The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-07-18
SALT LAKE AND
STATE NEWS
SESSION OF STATE
BOARD OF P ARDONS

SALT LAKE, July 17.-The state
board of pardons had a busy session
Saturday, as It had two months work
before II, there having been no meet.
ing last month because OF the alb
Sence OF several members of the
board. Twenty-eight applications for
pardon, parole and Communication were
considered and of these only three
were granted clemency The appli-
cation of James Donaldson for COM
mutation of sentence was considered
by the board and continued for nine
" days. Donaldson was convicted
In June, 1907, and sentenced on July
o, 1907, to ten years for robbery be.
cause OF his connection with the Nc
Whirter brothors episode, in which
the two Scotchmen were robbed OF
S1O,373 IN this city on September 19,
l9oo, In a card game participated In
by Donaldson, William Parrett. VIII
lam Bell, Larry and Jack O'Brien
Donaldson was arrested soon after
the robbery, at Hot Springs, Ark, and
Jarrett and Bell were also placed un-
der arrest They both turned states
evidence and were released after q
short term In tho state prison. Don
aldson was tried. convicted and sen
enced TO ten years In the state prison
He began the service of his term on
January 29. 1909. after his case had
ben appealed to the supreme court
and affirmed and has served about
eighteen months.
Commutatlons and Pardon,
Clara Smith, a negro woman. was
granted q Communication Of sentence to
take effect at once. She was sentenced
by Judge Armstrong of the Third dis
trict court on July 2. 1908. to five
years for robbery. II is said that her
sentence WAS commuted on account of
her iii health.
A. j. Morrow, convicted OF adultery,
was granted Communication of sen,
tence 10 take effect on January !. next
Morrow was convicted In Utah county
and was sentenced by Judge Booth on
July IL, 1909, to three years in the
state prison.
a pardon was granted by the board
TO Arthur NJ Anderson who WIS con-
yicted OF forgery in Emery county and
sentenced on October IS, 1909, to two
years In the state prison.
The following applications for par
OOh were ubllltOs Nl'DDen N(ulUUt
burglary. sentenced to FIVE years; Nick
Wltka. assault with a deadly weapon.
sentenced to two years; William II
Savoy, burglary. sentenced 10 ore
year; Willis Elliott, forgery. sentenced
TO three years; Rufus G. Lytal, burg
larry, sentenced to one year; Hyrum
Youngberg. grand larceny sentenced
TO one year; Tracy Driskell. furnish
ing implements TO escape prison, sen
topced TO one year. James B. Max
well. involuntary manslaughter, SEN
tenced to one year; ] Davis. grand
larceny, sentenced to four years Ed
ward Lindsay. grand larceny, SEN
fenced TO five years Fred Howet,
burglary, sentenced to three years.
Communications Are Denied.
The following applications for COM
mutations OF sentence were denied:
William j. Chivrell felony, sentenced
to twa and one-half years; John Shay.
burglary, sentenced to one year, Ben
Jamin Forman. burglary. sentenced
to four years, T. G. Gibson, ebbezSle-
roent, sentenced to two years, w. w.
Woods, assault with deadly weapon.
sentenced to eighteen months. Henry
Watson. burglary. sentenced TO ten
years James Jensen, attempt to rape,
sentenced 10 one year.
The application for pardon Of Gust
Dores was continued for one month.
the application for Communication of
Watkin Reese was continued for the
same period, and the APPLICATION of
David Latham for parole was contin-
ued for one month.
In executive session the application
for pardon of Reese and Bass. con-
yicted OF murder. was continued for
two months Hyrum Wiseman was
granted a rehearlng Of his application
for a pardon and the petition for
rehearing Of the application for par
don OF De Ray Horrooks was denied.