The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-11-30
CELL DOORS SWING OPEN
FOR WEALTHY SOCIALIST
AND Fifteen ASSOCIATES
shipman, England and
Owens Of Tri- Cities
Released.

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most simultaneously for VIII.
liam Bross Lloyd, wealthy rad
ical, and Is associates, incl,sd.
Ing Perry Shlpnan Of Rock
Island, at liberty today after
serving eight days Of their sen
tence fer violation Of the Illinois
aati.syndicalisn act.
Governor Small oonnutea
their sentences late yesterday.
shortly before IL o'clock last
night. Lloyd and six others, sen.
fenced to Joliet penitentlary
for from one to i've years,
walked from the prison, FREQ
men. Three hours later the
nine men confined In the Cook
county jail, all sentenced to
serve one year, were released.
Besides Lloyd those released at
Joliet were Jack Carney, Arthur
Proctor, Edgar Owens, Ludwig
Lore, l.. X. England, and Niels
Kjar. Those freed from the county
Jail were Samuel +. Hankin, James
A. Meissinger, Karl f. Sondberg.
Charles krumbein, Samuel Ash, N.
]. Christianson. James Vogel, Nor
ris A. Stolar and Perry Shipman.
Shipman lives in Rock Island.
Mrs. Lloyd was waiting at the
prison gate in the family limousine
accompanied by Robert Howe.
Lloyd's secretary.
"Well, Bill, how'd you like it,"
Great replied Lloyd. tits
good rest-would be for . tired bus
iness man."
"Oh Honey" interjectsd Mira.
Lloyd, did they cut yoru hair?"
mot one wisp," answered Lloyd
as he removed his hat.
Lloyd, in giving his impression
of prison life, said he believed
prisoners who couldn't maintain
! friendly relations with their guards
were persons who were always In
| trouble.
81 remember at college," he said.
| there were some men who couldn't
get along with certain teachers
and l found those teachers fine.
Welf4ts the same down there"
Governors Stand.
In announcing executive clemen-
cy for the convicted men, Governor
Small said he was in accord With
the dissenting opinion written by
Justice Orrin N. Carter, who ques-
| toned the constitutionality OF the
law.
Two men, who have not begun
serving their sentences were not
included in the clemency order.
They are L. X. katteriield, who
cabled from Russia that he would
surrender. and DIR. o. ]. Brown,
serious illness preventing him from
surrendering with the 16 others.
Lloyd, with SO others forming
what was known as the left wing
of the Socialist party, were indicted
in March, 1920, and 20 Of the men
were arrested and convicted In
August. 1920.
| From the lower court the case
/ was carried to the Illinois supreme
court where the jury's verdict and
sentence were affirmed. An appeal
to the higher court resulted in that
| body's refusal to review the case
and the Imprisonment Of the is.
| DR.. Brown, who was a patient in
local hospital where he had sub
mitted to an operation. died yes
terday before it was announced
that suspension OF his sentence
+, had been set aside.
Moline Men Frede.
l.. X. England and Edgar Owens
of Moline were among the six SEN
fenced to the penitentiary with
| Lloyd. Ten of them. including Perry
Shipman, Rock Island, were in the
Cook county Jail for a one year
| term.
William A. Guinea. Chicago at
torney, fled the petition for a
Communication OF sentence with Gov
ernor Small late yesterday after
noon. The governor and William
Colvin. superintendent Of pardons,
heard the application at the state
house and at night the governor
gave out statement quoting at
length from the dissenting opinion
of Justice Carter Of Chicago to that
Of Chief Justice Floyd E. Thomp-
son. Rock Island, when the su-
prene court On adjourning for. the
June term affirmed the sentence OF
the criminal court Of Cook county.
Justice Carter's opinion was to
the effect that while legislation Of
this character. referring to the Law
under which Lloyd and his CO.
defendants were convicted, Nigh! be
entirely proper as war measure
it might be very short sighted to
enforce that legislation in time OF
peace.
opinion, Governor Small said: ..:No
human agency can accurately de-
termine how long any human being
shall be fncarcerated. These men
are not criminals. Since their in-
dictment and conviction in March.
II 1891, they have suffered severely.
II declined to extend clemency prior
to their Incarceration. No great
good can come from longer In
generation for them. have com