San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-04-18
INCLUDES II
Of RIOTERS
/. At HOUSTON
Communications Come. as Re-
suit Of Special lnves-
tigation.
TO HANDLE ALL CASES
Present Action Forerunnet
Of Further Sentence
Reductions.
ONLY FIVE ARE FREED
Most of Houston Rioters
Get Life Terms Cut to
| 30 Years.
ONLY FIVE ARE FREED

Leayenw0rth. Kan. April 49,
Forty-five Of the 800 military prison.
ers serving sentences in the United
States penitentiary here have re-
ceived combinations and reductions
of sentences rs o result of the in
vestigation conducted in March by Ma
ior James Stansfield and Major f.
X. Ross, the specially appointed
elemency board.
In their first reports the clemency
board acted on cases which merited
special consideration. Now the board
is considering the remaining cases in
alphabetical order and has reached
cases listed under "H." Warden w.
/. Biddle announced today communal
tons Of sentences for fourteen pris-
oners were received yesterday.
Out of the 40 who have received
clemency. only five prisoners have
been released. Many of the 45 VIII
be eligible to come before the parole
board at its session in May. The
five who have been freed are: Sam
uel Jackson, John W. Fitzgerald.
Thomas Field, Daniel Musa and Al
bert Rappmund. All of these men
left the prison on March %.
Seventeen Houston Rioters.
Twenty-Five OF the 45 combinations
were given TO life termers of whom
seventeen were Houston rioters. The
sentences of the Houston rioters, in
most Of the cases, We're cut to 80
years. The majority of the Houston
rioters have been in the prison seven
years and they will have to serve
three more years before they are
eligible to appear before the parole
board. The ruling in this regard is
that a prisoner must serve one-tmrd
of his committed sentence before he
is eligible to parole.
The sentence of John G.. Gotten
kiene formerly n captain. who was
serving fifteen years. is one of the 40
COMMITTED. Gottenkiene's sentence
has been committed from fifteen IA
twelve years.
This Communication allows Gotteus
kicne to appear before the parole
board at its session in May.
Houston rioters, who nave been
given combinations from life sent.
enees are:
Names of Rioters.
Ben Mcdaniel. cut to nineteen
years, three months: Ernest f. VIII
liams. cut 10 80 years: John Adams,
cut TO 80 years: Wash Adams. cut
to II years. nine months: Grant
Anderson, cut 20 nineteen years Fred
Avery, cut to twenty years; James
Cocker, cut to IS years: Charley
Banks, cut to so years; Fred Brown,
cut TO so years; Richard Brown cut
to so years Walter Burkett, cut TO
so years: Allie c. Butler, cut 70 SO
years; Ben Cecil. cut 60 90 years.
William Brunette. cut TO nineteen
years Abner Davis, cut TO % wears.
three months: Henry T.. Chenault, cut
to twenty years: William l.. Dusan,
cut to so years.
Other prisoners who have been
given combinations: James G.
Skiles. twenty years, cut 10 fifteen:
Leo Simmons, - years. cut to fIf-
teen: Adrian C. TAYLOR, So years. cut
TO fifteen: Forrest Proctor, ten years,
cut to five years, six months: Nal
erom Williams. three years, SIX
months. committed TO expire and lett
the prison April Z; Buddie III. Ash
worth, life. cut 10 twenty years:
Ioretto Alardin. life. cut TO % years;
Jack Barron, ten years. cut 70 SIX
years: Ernest CrutchHeld, life, cut
TO twenty years; Gerald Il. Fisher. 10
years. cut to ten: Anthony Dyorstc&i,
life. cut to twenty years; Joe Day,
20 years. cut to fifteen; Henry Fred.
erick, life. cut to % years; Daniel
Reyans. life, cut TO fifteen. Sam IL
Williams life. cut to fifteen: Francis
J. Cooney twenty years. cut 10
twelve; William Cooke. fifteen years.
cut TO ten: Joe Marznlla, life. cut to
twenty years: Thomas Capitz. lite.
cut TO twenty years: John c: Gotten
XIV. fifteen years, cut 70 twelve: VIII
liam F.. Golden, fourteen years, cut
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