Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1911-04-22

PARDON OF
FRANK EVERETT
PORTION OF SKULL REMOVED
AND STEEL NEEDLE FOUND
EMBEDDED IN BONE.

After considering the matter for
several days, the state board of
pardons yesterday granted condi-
tional parole to Frank E. Everett,
who was serving a life sentence in
the state penitentiary for murder
committed in 1906 at Nina.
Everett's case was held over
from the January meeting of the
board. and second hearing was
granted on the 18th of this month,
when he appeared before the board
through his attorney. An earnest
plea was made for the parole or
pardon. but an equally as earnest
endeavor was made against such an
action by the relatives of the man
the defendant had murdered. After
all sides had been heard and the
board had carefully examined the
testimony from the original case, the
decision hinged on the advice of
several medical men, of both Car
son and Reno. 1t was this latter
testimony that secured the pardon.
Everetts case attracted consider
able attention throughout the Unit
ed States He murdered Foreman
Malone of the railroad shops at
Nina, after the latter had refused
to man a special train for MS
| (Everett's) benefit. At that time
Everett was miner and prospec o.
Previously he had been attacked
with religious mania, and would
frequently deliver lectures on the
street corners in the desert town
At other times he would be as IA.
tional as any person in their ,igGt
sense.
After Everett had been committed
to the state prison for a life son
ton of the prison physician. Las
year he was brought to Reno anC
! underwent an operation. A portion
of the skull was removed and
; steel needle was found imbedde'
! in the bone. Infection and atroph
, of long standing was found and tn
; foreign growth had caused a pro
! lection from the roof of the skul
witch by pressing on the brain It's
/ sue was believed to have cause
Everett's periodical lapses into ep
lepsy but the character of the al
it should prove Jacksonian epileps
> a durable form, there was hop
) for him. but it was idiopathic ep
a lepsy that was incurable. The II
!. suit of the operation and convale
r cense proved that Everett had bee
n afflicted with Jacksonian epilepsy.
o After the diagnosis Everett's rel
q tives remembered that when a Chi
! he had been hurt in playing abo,
# \ sewing machine, but not unt
g the operation was it definite
4 known that he carried the need
N still.
Il Repeated efforts have been mat
9 to secure Everett's freedom du
N ing the five years he has spent
+ the state institution, but it W
+ not until the testimony of the phi
"a sicians was presented that the lea
n. hope was offered. Everett's wi
a. had been tiresome worker on |
behalf and his parole is due
her devotion to the man she We
When summoned before the pa
n don board yesterday, it was
planned to Everett that he would
= allowed his liberty on certain &C
90 ditions. The restrictions were tt
,S+ he should not use Intoxicating
n quors or drugs; he should co
municate with the pardon boa
,is once every month"; by letter a
,ot state his condition at the time
- writing. Any violation of the CT
m ditions imposed mean that the p
10 don will be revoked The boa
reserved the right to revoke
lid pardon at any time notwithstand i
,rv the restrictions.
nd Everett agreed to abide by
n conditional parole, and he was giv
ust his freedom. Accompanied by
inc wife he left the Capital city Frit
no evening, and journeyed to Re
Their stay in that city was fol
few minutes only, and the cou
departed on train No. % for Pac
A. Grove, Cal, where they will res
in future