Omaha daily bee., 1921-09-23
Record Bigamist
OF State Paroled
ByPardons Board
Release Of Harry S. Mckay
Obtained Through Efforts
OF Sixth Wife-To Work
In Omaha.

Lincoln. Sept 2,,-(Speeial.)--
Parole OF Harry s. Mckay, Nebras-
ka's record bigamisi. was announced
today by the state board OF pardons
aud paroles at Lincoln.
Mckay obtained his release large
iy through the efforts Of his sixth
wife. Mrs. Hazel Milledge Mckay,
OF Omaha. She has repeatedly in
formed the board that she still loves
Harry. and through her efforts the
same insurance company for which
she works in the w. 0. w. building
at Omaha has agreed to employ Nc
Kay upon his release.
The status OF McKay's ether
wives, as enumerated by the board,
follows: Wife No. |. dead; wife No.
2. divorced; wife No. ), dead; wife
No. 4, divorced; wife No. 5, obtained
an annulment; wife No. 6, in Oma-
ha, attempting to have her marriage
legalized.
The board denied the application
of Floyd Fuller of Douglas county
for a commutation Of life sentence
for the murder OF Dorothy RAIDER
Carberry at Twenty.sixth and Far
nam streets in 1917. He presented
his application several months ago,
but action was deferred until this
month.
The application OF William A.
Fouse, Omaha negro serving a life
sentence for the murder OF a soldier
at Omaha in 1908, was deferred.
Two more Of the boys mixed up in
the A. D. 7. robbery in Omaha in
1920 were paroled. They are Thomas
B. Robel and William A. Swan.
Bernard Dolan, third member Of the
alleged gang, was paroled two
months ago.
Including Douglas county, action
of the board is summarized as fol-
lows: paroles granted, IA; denied.
nine; deferred, three; recommended
for reformatory, seven; paroled to
take effect November IS, three.
Action on Others.
Action on other Douglas county
prisoners follows:
Lewis Conley, one to seven years
for larceny as bailee, paroled: w. G.
Thomas, one to five years for cut
ting with intent to injure, paroled;
Levi Derring, one to>seven years for
larceny from person, paroled; James
Davis, one to seven for grand lar
ceny, recommended for transfer to
the new reformatory; Jacinta Kastg-
nata, one to 10 for grand larceny,
paroled for deportation to Italy;
Nathan Wolfson, one to 10 for
breaking and entering, application
denied; Dewey Woodman, three to
six for robbery, paroled; Mildred
Sevey, improper conduct, paroled
from the home for women at York.
The board also ordered return OF
a car owned by the Drive 1t Your
self company in Omaha, which was
seized by the state for transporta-
ton of liquor.
Other Decisions.
The boards decision OIL other pa
role applications follows:
c. L. Murphy, Perkins, Is, check
no funds, denied: Miner Fairbanks,
Scottsbluff, l-10x, auto stealing.
transferred to refornatory; Henry
Jackson, Dawson, 40, burglary, SEN
tence commuted; John Eckhoff, Lin
coin, ~, larceny from person, pa
rolled; G. L. Poison, Kimball, l-20,
forgery, paroled; Ray 'Venson,
Adams, IL, grand larceny, paroled:
Carl B. Anderson, Sheridan, Is,
check no funds, is, paroled; Viii
liam Lee Scott, Sheridan, burglary,
lilo, action deferred; Vernon Price.
Dakota, lilo, auto stealing, trans
ierred to reformatory; George B.
Poague, Dawes, IL, grand larceny,
denied; DeLisle Smiley, Dodge, lilo,
auto stealing, transferred to reforma-
tory; Richard Higson, Scottsbluff,
lilo, auto stealing, transferred to re-
formatory; Dott Slavin, Custer, ~,
larceny, paroled; Milan Sheppard,
Hamilton, l-7y receiving stolen prop
erty, paroled; Forest L. Stone, But
ler, is, hog stealing, paroled; Virgil
Day, Scottsbluff, ~, grand larceny,
paroled; Gus Georgon, Lancaster,
grand larceny, no action; Oddie
Spain, Cherry, l-2O, forgery, denied:
Clifford Short, Lancaster, 1-10, grand
larceny, paroled; William Beetley,
Gage, l-20, shoot to kill, denied;
Donal Benson, Lancaster, 1-20, forg-
cry, action deferred; Loren Wright,
Dixon, 1-10, burglary. denied.