New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-04-17
PRISON POET" TO
BEGIN LIFE ANEW
pardone0 After Serving Halt of
Ten-Year Penitentiary Sen
tence for Theft OF S24.
WILL BE FREE ON BIRTHDAY
nesperate After Being Thrown
from Train, He Robbed Rail
wav Station Many Offers
Of Employment.
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W Telegraph to The Tribune
=, Paul April 16.-After having
.s~,-e5 FIVE wears for tho theft Of S24
..a-- Tho railway station ~ CARLSBAD.
vtun. John Garter. whose verses have
st,racted tho attention Of Eastern maga-
-.,s editors. VIII Doe liberated on Mon
r., The youug man win go forth into
,b. world with offers ~ employment
sr,u E'be1 Hubbard, from Robert
underwood Johnson. editor or The Cen
,..-,-. from the editor Of The Bellman,"
Minneapolis and from the editor Of The
., Louis Mirror" he is undecided What
o.. ofrl DO.
Tho state pardon board. headed 10y
Governor Eas-Eart. heard Carters plea
,- freedom tiis afternoon for the
s.se NJ literature" 10 was insisted that
tea wears in prison was . penalty too Sc
ysr. f.r tH. tb,ft Of 50 small 4 sum and
coranded that the ends Of Justice had
tean met.
Tho board went into executive session
srl voted 90 Iiberatc Carter on Monday,
,bo tweuty-fourth anniversary Of his
n-th The finding Of the pardon board
.as az follows:
The c1mmutation is Oh the recon-
rerdati0r ~ the trial Judge and pros
s.uting attorney. and on the grounds
cf fl, youth ~ the petitioner and the
particular circumstances under which the
crime was committed. and for the further
rsasou that because Of the infexibility cf
,1s statute tho Judge was unable to i'm
ross q shorter sentence. and that The SEN
'srcc was excessive for the crime COM
mttad
carter was not pardoned for technical
reasons. but The board ordered COM
mutation of sentence.
pleas for Carter's freedom were made
by Judge J. W. Willis and the Rev. l. r.
Ferguson. of ~. Paul kilograms and
letters were read before the board from
Eobe-, L. Johnson and other magazine
editors.
Harry Phillips. director of music at
NcA'es,r college. who had become in
'-7e.tgd Ir carter through his playing at
rfr services n the prison chapel. and the
marsgirE editor ~ a Minneapolis jour
nal also sent letters. Judge willis read
r. letter fr'v- s vrifer iu England who
lrev of Ca~1cr a~ q bog. and who told
r 'hr condition Of his father. Che re-
fu-neut ~ rro family and the reasons
'h- D., hao been sent TO Canada
Tho vorrc 7oot admits that Garter
H~r ri- rsaf name. hut says that he IS
-r.f D 20
7iH not l-rIge his identity. TIe says
faa' r.s uo.us. which have been pub
.snrd iH number of leading magazines
sua have extracted considcrs bic atten-
'or. Rr-- written 'to kin time and case
unhappy thoughts"
NIe poem "Ha"ad of Niecrv and Iron
"or hi" e~reri-1 ~eooenitiou.
According to s statement made before
tr- usr0or board nz Judge Willis. Garter
s e-- than fventv wears old when
'ne crime 0ss committed. His father
"es .n sn asylum and John. who had
.e'" working in bank building. not
4ug f.. confinement. vas sent 10
llusds b.. the family. who were I'm
s'-r'fened ,.~rurustauces. 20 learn farm
1g. Being unable 20 obtain steady en-
A1-me Carter started 10 beat it''
from Winnipeg 70 - Paul but during
'1f niRr' 7as ult of the train ~ Kari
sfad Arf-r
HsV.rE .s5 r.rrtu- ~ eat for thirty
f' horr-. Carter broke into the r. broad
ftaf1r ind srors So and = silver ~ stch
Do sr'rl or sudden impulse De SAYS.