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thVl«sec'ho-COLUMBUS BOARD ALSO ACTS ON CASES OF SEVERAL OTH-ER CONVICTS.theanyCASES ARE REJECTEDcaC.thrhtity-aiidtheatlar-•rn-inuts-andintiillydidutilIdotin-t*reIns/orngCoinmhus, O., June 4—The state1 pardon board has recommended that 1 the two and one-half year sentence I of William Lodtman, convicted in Franklin county in 1907, for uttering forged orders, he commuted to two years, upon condition that lie return to G( rniauy, his native land.If Gov. Harmon complies with the recommendation, Lodtman wiil be | liberated as soon as he acts. Lnrlt-jtnan has hud an eventful career He ! is highly educated, having attended two leading German universities.; served In the German army and has;, also followed the profession of n journalist.Forgery seems to have been his i besetting sin as he has served terms; in several p» ultentiaries for that ! ciime. He has earned considerable money by doing liteary work while* confined in prison.Pardon for Ritchie.The board also recommended a pardon for Earl Ritchie, of Stark county, sent to the penitentiary for one year for shooting to wound. A large number of applications were rejected, that of John Davis serving a life sentence from Franklin county for second degree murder, being among the number. For the sixth time the board rejected the npplica !fIon of Lewis Wilkerson, a life man' from Marion county, who is kuown 'as Bad Eye” Wilkeraon.Cases Rejected.The casts rejected were: John Davis. Franklin, second degree murder;J. E. Holdc-rfield, Warren, assault; John O'Brien. Ashtabula, assault to’ maim; Benjamin Brown. Hamilton burglary; George W. Wilson. Geauga, j horse stealing; Richard Hunter. Lucas, burglary; John R. Harvey, Vin- i ton. larceny; Carl Roberts, Cuyahoga. I forgery; Mattie Williams. Lorain. | second degree murder; A1 Woods. Athens, grand larceny; Ed. L. Whet 1 er, Trumbull. burglary and larceny;J. W. Barrett. Fayette, fraud; Mike Piedmont. Ashtabula, pocket pick ing; Lewis Wllkevson, Marion, see ond degree murder; Harry Loyd,WiUliinEltothtethbeofhrhrtrP»uir*cvmersitrtliirlt;tlUsif(tlSiII
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Canton Morning News
Canton, Ohio, US
Sat, Jun 05, 1909
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