Daily Arizona silver belt., 1907-12-24
GOVERNOR GIVES
 CHRISTMAS GIFT
 T0FOUR CONNECTS
TWO WHITE MEN AND TWO APACHE INDIANS RECIPIENTS
 OF CHRISTMAS PARDoNs.

Governor Kibbey has prepared his Christmas gifts for the fortunate con victs in the Yuma prison who are to receive substantial tokens of his re- membrance in the form of pardons or parole. It should be mentioned that these gifts will be appreciated the more for the fact that the governor is not prone to err in overworking the pardon ing power and it is perhaps an injustice to him to call them Christmas gifts, for the season of the year has not been con sidered in arriving at the conclusion for their bcstowal.
 The favors of mercy fall on the shoulders of two Apache Indians and two white men. John G. Sullivan is an Apache who was convicted in Prescott and sentenced November 26, 1906, to serve three years, for an assault on a white man with deadly weapon. The story is that Sullivan and his father were at ranch near Jerome when the victim of the later assault threatened the life of the elder Apache. The son stirred by flial impulses secured wea pom and assaulted tae man who had threatened his father but did not kill Jim. His previous good conduct was ouched for by the Indian agent al Carlos and the city marshal of Jerome testified to the irritating circumstances that provoked the assault.
 The other Indian is named "Te Soh Gay," or "Speedy Tsa Gey," and was sent to Yuma from Apache county to serve five years from October 23, 1903, foran assault with intent to commit rape. His time would expire early next year anyhow and the facts have been aid before the governor by the trial judge and the Indian agent at White river which indicate the extenuating circumstances and warrant clemency these facts not having been at hand al the time of the trial.
 J. G. Harrer was convicted in Phoenix of the crime of forgery and sentenced to serve eighteen months from Septem Der 22, 1906. With credits for good behavior the term would expire in < few weeks anyway and as he has des titute family he was granted an uncon ditional pardon, as were the Indians,
 The other case is that of Jerry Since hy, cowboy, who killed another eat tleman named Harrison in Santa Cruz county. The case was tried in Tucson on a change of venue by Judge Davis. Sheehy was convicted of manslaughteI and sentenced to serve nine years from October 2l, 1904. Application for par, don has been pending for over two years and has been supported by mass of doc. uments, requests and petitions. It has in like manner been resisted by many friends of the dead man. The governor has decided that parole will be good compromise providing it be properly observed. 1t was ca accident that might almost be called the result of a feud as almost the entire county was aligned on one side or the other. The terms of the parole arc therefore made rigid, as follows: During the re- mainder of the term of the sentence he shall conduct himself in a proper and lawful manner. He shall avoid all per sons with whom he has not been on good terms personally, and if he meets them unavoidably he shall refrain from pro voking them. He shal. refrain from in. toxicating liquors and from all forms of gambling and bearing in mind that he is a prisoner oH parole and subject to be returned to prison if he violates this parole; he must at least once in three months report in writing his whereabouts and his ocupation, to the superintendent of the territorial prison for the time being '