The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-11-14
PARDON FIELD DAY
Governor Stanley Will Hear
Dalton Case Tomorrow.
Other C0nvicts Who Will Ask
to Be Set Free.

Tomorrow will be pardon day with
| Governor Stanley. The most noted case
which will come up for hearing will, of
| course, be that of Emmett Dalton, the
| Coffeyville bandit. 1t is expected that
| there will be determined fight both for
and against Dalton's release. A large
number of letters have been received
by Governor Stanley on both sides For
the governors convenience his private
secretary, Luther Burns, has "briefed"
these letters, showing who have written
in favor of Dalton's parole and who
have opposed it. Among the latter is a
letter from Ex-Governor Humphrey of
independence.
Letters favoring the parole have been
received from the following: William M.
Jenkins, governor of Oklahoma; w. s.
Hancock, superintendent Kansas re-
form school; Ed Eylar, Kansas City;
Thomas J. Boone, Leavenworth; T. j.
Kingman; F. A. Briggs, Cedar Ridge,
Col; f. A Lewis, Leavenworth; Dora
Herod Chanute; F. G. Robinson, Kan
sas City; T. B. CLOSER, Wichita; E. A.
Herod, superintendent of schools. Cherry
vale; Mayor Thomas, Independence; P.
c. Hanlon, Kingman; Jane Appleby,
Slziatoot, I. t; William Grimes. secre-
tary of Oklahoma; F, J. F'ritch, John
Callahan, Smith B. Squires and D. s.
James, Independence, Kan Also these
from ISingfisher, o. T., where the mother
Grant Humphrey, J. H Parker, Ira G.
Stone, ]. p Cummons. NJ. J. Kane, D.
Badger, Thomas Menzies, Robert
Lyle, j. A Bright, ]. c. Robb, Mayor
E. A. Davis, P S Maggie, ]. r. Hale, F.
P. Whistler, T. W. Mitchell, T. Is. Kelly,
D. K. Cunningham, j. e Burns, E d.
Brownlee, W. W. Noffsinger, John Brad
ley, C w. Smith, J. e. Tincher. w. l..
Reynolds, E. G. Spillman, James A.
Mann. w. A Mccartney, Rev. James E.
Wagner,
Protests have been filed as follows:
BY Thomas G. Ayers. Coffeyville: Judge
W. E. Ziegler Coffeyville; David Red
field, Ardmore, l. T.; L. F. Cochran.
Wichita; Il. c. Frazer, mayor of Coffey-
MURINE, Kansas City; C. @. Chandler,
Wichita; Clad Hamilton, Topeka; Mrs
d. S. Baldwin, Americas; Solomon
Creary, of Coffeyville; T. c. Salathiel
L. U. Humphrey, P. S. Moore, E. w.
Stout c. A. Connolly, E. P. Allen, N. P.
Lyon, r. c. Harper. W. p. Yoe, o. P.
Ergenbright and P. Dallingsworth, of
Independence.
Besides these, a protest signed by 275
citizens of Coffeyville. and also protests
from the CoffeyVille G. A. r. post and
Modern Woodmen camp and the indie
pendence Modern Woodmen camp were
filed; also protest on behalf of the
% 900 members of the Masonic fra
ternity of Kansas, signed by J. H. Nc
Call and H. c. Loomis.
Another case to come before the gov
6rnOr tomorrow VIII De InaC OF john
Yordi, who is serving a sentence for
life for the murder of John Byland.
That was in 1888, and Yordi has been
imprisoned for eighteen years. Before
the board of pardons was abolished
Yordi's case was brought before it, and
the board recommended that his SEN
tence be committed to twenty years,
which, with good time" would soon
set him free, but no action was ever
taken by the governor in his case
E. H. Mikesell who is serving a SEN
tence of six years for arson, is another
whose application for parole will come
before the governor tomorrow. Mike
sells home was in Fort Scott. Accord
ing to the story told by his friends,
while MikeselI was in Nevada No. in
1898, his house was burned by his wife
In order to shield her Mikesen pleaded
guilty to the charge of arson, and was
sentenced to six years Imprisonment in
the penitentiary. Afterwards, it is al
legged, Mrs Mikesell confessed to hav-
ing burned the house herself in order
to collect the insurance.
She has since proved faithless to the
husband who sacrificed himself for her,
and has procured a divorce from him
on statutory grounds and recently
married again. Now Mikesell's friends
will present the matter to Governor
Stanley and ask for pardon for him.