The Elbert County tribune., 1902-10-16
Pardons and Paroles.

AT tne meeting OF tne State DOnru OF
pardons October Sd Antoine Woode's
application for parole was refused.
The cases in which the board acted
favorably are as follows:
Louis Bergonia, sentenced from San
Juan county. October 2s, 1901, to serve
from one to two years, for assault to
XIII. Pardoned.
Ed Mcdaniel. sentenced from La
Plata county, March 90 1902. to serve
from thirteen to seventeen months, for
assault; committed to eight full
months.
j. T. Lewis, sentenced from Pueblo
county, February 10. 1899. to serve
twenty years for assault. Pardoned.
Pablo Bueno, sentenced from Las
Animas county. January 13, 1902, to
serve from one to five years for as
sault to murder. Pardoned.
Joseph Parry, sentenced from Ell
Paso county, March z. 1893, to serve
for life for murder; commuted to ten
years.
w. w. Dawson, sentenced from Lake
county, August 6, 1898, to serve fifteen
years for murder; commuted to term
of ten years.
Charles J. Holland, sentenced from
FL Paso county, October IL, 1896, to-
serve for life for murder; commuted to
ten years.
James A. Bell. sentenced from
Arapahoe county October "a. 1901, to
serve from three to four years for rob-
berry. Pardoned.
Charles w. Graham. sentenced from
Arapahoe county, May z. 1901. to serve
from two to three years for assault
Pardoned.
Pardons were refused in the follow
ing cases:
Frank Melvin, Weld county; Emil
Jakel, Arapahoe; Ventura Lopez,
Huerfano; Cornelius Clemons, Boul-
der; o. Galasso, L. Perino. N. Ferara.
Las Animas.
]. T. Lewis was convicted on the
testimony OF his daughter. who testi.
fed last night that she had sworn
falsely to send her father to prison.
Louis Bergonia. convicted of assault to
kill, was pardoned because soon after
his Imprisonment one of his legs was
blown OF in an accident in the prison
stone quarries.
Antoine Woode sent long letter to
the board. explaining that he could
mot find space in the parole blank Tor
his plea. He excuses his attempt at
jail-breaking on the ground that he
had no proper early training. as he has
grown up in prison. In this letter
Woode says;
AT the time OF my trial some doubt
existed in the mind of the court as to
whether or not could legally be sent
to a penal institution, being so young.
and the Judge took it upon himself to
mass an opinion before submitting 1t to
the Jury, and by so doing he made a
law. Instead of giving me the benefit
of the doubt the judge sent me here
when | was but eleven years OF age to
imingle amid and receive my educa-
tiou from what is considered the worst
element of human nature-the Grim
inal. Hence from point OF moral law
he committed crime in sending me
TO the penitentiary instead Of the re-
form school. A child's mind was ere
ated to take on impressions and | was
no exception to the rule; is 1t sur.
prising to find me six years later In
the company OF the three men who
MANNED the escape in which the late
Mr.. w. c. Rooney lost his life? Yet
I thought so much of what was right
that / did not have anything to do
with the crime; nay. even ten minutes
before 1t happened l never dreamed
that any event OF its nature was afoot,
and from then on | was compelled to
act the part did or give my life."