The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-08
-FOUR PRISONERS sA
They ARE II /. INNOCENT
APPLICATION rs MADE FOR UN-
CONDITIONAL PARDON.
tase5 lls5st, III H. t.8as8ti ssg ~ e,
Men Who Have Served Seven Years in
Penitentiary for Alleged Robbery Of
Train May Be Released Trial Judge
and conpany's Attorney Believe
Them Guiltless.

q Four men who have. spent the last
seven years in the state penitentiary,
convicted Of holding up and I1 ,r9bblng
q good chance Of being pardoned at
the meeting Of the state board Of par
dons to be held tomorrow afternoon,
because Of serious question as to
The men are James G. Hall, SEN
fenced from Otter Tail county. May
90 1899. for 1917 years. ang Link ink Thayer,
years; Charles r. Hoffman, sentenced,
May 20, 1899, for 1919 years; and
Homer S. Minot, sentenced May 20,
1899, for 1917 years. The technical
charge in each case was robbery IN the
first degree. 81
Attorney Speaks for Them.
At the time. Of their trial, G, c..
Haupt, now United States attorney for
the district of Minnesota, was their at
torney He then maintained their in
nocence, and still believes them not
gefoFe aRs Board ma da e
The circumstantial evidence was
strong at the time. The men were
| found armed to the. teeth, and were
unable to give satisfactory accounts Of
| themselves. S. Their conviction followed.
Recently, several men confined in the
! st. Joseph, Mo-, penitentiary, made a
lconfession, stating that they were the
. men who held up the Great Northern
train at Carlyle seven years ago. The
fined in the Minnesota prison for the
/ crime is the result Of the confession.
Road Pays Reward.
! The Great Northern road at the time
1 of the robbery paid reward Of 5000
for the capture and conviction of the
robbers, but now the officials Of the
road seem inclined to think that the
men in the Minnesota penitentiary are
not the right ones, and among the let
tiers urging the granting of the par
don, is one from the legal department
of the Great Northern. The trial judg'
is also in favor of pardon.
=. The calendar Of cases. to be con
afternoon is Of considerable length
& Cases to be taken up in addition t
Ethose Of {, the men convicted of trail
. robbery, are as follows: e..
James G. Nugent sentenced from Wright cour
ty June 5, 1904, for life Murder In the secon
degree.
J, Harry H. -Keefer, sentenced from Todd count
y,Sv dad rpSytyf
aug. -, iooo' III nine ihon.ns: ieaueu su'
to grand larceny IN second degree.
! George Mcdonald sentenced from Hennepl
county DEC. -, 1eoV' ior ten years. ATTEMPTS
e highway robbery x .ses
e Thomas Curt1' sentenced from ramsey coun1
e NOV 70, lso4 ZOE Tour ysarsi = orsefs N y
S seconu nesleet. Z. lseM -, -
o John HnIchlnson. ssh.ehesu lfotl FoaS ssoaI "
Dec. iors 1919 Mlsster IN Inc nr
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i siareh ~ iYol, ioi Yen Eots ~
u seeona usk <,,, f,s nv,
e Imam po,sih; one we. ~ oani $500 3,
county March -, ior zen
E. the sseonu 80, $500 ,r,d5 ,,r
M Ms s sel 3.ea,,,.a e.
aa1en 70 low IT - = - -.
Il s,,a-ioss i, FROM, BROWN coun
D. chares hanpan sentencsu lronl
a Pee. e lSoo, lor l9ul ssa.s Ahu 20
s. I.l,.a,1 .n sentenced from mimi
re- WHi1am j. van Auhen' sentelc ,, ~ ,Th 1nr
70 pal court OF the city OF AiLneaPos " 20.
"a city Workhouse 1or sixty uass u ,1aotIs: %
- tence was never served anu ~ sun penuin ~
Gui6ert >. tGhpertson,j sen.encea I.o n nan
h7 pin county sept: r., IVo4, I'VE ioui SeaAs VI
o. larceny IN me htst s ass. g. xs r,+t ~
tie John A. Foss, sentenced from Cotton"ooo cou
n ty June "a, 1913, TOT TWO years. Forgery III
second degree. &.., .uou, 1,o,,.,,,, oo,r