting of the board
II. Schneider, sentenced from st.
Paul in 1897, for assault, put In an ap-
pllcatlon ard it was denied
The petitions of John Shore and Eu-
gene Blake, sentenced from RenvilIe
county May "a, $685. to three months
in Jail for placing an obstruction on
the railroad track, were likewise denied
by the board.
Supt. Houlton recommended the re-
lease of ]. A. Pike, a young man serv-
Ing sentence at the St Cloud refor-
matory for holding a man up in Min
neapolis. He served his time and was
paroled. The board suspended the pa
role.