The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-07-21
PLANT FAILS TO
REGAIN LIBERTY
Pardon Board Reviews COmpIi-
Gated Matrimonial Ex-
perienCeS.
LOSES TRACK OF WIVES
NO. RESENTs HIS RETURN TO
NO. 2 AND ARREST FOLLOWS.

The matrimonial experiences of Cecil
J Plant took up most of the time of the
state board of Dardons at its session at
ths penitentiary yesterday afternoon, and
at the close Of the hearing he was denied
his freedom. which had been taken away
from him April 2, 1896, for term of three
years by the district court of Davis
county. Plant confessed TO having ap-
proximately three wives, although he ad-
mits that he does not know whether No.
] is dead OF alive. He does know how
ever. that he once had 8 No. l and that
she ran away from him nine years ago
with 6 gentlemanly gambler.
Plant came to the land of the free and
the home of the brave from England,
bringing a wife with him. They located
iu Washington and the gambler appeared
on the scene and claimed No. l. This was
vine years ago. Afterward he went TO San
Francisco and selected another damsel TO
whom he was Joined in the holy bonds of
matrimOny. She was taken sick and went
To hospital and when he inquired for her
some time afterward he was Informed she
was dead. Seeking greener fields he went
40 Pennington, Utah where he again
married and lived four months. when wife
No. became tired OF rural life and came
To Salt Lake. He returned to San Fran
cisco and discovered wife No. = re-
Cancellation followed and they lived to
gether for a while until wife No. in
Utah discovered the situation and had
him arrested. He was brought back TO
Utah and given three years for his lnfi-
deity.
Young Italian Freed.
John Pomato. a young Italian from Iron
county, who was given five years in 1896
for passing a bogus check, was pardoned,
his release to take place August / Pc
lnato Is only Il years of age and asserted
that he only intended to draw a draft on
his former employer, who owed him mon
t,y when he forged the check Judge
Greenwood recommended the pardon, say
ing that If he had known the age OF the
boy when he was sentenced he would have
sent him TO the industrial school instead
Of the penitentiary.
James Campbell, convicted in Salt Lake
county in November. 1893, for having i'm
proper relations with his wife S sister,
and sentenced to serve three years, was
also pardOned. He has been on parole
for some time. He promised the board
that he would marry the girl concerned
in the case. His wife secured a divorce
some time ago.
Henry A. Cressewen and Mark Larson,
who while prOWling through the country
as amateur trampS. broke into a freight
car at Logan last March in order to ind
sustenance. We're pardOned- They had
been sentenced to one year each.
Serves Two Months.
Isaac D. Wood. a Davis county youth,
sentenced to one year last May by Judge
Howell for forgery, was released. He is
said to have borne good reputation IN
Ill the time OF MS crime ana also was
able to show six years service in the
Utah National Guard.
Frank Wilson. convicted of arson In
1894 and sentenced to five years by the
Utah county district court. was released
He is out on parole and his term would
soon have expired
Pardons were denied as follows:
W. G. Clark, petit larceny Salt Lake
county.
J. NJ Brotherton. petit larceny, Weber
county.
John NJ. ThurstOn, burglary, Box Elder
county.
Albert AIlertOn, attempted criminal as
sault, Salt Lake county.
James Francis Smith, passing bogus
checks, Weber county.
Yoso BeSich, convicted in Salt Lake
county for assault with attempt to com
init murder, was denied d communication
of sentence. Walter f. BurTill. convicted
in Salt Lake county of robbery, was con-
5inued sixty days. The BOtha case did not
come up. Botha was the young German
who killed his wife's paramOur in San
Juan county several years ago and for
whom determined efforts have been made
to secure a pardon. He was first sen
fenced to death. but the pardon board
commuted it to life Imprisonment. The
case will probably be heard at the board 5
next meeting.