South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-12-23
STATE GIVES IS
PRISONERS XMAS
GIFT OF LIBERTY
Governor ShOrtens Sentences
of 10 Others Many
Cases Continued.

INDIANAPOLIS. Ind. Dec. 22.-
Thirteen prisoners. including three
lifers. will spend Christmas at home
as the result of clemency extended
Wednesday night by Gov. Goodrich
on the recommendation Of the state
board OF pardons. They will h5 the
last prisoners. IL was announced, to
be freed by Gov. Goodrich who re-
tires from office next month.
One pardon. II paroles and one
temporary parole composed the lis
OF prisoners who will be released.
Glenn c. Cavender Of Fort Wayne.
serving six months at the penal
farm for bigamy. received the Iar-
don. and DR. Nelson Ross of Muncie,
serving a life sentence at Michigan
City for killing an interurban con-
ductor. got a 30-day parole.
Two Lifcrs Freed.
Among the II parOled are Franz
Heilman, who killed a man at Mad
ison. Ind. on Christmas eve. Il
years ago. and Bohall Garfield. SER
fenced for murder from Jackson
county 10 years ago. Both We're
sentenced for life. other paroles
included:
Robert Long. Clinton county. sem
fenced to the refOrmatOry last June
for grand larceny; William Artie
Perry Hancock county. grand lar
Ceuy; Randolph Acre Bartholomew
county. manslaughter; Elmer Whit
field. Sullivan county. manslauEh
William Rashall. Spencer county.
robbery. Louis Kitchen. Spencer
county robbery; Charles Jennings.
Fayette county. assault and battery
10 commit felony; Layton Wall,
Putnam county. escaping from penal
farm. and Hobart Hubbelel. Morgan
county, burglary.
Sentences of 10 prisoners also
were cOmmuted. while plea for
clemenCy for % others were denied
by the board, which also continued
the petitions Of 36 prisoners. most
OF them serving murder sentences.
BIasscr Term Shortened
The communications included: Otto
Kreen. sentenced from Allen county
last July. two TO IA years, forgery.
reduced 10 one 10 a years: Leslie
Keever. Delaware county. sentenced
in January. 1919, 10 TO % years.
burglary, reduced two to Il years;
Marcellus Lucas. Grant county. SEN
fenced Dece-- Ser. 1918. five 10 Il
years. robber reduced two 20 Il
years. Charles B'asser. St Joseph
Ccunty. sentenced December. 1916.
five @ IA years. lCbbery reduced 10
{ IA ycgls. Artheur Shelton. Wander
burEh county, sentenced Decew Der
1.':. two 20 Il years. forgery. re-
dJcod 20 one 10 q years.
C7emcncy pleas rejected 5v the
board included Charles ClIy. Alien
county. serving sentence for petit
larceny. John Paul Jones OF South
Bend. sentenced from Wayne COun-
~. grand larceny. Guiseppi Adama.
NigO county. manslaughter. Ezra
. Cole. Grant county. burglary; Will
+ i"m Robinson. Howard county. mur-
der. Carl Cecil. Huntington county,
+ forgery: Urban Faurot, Huntington.
f grand larceny; Paul Regadonz. Hun
I tington. grand larceny. Charles
I Kriot. Lake county. enuCing girl
into immoral house. Kenneth Sny-
der. Howard county. issuing frauiu-
4 lent check. William Ian lon. Hun
ting1On county forgery: and
4 Thomas Walburu. Delaware county.
I grand larceny.
Armstrong Case Continued.
4 Among the cases continued were
I the following Day Armstrong. St
Joseph county; Jesse Lee Arter DIAL
aware county: Frank CriLe. ElLnart
/ county: Francis Duncan. Hancock
. county; samuel Hobbs. Wander
2 burgh county: Harry Hooper and
Robert Jones' Wayne county. John
Knapp. Wayne county: Albin Lud-
. wig 81. Joseph county. Omer Seig-
/ fred. Miami county. Donald O. stan
ley. bartholomew county. Garland
\ Van Horne. Elkhart county and
/ James Walker. Madison county.
FIRE ON D'ANNUNZIO.
ROME. Dec. 22-The Italian tor
pedo boat destroyer Zeniro has
shelled the forces Of Gabrielle