The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-06-16
PRESIDENT DISPOSES
Of PARDON CASES.
Two Applications Refused and
Nine Granted, With Commu-
tatiOns of Sentences.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL

REPUBLIC SPECIAL
Washington. June 1s.-President McKin-
ley to-day disposed Of eleven applications
for pardon. including a number from the
Southwest. He denied two applications.
granted one pardon to restore civil rights
and granted pardons and communications In
the following eight cases:
Isaac Warren Lewis. q D-year-old negro
boy in the southern district Of Mississippi.
convicted Of embexxling man matter while
a messenger, sentenced May 10. 1901. to pay
q fine Of 500 and costs. and to be Imprisoned
for one year in the Tennessee State Prison
Execution of sentence suspended pending his
application for pardon. The President par
toned him on the Recommendation Of the
District Attorney and Judge. The Attor-
ney Generals Endorsement said:
'The petitioner was a 13-year-oid cniid az
the time Of his alleged Offense and should
not have been prosecuted.
Richard Young pleaded guilty in the
southern district Of Iowa to passing coun-
terfeit money. and sentenced October %.
1883, to four years In the Penltentary AZ
Anamosa- In recommending this pardon. the
Attorney General says:
This petitioner was without counsel and
was coerced into entering . plea OF guilty.
He was not proved to be guilty. and should
not have been sentenced"
He was pardoned.
Wynn Bramble pleaded guilty to stealing
letters while mailing clerk In the post ONCE
at Decatur. ILL.,. and April n. 1900 was SEN
tenced to two years He was parooneo ON
the ground that he had been sumctently
punished, and because he - in very poor
health.
Charles Faudree. Eastern District Of Tex
as, convicted Of granddaughter. committed
in the Indian Territory on May Il. isse. SEN
tenced to ffve years In the United States
Penitentiary at Fort Leavenworth. He was
pardoned. The Attorney General. In report
ing this case. said:
''The fight which resulted in the killing
followed shortly upon an assault made by
the deceased upon the wife and other mem-
hers Of the family Of the petitioner De
petitioner at sight. I concur with the Dis
trict Attorney and Judge IN recommending
]. P. Greenwood pleaded guilty to embez-
cling post office money order funds while
Postmaster at Goldneld. Colo. sentenced
April Il. 1901. to pay a fine Of $e43;se and Inn
pardoned because It was clearly shown that
there was To intention on his part to de-
fraud the Government.
trict Of the Indian Territory of receiving
stolen property. and on December q. 1855.
was sentenced to five years in the Peniten-
accommodation Of the District. Attorney
and Judge. and because he has tuberculosis.
John Stuckey. Jr.. Western District Of Ar
kansas, sentenced December 8, 1883. to four
years in the Leavenworth Penitentiary for
Illicit distining The sentence Is commuted
TO expire October 4, 110l. because the Dis
has been sufficiently punished. and because
his health is very poor.
W. Williams. convicted In Southern Dis
trict Of Indian Territory Of the larceny OF q
wagon. and ON October 3. 1889. sentenced to
five years In the Penitentiary. Sentence
commuted to August !. 1901. on the recon-
mendation Of the District Attorney and trial
lodge. because the prisoner pleaded guilty
with the honorable belief that he would re-
cetve two-years' sentence.