The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-10-22
Quartette Of Offenders Released BY
the Board.
REFORMATION OF BEAN
BURGLAR WHO WAS SENT UP
FOR FIVE YEARS.
Frank Farr of Ogden Was Also Or
dered Released-Application of
Williams, Serving a Life Sentence
for Murder. Was Continued
James Brown Denied Pardon.

Four men We're made happy by the
board of pardons yesterday. They were
liberated and will once more breathe
were released from the penitentiary
and two from the county Jail of Utah
county
These four were Clarence e. Bean of
Salt Lake. Frank Farr of Ogden and
Jake Wilson and Charles NJ. Potter of
PaYs1n- Bean was sentenced TO five
years on Sept. 10, 1887. by Judge Nor
rell, ON the charge of burglary. His
case has been before the board for
some time. He was pard0ned ION ac-
count of evidences of his reformation,
as shown by his influence for good ON
other prisoners and because he has d
very good position offered to him on his
release. and on account of the recon-
mendation of the judge who tried him
and the attorney who prosecuted him"
Bean was released yesterday afternoon
Frank Fairs Case.
Frank FAIR was sentenced May 81.
1899. at Ogden, to one year for bur
glary Judge R0lapp and County At
torney George HaiveTson recommended
his pardon. His youth and former good
character were considered.
Charles NJ Potter and Jake Wilson
were sentenced June 80 last for petit
larceny, by Justice Thomas III. Wilson.
to five months in the Utah county Jail.
The youth of the prisoners and the
fact that this was their first 0ffenSe
were the things which influenced this
board, as well as the recommendations
of the justice and prosecuting attorney,
Jacob Evans.
In the case of Samuel Mulberry. SEN
fenced at Provo Feb. 20. 1891. to twenty
years, for murder in the second degree.
the application for a rehearfng was
granted.
The case of Samuel Matthews. sem
fenced to ten years. for assault with in
tent TO commit rape. on Dec. q, 1886. at
CoafviIle, was continued one month.
The case of George T. Kelting, sem
fenced on April II. 1899. at Salt Lake,
to one year. ON the charge Of assault
with a deadly weapon, was continued
one month.
No Pardon for Brown.
The application of James l.. Brown
for a pardon was denied. He was con-
victed of murder in the second degree
ON April 90, 1891, and sentenced to
twenty years.
The application of Thomas Lacey.
who was sentenced to seven years on
Nov To- 1896, at Ogden. for burglary.
the board.
William A. Teatgue was sentenced in
Sept. 2, 1896. at TO0ele to seven years,
for grand larceny. His application for
a rehearing was granted. He was once
denied a pardon
Moses Jones, who was sentenced at
Provo in June last To eighteen months,
for forneati0n. had his pardon denied.
The application Of Francis Hagestead
for pardon was denied. He was SEN
fenced 60 sixteen years at Beaver On
Nov 16, 1888. OF the charge of murder
in the second degree.
The case of George Wanless. SEN
fenced to three years Feb. 2. al. Provo,
for assault with intent to commit rape,
was continued till the next session OF
the board.
The application of George NJ. Leon
ard for pardon was denied. Leonard
was sentenced March 3 last, to one
year at Castle Dale, for burglary.
The application of James W. Morrill,,
jr.. for a pardon was denied He was
sentenced ON Sept. at Ogden to one
year on the charge of burglary.
The case of Thomas Williams went
over again. He is confined under life
sentence for the murder of Joe Hutch
ms near Silver City in February. 1883.
S. P Armstrong. his attorney. moved
for continuance in order to examine
protests which have been filed with the
board.