The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-05-10

! lUTSt nutlDfE or fl'IEtUN anu ~ "
number Of Wheeling publishers.
Specifically tho Telegraph published
The names Of h. {. OGDEN and William
l.. RriCe rs the two Wheeling publish.
crs whoNtrd written letters.
1t ShouM be- noted that the Trl".
graph failed to lncludr the name of
George A. Laughin as one Of The
Who' ling publishers who wrote 4 let
ter. bur as a matter uf fact It letter
written by George \. I.auchlin to +.
- f.. Morgan. governor OF IN" state.
heads the list Of papers submitted in
explanation Of the governors actor
, IN issuing the pardon tn" lut"lIl.
SenCer has a copy OF that letter, under
/ date Of March l.. l922. Among other
! things. the letter written by Mr..
, LaughlIn goes on to tell OF Notes
! good prison record and various pltlIu'
conditions connected with his family,
and alleges unrruly that III" murder
was the result Of drunken brawl,
also ii claims for Note previous
] good record which other letters did
not.
I Now rs tt Int I'tl'I "II.''H ~ wv
publisher of The ;nt"'lccnrer and
News. who j. referred to. That letter
was purely Il courtesy letter given Ia
Mrs. Note mother Of John Noit".
Louis {. Motto. the father % John
Noltc. was for many years foreman ~
The Wheeling News COulpnsiu.; room.
i Christian man. Il hard worker and
an Industrious and faih!"l employs
The widowed mother OF John NOltc is
Il woman with whom no one could fail
to syuDathizc in her sorrow. Early
this year. Sh" mad" Il personal call
IN II. G Ogden. publisher "f The In
telligenCer and News. and asked him
TO make an tffor$ffO secure Il pardon
for John Nolte Mr. Ogden wrote 10
Warden TrrrrN o. The periientiary
who replied that. in his JUDGMENT. thI>
was not the proper time to apply foI
a pardon. He lhHreupon wrote 10 Mrs
Note 10 that effect, and advised h"I
10 drop the matter. Later. In com
nanr with friend she called At tn"
| ntelli"sur"" Offic" and insisted that
rhe nuh'ishcr OF The lnrrllicrnCcr and
News should give her some assistance
II possible. he declined 10 60 80. and
4 second call WAS mad" by h,r liter,
and final'v. N rNSnonS" 10 her urgent
persuasion. Mr.. OGDEN "rotc formal
letter 20 III" pardon attorney, which
appears below.
Whccln@ w Va.
March 6 1H@2
Hon \ G. Jenkins.
I Pardon Attorney.
S,r'n O. Yes VIRGINIA.
Charleston. ". Va.
noa" Sir,
understand thai az effort +
being made 10 S"cur" i p'rlon Tor
Mr.. John Note. now an inmate OF
the pani'entjary At MoundSN Ne.
+ have known Mr. Notes p"OOl"
. for long time Thoy ~" hi"h.
G'asS DcoNIc IN "r""y respect.
From wha' can l",'n nf Tho "aS",
am iNc'nHd ~ believe thai tho
= ends Of iUsti"" have honn served
! ~ tho Punishment air"aiv m"1S-
! urcd on 10 Motto. and would h"
/ very glad jnd"od II he could b"
. pardoncd and rus 'hst on
! further Investigation "nu VIII f""'
. justified in Recommending 'ha' hr
either b" r7-d"n"d ~ par"Itd.
o With kind regards ! an
Yours F""r tru'E.
II {. OGDEN.
+ will r. ,eon that this Letter SIM
! ply EXPRESSES = Ion" 'ha' on iNv"S'i-
ra'ion Nolrr would be found worthy
NJ pardon.
Was such Investigation over mad"'
The I"trer docs not deal win ms
":'Nh'N N any NiH' IL 0"'H N"' pre-
expresses the friendly Interest which
the publisher Of Tho IntClliGcTC"r felt
= in SOrrOwing mother.
A. TO the letter written ~ Mr.
! Lau:hlin in this case. for the time lie
. ing, The lntclligenCer Will leave l. ~
Mr.. Lau%blin TO make it public il hc
chooses 10 do 20. and aS 10 tn" letter
written by Mr.. Iiric". tn" same holds.
: For MI Brlcc. II can no Sali lh"t
hc he'd the same sympathetic cause
IS Mr.. Ogden. Louis NOlt". III" father
~ John NOltp, having worked pracli
ally his whole active Lie. lirsr on III"
Register and later on the News.
4 careful reading Of all tho letters
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