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sne jace 1ex-byrs.mther j Governor Hannon Touched by the aty I of the 0*1*1 and the FatherIs Released to Go to the Home Fiow Which Froth Jess Wife and Mother Fled Abandoning Hus-she j band and Children.ho jj Columbus, Dee. 23,—Gracious ez-iau ( ereise of the pardoning power of ie- ] Governor Harmon today brought joy ; a j to a family of eight thildrcei m Aran j lington in distress and bereft of lit father and mother because of a do-is I mestic tragedy.Touched by the pathetic story of the 17-jcar-oJd daughter, the oldest child, who, out of her meager earn-{ings, has been striving to keep the i family from starvation, the governor oj, gladdened her heart by pardoning her father, John B. Fairman, from • the penitentiary. He was committed ue; to the state’s prison a year ago last j m j April from Franklin count:*- to serve i id | two \ears for shooting with intent! to wound his wife who had abandon- j ed both him and her children At- I i ta acted by the lure of city life she I r-Meft their home in Arlington and ty came to tins city, taking rooms where she received callers, iiad with jealousy Fairman came here, Quarreled with her and shot her.Etta, the 17-jear-old daughter of Fairman, earns less than $5 a week, n i but out -of this small sum she has it j done her best to keep the family to-e.gether waiting for the father to be i. j returned to them. Her father built j a small cottage before he was sent r- j to the penitentiary and the daughter tj has been doing her best to make the d ; payments due on the property. It d j has been impossible for her to meet t j these obligations and the governor was informed that there was danger of the family losing its home. Etta called on Governor Haimon at his office here today and made her iinal appeal. She was overwhelmed j with joy when, he placed in her ( hands the pardon restoring her father’s liberty.tt ith the precious document she hastened to the penitentiary and sobbing with happiness secured her father's release. Together they left the institution a short while afterward and went at once to their little home at Arlington. t ^asiyy-itisA3-SI
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Mansfield News
Mansfield, Ohio, US
Sat, Dec 23, 1911
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