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Ii(fill i . ;.m i'i;!M»M I! m M l II fiti : m Ii Q i \ lt;.«\ t n» t.ii |M MMl: I HI I VKJ X TO M F M LRelative-. Hromi--' to Ink*- Dudelt; In i-t* [Ii r to M Paul and lt;artfor lliui if Sente iw lt;ihSuspendedmntiA dispatch received fromMoines Friday brought the informa- J f, tion that Governor George W.had suspended the life sentence irrt- jled on Louis (Dude) Christopher in the Dubuque county district court and ordered the release of the prisoner from the state penitentiary at Fort Madison on condition that he be taken to St. Paul by relatives.The dispatch stated that leniency * was shown to Christopher by Gover- j nor Clarke because of the prisoner sblindness. Since entering the penl* tentiary over two years ago, (who is a colored man, went! »lind. fie is totally blind. The peti* for his release was made to the governor by relative*. His relatives i | live at ftf. Paul and promised to take Christopher there and take care of* *For many years Christopher made[his home in Dubuque. He was f*njwhunusually big mar and during the ^ Three-I baseball seasons used to' drive about the principal streets announcing the games.Christopher went to the state penl-J tentiary under a life sentence for ? the crime of criminal assault. He was convicted on a charge of committing a criminal assault upon a girl under 14 years of age The trial was a sen- j sational one and was one of a series' * of similar trials held in the Dubuque j ^ r county district court two years ago.theweiveiiadcWOiA number of Httl# girls appeared anturs**hwitnesses against e_______ -----aUlt;- - -»«
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Dubuque Times Journal
Dubuque, Iowa, US
Fri, Nov 26, 1915
Page 9
Full Page
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Ricki K.
IA, USA 06 Jun 2023
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