The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-11-25
MOUNTAIN STATES
PARDON FOR CHRISTMAS GIFT
SODA SPRINGS MAN FAvoFED
By IDAHO BOARD.
Ye We and Dob" Meeks VIII Know
Their Fate Later-Brotbers Freed
and Kept In Prison.
Especial to The HeraId.)

Boise, Ida, Nov. 24-Louis Forest
received a pardon as a Christmas pres
ent the board of pardons giving him
pardon today to take effect Dec. o.
The extension of clemency is condition
al on the 'cOnvicts refraining from the
use Of liquor. on his reiraining from
carrying firearms, and generally. on his
good behavior.
on or about June 6, 1897, Forest
killed John MARITIME. a Mexican. at a
sheep camp near Soda Springs. He was
sent 10 the penitentiaTy Dec. 10, 1897
Tor nine years, under conviction for
manSiaughIer- Tt appears that Mar
Tine had repeatedly threatened Forest,
the two being at work together as
partners. One night MARITIME chased
Forest away from the camp with .
gun, declaring he would kill him Dur
ing the night Forest got back to the
wagon for shelter from the storm He
got his gun and waited until morning
" hen MARITIME aWOke the latter renew
Ell the attack, but Forest killed him
before ne could carry out his threats.
Inc petition for pardon of Forest was
signed oy an imposing number of
Bannock county business men.
Ihe board also considered the case
of Ne We the Americanized ChinamaO
who was sentenced to hang Dec. I. for
killing Ie Wah at HALEY in Nav 1899
No action was taken, bur ii is under
stood communication TO life sentence will
bee granted.
Brothers Fare Differently.
in the case Of Charles :. and William
l. THOMPSON. tie board par0led til
latter TO t7Lc effect May J. 1901 and
rejected the application of the former.
Inc Two men are brothers, Charles be
ing some ten years older than the
other. They We're sent from Lincoln
county in October 1887 for grand lar
reny for seven years, having been con-
Etcteo of changing brands on cattle.
from the showing made the board was
So uSiled the younger brother had hepD
lea into the crime by the other.
A similar case was that of George
ana Eugene Hamilton. from Canyon /
county. They were sent up in April of /
mis- year for three years each for steal
ing cattle. George Is only twenty wears
old; there was a large petition for his
pardon and special letter from How [
ard Sebree, for whom he worked. He !
was parOied 10 take effect Jan. / 1901 I
but the application of his brother. who
lea him into the crime, was rejected.
Meeks Case Is Heard.
The board has taken the case of /
Henry MeckS, known as Bob ATeeks
under Amusement he was sentenced
TO thirty-iive years tor participation in
-LLC iobDViS % tle AAoiI keIler Dank IN
1896. i is claimed he was not a parrici-
pant III the daring crime. and those
making the application for his pardon /
present evidence which they hold sub
their contention. The case
was argued before the board by =. II !
Wallis and L. Z. Chalmers.
The board rejected the application of
Peeler Foster, from OWyhee county. for
Similar action was taken on the ap- /
olicatiOn of Frank !. Smith. sent from
Lemhi county for msnslaughter.
The application or John J. and An
-one Walk, sentenced from Kootenai
county for robbery, was likewise re
ected