South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-07-09
REJECTS PLEA OF
"A PRISONERS IN
GRANTING PAROLES
Seven ''Lifers'' Amongst Those
Refused by McCray-
Favors Traylor.

AAEAo were among the 50 prlson-
ers denied clemency Friday by Gov.
McCray. who also approved paroles
or Communication Of sentences OF a
half score others. One "Iifer," Al
bert Traylor. sentenced from Pike
county in 1907 for murder. received
a Communication OF his sentence 10 Is
years. Others receiving clemency
were serving time for minor crimes.
In acting in all OF the cases the
governor followed the recommends
tons OF the state pardon board.
which had held hearings and mado
other Investigations Of the cases in
which the prisoners asked for pa
role.
Two Delaware county prisoners,
serving life sentence for murder,
were among those denied clemency.
They were Anthony Miller, sen
fenced July 10, 1907, and Charles
Johnson. sentenced April q, 1919.
other "Iifers" denied clemency were
James H. Green. sentenced from
Wayne county November 10, 1914;
Frank Price, sentenced from Cass
county April 2, 1919: Charles Rog-
ers. sentenced from Vigo county
April 9. 1901; Marian Braden, SEN
fenced from Madison county De-
cember p. 1917, and Frank Peyton,
sentenced from lake county Febru-
airy 10, 1917. All except Price were
convicted Of murder. Price was
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Adds TO Crime.
In recommending the denial Of
clemency to Rogers. the pardon
board declared that the prisoner
had added perjury 10 his crime and
that he should spend his life in pris-
on. In an affidavit. made recently.
Rogers denied shooting Melburn
Beatty. who sought to prevent Rog-
ers from firing on his wife. and ac-
cused James Collins Of Terre Haute.
now husband Of Rogers former
wife. of killing Beatty. The board
said Collins was not i'm Terre Haute
al the time Of the shooting. and did
not then know Mrs. Rogers.
"We have no hesitancy." the
board added. Gin characterizing this
affidavit of Rogers as being an act
Of deliberate. wilful and shameful
perjury The fact is that Collins
was not only on the scene, but was
not acquainted with Mrs. Rogers.
The Collins are respected and well
TO do citizens of Terre Haute. We
regard il as an outrage that their
good name and the virtue Of this
woman should now be attacked by
the periured statement of a murder
er. This man has been In prison 20
years, but il is evident from the
POSITION which he now assumes in
his appeal for clemency that these
long years OF confinement have
brought no penitence or refOrma-
ton. We feel that this scandalous
attack on his former wife and these
perjured statements regarding her
husband justify US in suggesting
that this man ought 10 remain in
prison the remainder Of his days"
Refuses Others.
Among others denied clemency
were the following:
Allen county prisoners-William
tl0uHutlr StHNtHNtN may - 4U4 - AbI
five 70 IA years for robbery. and
George Veithmeyer. sentenced Sep
TENDER 27. 1920. one to IA years for
grand larceny
Vigo county prisoners-Virgil Eu-
artte. sentenced September 10, 1920,
two to II years. assault and battery
TO rob. Charles Anderson, sentenced
January Is, 1921, one to Il years.
grand larceny, and William F.
Brown, sentenced May Il, 1920, two
10 Il years. embezzlement.
One Vanderburgh county prisoner
received clemency, the minimum
term Of James Lewis Westfan, sem
fenced January ., 1920 to two TO Il
years being reduced TO IS months.
Another Marlborough prisoner, Os-
car Klemann, was denied Clemency.
Klemann was sentenced February
/. last. for nine months at the
penal farm for petit larceny. West
fall was serving a term for forgery.
Frank Moore, a Grant county
prisoner serving two to Il years at
Jacksonville for forgery was grant
ed a parole. He was sentenced
March last year. Two Grant coun-
~ prisoners were denied paroles
Roscoe Blackburn, sentenced No
vember Il. 1919, for two TO IA years
for burglary and Haldo Stevens
sentenced January 90, 1919, for ten
to 90 years for burglary.
Roy Shaffer. sentenced from Wayne
county November Il. 1919. received
n remission Of s10O Of his S5On fine
and will be released from the penal
farm TO which he was sentenced for
six months and fined for rape.