The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-03-06
BY
CIV. HATFIELD

CHARLESTON. W. Va. March .
II became known tonight that men
vino had been convicted ri murder III
the first degree. murder in the second
degree, arson. rmh"zzlrrlenl, carrying
concealed weapons. violation OF me
HuS, law and numerous other oli"nSrS'
received pardOnS from Governor Hat
field before h, retired from office last
Saturday night.
Perhaps never in Ii" history al
West Virginia has IN outgoing GOV
rrnur welded his pard0ning. power as
did Governor Hatfield during the clos
ing hours u! his administration.
Murders who wcr" sentenced 10 ne
imnrisCnmrnr We're either released on
conditional parole or had their sen
fences commutrd 10 short terms.
\ complete list OF pardonS: paroles
and combinations are as follows:
\. W. Finn. nf Randolph county.
sentenced 10 five years. endorsement,
conditionally partIon"d.
Mike Na2@. first decree murder, life
Imprisonment. committed To Ten years.
Sam Shepherd. Writ COUNTY, first
desrre murder. pardrnrl.
Grazzi ScogIio, II leigh county.
first degree murder. III" impriSOn'
mrnt. cOmmutrd Ia seven years.
Antonio Brininnio. OF l'ocahnntaS
county. first dGgrr" murder, If" I'M
priSOHmeni. committed 10 eighteen
years.
John Rrdlry, Mercer county, first
degree murder, cummuted 10 eighteen
Years.
John Ahl."tt Mcdowell county, muir
de-. iIf" imprisonment. committed /" }"
years.
Floyd SrollinGS. Logan county. first
d"ri9., murder. viii $"rv" II Years from
l9u%.
Harry Howard. Wrl2rI county, first
irIr." MURDER committed |" ~ E"nrS.
thari,S Ir"N. iIhi" CutntY. ii:St drErc.
murder 'N'umH!rd I" Is years.
Charles Huuicr. MrDrwrll rpuu'S. frs;
d.Gi"'' murder. committed I" = years.
L"hu !"yl"s. t"l"'il county hr*t de
:srrr Murder. rnmuuI"d 10 is years.
l.. ~ Nc, lang. Nich"'as county. COM
virt,J firei J"&Icy murder. uncondliion-
ally pardnnc'r.
H. Is. fan"S. FIRST 'I"gr'," murder re-
l.;lsrd ON r"ndItiuuai pardon.
r,un,rt shade. Mri"w"li county, first
,lrrrr,. murder, released on par'r".
William Chil,i,y%. Logan county. first
d"nr'.. murder. released on C"nhi'l"na!
pardon.
gree. mrr,!..r. par"l"d.
fI-unn Ru,N,'ti. i>anaWhn county. first
d,Ei"o murder. c"Euiti"naI pardon.
i.,n Sirr!'r. ,a'"I' c"4"'.. murder.
i.ar"li
lIrnrr Il. smith. Iianrwha county.
murder conditional pardon.
James lux" Cnhrll county. seven
years FOR felony. PaIh"ncd.
Watt SnuTlnc',. l."i;,il county. AIRY
ing w"Hr,'nS. rard"n"'i.
y. H. Eruwnl"y. kanhwha county. ms
d. m"anur. rarUljd.
I|llir Iius"u. Mcdowell county. felony.
par,i"nr'i.
II. l.. r.ilrnr. second d"rr"r MURDER
hardened after serving Is months.
Warwirk g. i;uiliii. i'"rnhuntaS coUn-
IS. felony. ~jntrnr"i In 1907. full par
lanes Williams. ,s"r"Md degree muir
der IN l'avrtI" county. "rnHlti"nni par
don
Fred K,mn.". house breaking. c"mdi-
:iun;!! r'IrLSr.
'i"urr" H. Turn;r. tal"'ll county.
grand larcruy. rnrd"u"d.
Tom McIlrm"n. malicious w"undinE.
I;ahigh county. Iard"u'd.
h.N"y goodyear. k:tnawha county.
grand lnrccny. parol"d.
J.. q. Race. clarion county. rmhczzlc-
u.-nt. ,ardon'.d.
Mice unn."iS. Logan county. voluntary
miuSian cht"r. rardune'i.
';""rE" Hin. EUycttn county. second
ri'. gro. murder. conditional pardon.
Man Curry. r"rahon'as county. arson,
rar"I"I.
ROLAND kin"2ii. ,raEctte county roh-
h"rl. par"!"d,
clarence Pride, Monongalia county,
felony. pnrul"d.
William L"nk". Brooke county. felony,
pardunrd.
i. :. Davis. Hampshire county. forg-
cry. purul.d.
al SowdcrS. Kanawha COUNTY. second
degree murder rnroIcd.
t.. Graham Wilson. Jefferson county.
felony. parrinnrd.
.IlInrs crawford. Ming" county. Tolun-
larry mauSlHught"". pnrulcd.
Ru.har! Rose. Marshall county. sec
nni dcGrr', murder. parnlrd.
T. NJ Coleman. MI=". mlsdcm";tn"r.
rcmIlt"d.
john iI"il. Ohio county. misdcmrHll"-'
released.
u. y. Fudge. Raleigh count. fine re-
rntt"d.
John Ferguson. carrying revolver. re-
leased and tine rrmittrG.
Many persons convicted on minor Of