The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1912-01-12
CRUCE ASKED
TO PAROLE
MOTE
County Clerk Lindsay is
Touched by Distressed
WOman'S Appeal

II Governor cruce heeds the pray
ers Of the officers of Grady county
asd Of a large number of citizens o.
Snyder ana fyron, Oklahoma. x 81
Mote. now serving an eight yeas
term NJ The state peniteniiaaFs At Mc
Alester for stealing horse from Jos
lkard at Amber, Win receive a parole
and return 10 DIS home al Snyder 3
support hls wife ard children
7 Application for Notes pardon to
gefhtr with the petitions. was for
~ eea TO ihe governor by Coan
Cleik Joe Lindsay, few days ago
anil reply was received yes'efaa,
The goyernor gas asked to waive lhe
rule requiring advertisement d suaa
an application FOR 30 days but hls par
don clerk stated mat this ruie had
never been waived and therefore no
action can be taken tan the noiieo has
been !nbllshed th4 required length "
tine
Movement for Parole stsr'st
Mote entered hls plea Of guilty in
sho superior court 81 Grady roonsg in
sem. ID isli. The movement f1s MS
parole va. initiated by Ar l.irssay
after le ning pathetic Letter rom
TIE corYicts wife. setting srlA fhe
destitute condition Of herself and her
three little chiiaren gaowing some
thing Of the facts ID the case and
touched by ths womana appeal. Hr
Lindsay wrote 10 bet suggesting thar
she proceed Al once 70 secure petit
lions Tor a parole at SNYDER ard also
at Tyron whfre Mote formerly lived
and promising to interest the officers
here 10 tie cause. AS result Mrs.
Mote forwarded petitions from sny-
der bearing The signatures Of proml-
nent business men. ministers and
mapy Others. an Of whom testified
that young Mote had always borne a
good reputation There that he had an
eslmable wife and three small babies
who we're in great need Of his support
and protection, similar petitions
we're also signed by numerous elti-
gems oi Tyron.
Officers sign Petition.
The petition secured by Nr Lind
az n this county WIS signed by
5s7tge VIII Linn Of tie superior court
before whom Note plead guilty couu.
Is Attorney penable and his assistant
Sir Herndon Sheriff evils and lin
der sheriff Phillips + Z Moore jus
lice Of the peace ~ T. Melton. clerk
of iho superior court and his deputy
Thos. L. Tagior =. 4say conn
ty Clerk. " q Cloud. county treas
urer. J. Z. Hln. baiHlf I'D F. Johns
Sch Pursley and John n Penn com
IS commissioners and Joe lkard own
ef Of the horse that was stolen By
Mote
WHes Pathetic Plea.
SIR. Lindsay has received seVera
letters from Mrs Mote. the LAST on
yesterday il which she says IN part
4 pas in such hopes Of having nj
husband back with our darling babies
am awful do~n.haaFted tonight. NJ
cod. pray Governor cruce to hay
mercy on me and let my only suppoi
out to me on a parole ii he ~oui
only do that ] would not ask Tor an!
thing else. It Is all can do no
10 keep from bed and have 70 wor
50 hard Il Mt. Cruce viii not parol
ms husband j can never stand It t'
II II nearly TOO much for me now
n know II my husband can't come hac
"a his family, my babies viii have
be separated and can never star
anything ilka that Please write n
good news"
Fell Among phllIstlres
In his petition from this count
Mr. Lindsay reclies the facts conoer
iay the circumstances 10 Notes ca
In substance as follows Mote W
out Of work at snyder finding Il I
possible 10 obtain employment
y common labor. such as he was fit
for, and he received prolosiii
IRON an Oklahoma city man 70 8
patent farm gate. With what m'
ey be could gel together for the
penses of the trip he started TO OK