Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1913-11-25
100 TO GET LrBERTY THURSDAY
Governor Blease Breaks Record I'm
Granting Clemency 10 Convicts.

| Columbia, Nov. 23.-Preyious par-
don records were broken when Gov
ernor Blease affixed his signature to
papers granting freedom to o1ie hun
dred convicts in the penitentiary and
| scattered on chain gangs throughout
] the State, this being the Governors
list for Thanksgiving clemency. With
the Thanksgiving number the total
| number OF convicts pardoned and pa
rolled by Governor Blease since he
first assumed Office in January, 1911,
! jumped to $50.
The pardon and parole papers for
these 100 convicts have been signed
| by the Governor and will be sent to
the Office of the Secretary of State on
| tuesday morning in order for him to
| aihX MS signature. The papers will
De sent to the penitentiary, the State
| tarm, and the county chain gangs
where the prisoners are confined in
time for them to be liberated on
| Wednesday and let them eat Thanks
giving dinner at their homes on
Thursday.
Crimes Committed.
Hurried compilation of the crimes
Tor which those given clemency for
thanksgiving were convicted. show
the following:
Twenty-eight life-terms for muir
uer, rs Tor manslaughter, for bur
glary and larceny, 10 for assault and
battery with intent to kill for as
sault and battery Of high and ag-
SraVated nature, for house-break-
ing and larceny, 1 for highway rob
Dery and larceny, | for larceny of
live stock, for obtaining goods un-
der false pretences, 1 for gambling,
dlsorderly conduct and larceny, 3
for rape, for breach of trust. | for
larceny OF bicycle, l for grand lar
ceny, l for safe-cracking, l for lar
ceny and forgery, 1 for bigamy. 8
for violation Of dispensary law, MAX
ing total Of 100.
Richland Heads the List.
Richland county heads the list
with 10 in the number Spartanburg
and Greenville tie for second place
with apiece, and the others are ap-
portioned to the following counties:
Greenwood 3, Lee l, Newberry 5,
Darlington 4, Charleston 8, Marion 3,
Dorchester 2, Union 1, Bamberg 1
Oconee 1, Lancaster 2, Abbeville 3
Pickens 1, Anderson 3, Barnwell 2,
Williamsburg /, Orangeburg 4 Ches- !
ter 4, Marlboro 1, Edgefield 2, Lau-
rens 6, York ], Georgetown /, Cher
ohee D, Lexington a, Aiken 4, Ker-
shaw l, Dorchester 1 Colleton l,
Clarendon l, Chesterfield 1, Calhoun
l. This makes thirty-five counties, /
and the other counties not figuring /,
in the list were: Dillon, Jasper, Hor- |
ry, Beaufort, Florence, Berkeley and !
Fairfield. !
Only One Full Pardon. |
Out OF the 100 receiving clemency |
for Thanksgiving only one was given |
a full pardon, he being j. e. Hinson, |
white, convicted at the March, 1913, !!
term of court for Marlboro county, |
Of aggravated assault and battery, |
and sentenced to six months i'm /
prisonment upon the public works Of
Marlboro county.
Leland Cox Paroled.
The only parole for Oconee was
that of Leland Cox, (white), convict
ed at the March G912) term Of
court Of assault and battery Of
high and aggravated nature, and
sentenced to three years imprison-
ment upon the public works of the !
county. The papers state that the !
defendant began serving his sentence
on March 1, 1913. In view Of the
petitions presented and the recon-
mendation of the board Of pardons-i
more than six months having been
served by the defendant-he was
garnted parole during good behav-
ior, beginning November 25, 1913.