Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-06-24
EXECUTIVE CLEMENCY
PRESIDENT kc4s ON A NUMBER
TO
OF CASES.
Some Get Full Pardon, Others Gem
mutation of sentence-Ap-
plications Denied.

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The President has acted on forty-eight
applications for pardon. has denied twenty.
has granted six pardons to restore civil
rights. has remitted two forfeited recog-
n;zances in the District Of Columbia and
has acted favorably on twenty other cases.
as follows:
He has committed to Imprisonment for
life the sentence of death of Abe Reed
convicted in Indian territory of murder.
and sentenced to be hanged on June "a.
The district attorney and trial judge rec
commended this commute ton. and the At
tcrney General concurred in the. recon-
nendation. Reed Is a negro and killed
another negro named Dinkins. between
whom and himself there had been quar-
rel. DlnkinS had threatened Reeds life.
They met in the woods, each being armed,
and in the fight which ensued Dinkins was
killed. There were no eye witnesses. Reed
claimed that he acted in self-defense.
Dinkins. in his dying statment alleged
that Reed attacked him first. On account
of the grave doubt concerning the real
facts in the case the district attorney who
prosecuted him, the judge who imposed the
sentence and who was without power 10
impose less sentence, and the Attorney
General were of the opinion that the de-
PENDANT should not be hanged and the
President concurred with them.
A Full Pardon.
He has granted a full pardon to Charles
w. Townley, Charles q. Hull Andres Gut
ierres Gus Klotz. w. ID. Freeman and
William Charles.
Twomley boy Of fifteen, was convicted
in New Jersey of stealing letter, and sem
fenced to one year in jail. He has served
over four months. On account of his tender
years the Attorney General and the Presi-
dent think he has been sufficiently pun
ished. and should be removed from the evil
associations of the Jail
Hull was convicted in the Indian terri
tory Of petit larceny. and was sentenced to
six months in jail He was young boy put
in place OF responsibility, and took small
amounts of money, which he repaid out OF
his salary. He probably had no intention OF
ultimately defrauding the company for
which he worked, and the Attorney General
and the President think he has been suff1-
GENTLY punished.
Gutierres was convicted in the western
district of Texas for having in his posses
sion counterfeit money, and about year
ago was sentenced to Imprisonment Tor SIX
years In the penitentiary. Subsequent de-
NelOpmeLtS raised serious doubt OF the
prisoners guilt. and the Attorney General
believing the petitioner probably to be in
nocent recommended a pardon, which the
President granted
Klotz was convicted In the Indian ter
ritOry Of adultery and sentenced to a year
in the penitentiary. The district attorney
recommended pardon because subsequent
developments tended to establish the inno-
cence of the petitioner.
Freeman was convicted In South Carolina
Of manslaughter. and was sentenced to i'm
prisonment fol-, two years He was watch
man at a government distfliery and ware
house. and killed man who was attempt
ing to force his way into the warehouse
to remove liquor While not entirely
blameless. the Attorney General and Pres
ident believe he has been sufficiently pun
ished by the Imprisonment which he has
William Charles Was convicted of having
in possession cigars upon which the inter-
nal revenue taxlha not been paid, and was
sentenced to six months In the jail at Day
ton. Ohio. The district attorney and judge
recommended pardon because 1t appeared
from the testimony that the defendant was
only technically guilty. and probably had
no guilty knowledge The sentence Inn
posed was the minimum under the statute.
Communication.
He has committed to Imprisonment for
three years, with allowances for good con-
duct. the sentence of Henry Brown, con-
victed in the Indian territory of receiving
stolen property, and sentenced to the peni-
Tertiary for five years.
He has committed to Imprisonment for
two years the sentence of Theodore w.
Dulle. convicted in the western district of
Missouri Of enbeZzling funds of national
bank In Jefferson City, Mo. The district
attorney and judge recommended this COM
mutation. and the Attorney General con-
Cured In the recommendation
He has committed, to expire July l. the
sentence of Henry Gardner alias Payne,
convicted in the District of Columbia of
bigamy, and sentenced on November %,
1903, to Imprisonment for two years.
He has committed to imprisonment for
seven years, which will expire July l, the
sentence of Claud E. Helms, convicted in
~ In6i fnrri Of n
fenced to Imprisonment for life.
He has committed, to expire July l. the
sentences of L. s. Linn, convicted In Phila-
delphia of using the mails to defraud, and
He has committed, to expire July J. the
sentence Of Richard Lindemann, convicted
In Texas of forgery, and sentenced to inn
prisonment for three years. Lindemann
has served all but few months, and his
sentence is committed on account of his
critical i'll health.
He has committed to Imprisonment for
two years the sentence of John Murphy, a
Cherokee Indian, convicted in the Indian
territory of horse theft, and sentenced to
imprisonment for five years in the reform
school at Bonneville, Mo- He was only
seventeen at the time of the offense, was
led into it by older criminals, and has been
an exemplary prisoner.
He has commuted, to expire July 1, the
sentence of Willie McCanless. convicted in
the Indian territory of horse theft and SEN
fenced to Imprisonment for five years in the
penitentiary He has now served the equiv
alent of four years sentence which the
Attorney General and the President con-
slider sufficient punishment in this case.
RENTED the Fine.
He has RENTED the fine and thirty days
of the term of Imprisonment of Garfield
Petrey, convicted in West Virginia of work
ing in an Illicit distilery and sentenced to
pay a fine of 81 600 and to be imprisoned for
six months in Jail
He has committed to Imprisonment for
three and one-half years the sentence of
George Porter, sentenced in the Indian ter
ritory to Imprisonment for five years for
horse theft.
He has committed, to expire July /, the
sentence Of Albert ]. Schroth, convicted in
Pittsburg of making false entries in the
books of a national bank and sentenced on
October 80. 1904. to Imprisonment for five
years in the Western penitentiary. His
Communication is granted on the recon-
mendation Of the bank officials the dis