The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-07-15
PRISON DOORS WILL
NOT OPEN YET FOR
HAMIL TON OR king
PARDON Board Refuses toAct at
This Meeting on Their AppIi-
cations for Pardon = Glenn
ency in Other Cases.

Frank H. Hamilton is in a critical
condition Of health; and If kept many
months longer in the penitentiary must
die of tuberculosis.
This is the opinion Of physicians, as
presented before the state board OF
pardons yesterday in connection with
Hamilton's application for pardon
Hamilton was represented In the
meeting of the board by w. II. Boutelle
and w. E. Hale, attorneys, who pre-
scented long report from Drs. j. w.
Bell, G. D. Eitel and J. L. Stone as to
Hamilton's physical condition. This
report was dated July 9, and was based
| upon a careful examination of Ham1l-
ton at the prison by the three doctors.
In the report the physicians state
that they found the upper portion of
the right lung and the lower portion OF
the left lung had formerly been af-
fected that Hamilton now has hard
cough, and his lungs show the pri-
mary indications of return of the
disease; and that if the affection IS
permitted to develop a second time 1T
will be incurable. The physicians
state further that they firmly believe
few more months of confinement
| would promote the development of
| tuberculosis to such a degree that 1t
| would be entirely beyond remedy.
| The report goes further into detail
! as to the unfortunate young mans
condition, but the conclusions which
| it sets forth are as stated above. 1t
was chiefly on this ground that the
board was urged to leniency in Hamil-
toms behalf, and such other argument
| as was presented was of an incidental
character.
Hamilton has been in prison since
Feb. 20, 1901, under sentence of seven
years. He was convicted of the killing
of Leonard r. Day, who was stabbed
with a knife during a general quarrel
in the billiard room at the West hotel
| in Minneapolis.
Objection was offered to the grant
ing of the pardon by j. B. AtWater, an
| attorney of Minneapolis, representing
the relatives Of young Day. Mr.. At
water said that those whom he repre-
scented desired to oppose a pardon or
any communication Of the sentence.
| The board continued the Hamilton
case to it's next quarterly meeting in
| October.
A similar continuance was taken in
| the case of Norman W. King, the ar
| guments in which were set forth at
| length in T he Clio b e of yesterday.
| The members of the board have evil
| denced a strong inclination toward
pardon in the King case, and the
| friends Of the imprisoned man have
| strong hopes Of such action when the
matter next comes up.
CIemency to These. 2si-
The cases. in which the board took
| favorable action are as follows:
| Stewart Webb sentenced from Ramsey
| county Feb. 16, 1900 to serve ten years
| in the state prison for manslaughter. in
! the first degree. Sentence committed to
John Reid, sentenced from Hennepin
county May IA, 1901. to state. prison for
ten years for grand larceny in the first
degree. Sentence committed to four and
one-half years.
Joseph Scharry, sentenced from Henne-
pin county October 4. 1902, to state re-
| formatory for earnal knowledge Of a
female child. Conditional pardon granted,
Pipestone county December 80, 1898, to
state reformatory for arson. Sentence
committed to four and one-half years;
Le2d county Nov. IL, 1901, to state prison
for four years for grand larceny in the
second degree. Sentence committed to
| three years.
county October 81 1898, to state prison
| for twenty-five years for murder in the
third degree. Conditional pardon granted.
John THOMPSON sentenced from Winona
county October 20, 1886, to state prison
| for life for carnal knowledge of a fe-
male child. Sentence committed to thirty
Joseph Ressler sentenced from Stearns
county May II, 1901, to state prison for
| five years for assault in the second de-
| gree Sentence committed to one year.
| Ressler was originally sentenced to
serve one year for the larceny of chickens,
but broke Jail, and in his effort to escape
committed the assault for which he was
| sentenced to serve five years. The board
| threw off all but the original sentence OF
| one year.
Applications Denied.
Cases on which applications We're de-
MED were as follows:
| Thomas Rehs, sentenced from Stearns
| county December 81, 1901, to state priS-
on for five years for assault in the second
degree
Phil Sherry, sentenced from Swift coun-
| ty November 26, 1900, to state prison for
! life for murder in the second degree.
| Guy Altman, sentenced from Hennepin
/ county in 1900 to state prison for ten
years for grand larceny in the second
| degree
Henry Reed, sentenced from Swift coun-
! ty November IS. 1901, to state prison
for five years for robbery in the first
| degree
Edward Rice. sentenced from Wright
county June 8, 1902, to state prison for