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Shocking Mississippi pardon scheme exposed
Jackson Mississippi June 29 R T Goldsby a notorious negro criminal says he paid 3600 to obtain a 60 day suspension of his 5 year sentence and believed it would lead to a full pardon He names ex Gov Bilbo Capt A B Schauber Russell aide A H Wilson and Sen Harry Murray as beneficiaries He is jailed in Warren County and alleges meetings with Bilbo at Parchman Farm He says the plan was to get a pardon by July and return to freedom then.
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Jackson
Miss
R. T. Goldsby
Mississippi
Goldsby
Theo. G. Bilbo
A. B. Schauber
Russell
A. H. Wilson
Parchman
Harry K. Murray
Warren County
State Board of Pardons
Chicago
Warren
Vicksburg
Bilbo
Murray
Capt
Schauber
Sergeant Wilson
Camp No. 7
Parchman Farm
Crook
C. C. Cohen
James W. Williamson
Goldby
Stone
Wahlington
Prison Board of Trustees
State Board
Golby
Wilson
Penitentiary
B. H. Shannon
J. J. Hayes
Hayes
Shannon
Springfield
Ill
Lowden
Illinois
Mooney
Ilinois Central
Central
Bertilon