The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-03-05
SIX SEEKING PARD0Ns.
Applications to Come Before the
Board of PardOns at It's Next
Meeting,

When the state board Of pardons
meets April IL, they will find a large
batch Of applications awaiting their ac-
ton.
Roland Hartly, secretary Of the board,
has already received six applications
since the January meeting of the board,
which have been duly filed in the gov
errors office.
Since the creation Of the board it
has been called upon to consider 14S
applications from inmates Of the two
penal institutions Of the state.
The applications now awaiting the ac-
ton OF the board are as follows:
John Wetter, a lite prisoner, prays
for his liberty. He was sentenced by
Judge Searle at st. Cloud, April 20, 1894
for the murder of an associate. No evil
dence of Endorsements are attached to
his application. His request is based
on the grounds that the jury In bring
Ing Its verdict did not think he would
be given the maximum penalty He
was convicted entirely on circumstan-
tial evidence, and says he was innocent
Frank Schauls, indicted by the Min
neapolis grand jury, together with one
John Lynch, and subsequently convict
ed, also seeks executive clemency. He
was convicted of forgery In the second
degree. He and Lynch walked into the
Second National bank one autumn af :
ternoon in 1896 and inadvertently pick
ed up a check for $2,145. He presented
it, 1ndorsed to the Hub Clothing COM
pany, Minneapolis, and was immediate
ly arrested. He claims he was not a
was innocent Of the charge. He was
sent up on the reformatory plan.
Albert Zeim, convicted Dec. 2, 1885, of
grand larceny in the first degree in
Judge Crosby's court at Hastings, was
sent up on the reformatory plan, and
was paroled in due season He violated
the conditions Of his parole, and was
taken back to Saltwater. Zeim states
in his application that he does not see
why he was sent back to prison. He
promises to leave the state forever If
released. Attached to his affidavit is a
recommendation from the beard of pris-
on managers, which says that Ziem Is
mentally unsound, and, it was in their
opinion that fact which accounted for
his violating his parole
M. McHugh, who Is out on parole,
filed an application for an uncondition-
al release. He had, he said, been offer
ed several positions in other states, and
asked to be released from the ban
which prevented his leaving the state.
j. Albro, a well digger who was
sent up with three other men for being
implicated in a highway robbery In
!sant1 county, asks the board to pardon
him as. he says, he is innocent His
application Is accompanied by a letter
from G. G. Mccarthy, county attorney,
and Endorsed by Judge G. W. Holland,
who sentenced him. At the time the
robbery occurred all three men were
very drunk, 1t is claimed. and there Is
a reasonable doubt as to his guilt He
is serving a three-year sentence.
Gardner Rose, a laborer, who was
sent up from Albert Lea, for the rape
OF his cousin, prays to have his SEN
tence COMMITTED from twenty-one years
to seven years. His application is in
dorsed by several doctors In the coun-
ty, and the petition signed by 700 or 800
residents of the county The list in
cludes Sam Langum, all the county Of
ficers. Senator Thompson and num-
Der OF the first men of the county.