The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-11-19
PAROLE GRANTED
TO f. F. S. LAVE
Case of Shafer, Embezzler
From Bank, Goes Over
TO Nov. 25.
CHARLES BEEBEIS FREED
Many Other Cases Taken UP
by the State Board of
PardonS.
CHARLES BEEBE IS FREED

The state board Of pnrdous e1asii
cred twenty eases at its session YES
terday. l.. +. :. Lane. convicted OF 4
statutory crime in the Third district
court May ), 1911. and sentenced TO
serve one year was denied q pardon,
but was granted n parole and Will be
released from prison ms soon as en-
ploymeut can he obtained for him by
his friends.
The case OF Lane, who for some time
was connected with local morning
newspaper as an advertising solicitor
and later was partner IN al advertls-
ing agencr. attracted a great deal of at
tontion last spring. Lane left the city
with n Salt Lake girl and the pair
were found in Pueblo, Colo, living as
man and wife
The board after hearing the case of
S. |. ShafcT, sentenced 10 serve one
year after he pleaded guilty 10 cm-
beZzlcment in the Third district conrt
of Tooelc county, July -, 1911. con
tinued il to Il special session which Will
be held November %.
Shafer WAS the cashier Of the Com
! mercial Bank of Toocle. Utah, and to-
gether with two companions, George
Higgs and a. B. Walton. planned and
executed n fake robbery OF the insti-
| tuition. early in July They were sen
fenced to one year each. Iliggs Is
now OUT on parole and Walton is in the
| penitentiary.
Lenient With Gray.
John Gray, who has been in the state
prison since September s, 1899, had
asked the board for n restoration Of his
credits and his plea was granted on the
condition that he could make arrange.
ments to 90 to his home in California.
| Gray was convicted OF house break"
ing and of being habtual Grim.
, inal in the Third district court and
sentenced TO serve nineteen years.
Other cases heard were as follows:
! For pardon--Cbarlcs a. Stewart. con
! victed Of involuntary mauslaughter in
! the Fourth district court, Utah county.
and sentenced October is. 1909, to
| serve five years. continued thirty days ,
Robert W, Hill. convicted Of grand lar
ceny in the Seventh district court,
! Emery county, and sentenced October
| Is, 1910, 10 serve five years. pardon
denied, and parole granted; Charles
| Beebe. convicted of grand larceny in
the Seventh district court, Emery coun-
ty, and sentenced June -. 1911, to
serve one year, granted; Matt Mativi.
convicted of statutory of'ense in the
Third district court and sentenced July
II, 1911, to serve one year, continued
TO special session November %; f. T..
Moxley. convicted of petty larceny
and sentenced July II. 1911. to serve
six months IN the county Jail. denied; !;
William J. q 'Leary. convicted Of rob
berry in the Third district court, and
sentenced March %, 1907, TO serve 10
years denied,
For parole-George Hall. convicted
! of statutory offense in the Third dis"
trict court and sentenced February a.,
1911. to serve two and a half years;
denied
Continued Cases.
Continued from last month-For
pardon, Ray NJ. Phillips. convicted of
robbery on the Fourth district court,
Utah county and sentenced September
., 1909 to serve four years. denied;
William p. Nestal convicted in the
Fifth district court. Millard county, on
charge of attempted eXtortion and
sentenced on May % 1911. to serve
one year. continued thirty days: W. j.
Hepburn. convicted OF criminal assault
in the Fourth district court. Jiutah
county. and sentenced juno IS 1908, to
serve ten years. continued thirty days:
William A Bringhurst, convicted OF
robbery in the Third district court and
sentenced June .. 1910, to serve twelve
wears. continued TO special session No
vembcr p: Jim Wilson, convicted of
burglary in the second degree III the
Third district court and sentenced May
=. 1911. TO serve one wear. continued
thirty davs: John Norton. convicted Of
attempted robbery in the Third district
court and sentenced September II.
1910. to serve five years. continued
thirty days: Bert Allen. convicted of
attempted robbery in the Third dis.
trict court and sentenced September II.
1910. 70 serve eight wears. continued
thirty davs: Arthur Brown, convicted
of forgery in the Third district court
and sentenced March II. 1910. TO serve
two and a half wears continued; Peter
Affleck. convicted of burglary in the
second degree IN the First district
court. Cache county. and sentenced No,
vembcr 20. 1910. TO serve three years,
continued TO special session November
-.
Continued from last month--For pa
role. !, II. CUMMINGS convicted Of at
tempt to commit robbery in tho Third
district court and sentenced July so.
1909. TO serve five years. continued
thirty days