Article clipped from Sedalia Evening Sentinel

Governor Dockery Follows Time Honored Thanksgiving Custom.Jefferson City,. Mo., Nov. 29.—Governor Dockery jesterday granted three Thanksgiving pardons, in accordance with a time-honored custom to grant liberty to one or more of the longest-termed convicts on a legal holidayThe following are the fortunate ones:M. C. Russell (female) Reynolds covnty. May adjourned term circuit court, 1896; ten years, from September 6, 1895, for murder in the second degree.Allen F. Reed, Jackson county; October term, 1897; supreme court of Missouri, ten years, from November 27, 1897. for forgery.Clark Herndon (negro) Saline county; September term. 1889; criminal court; twenty years, from September 28. 1889.
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Sedalia Evening Sentinel

Sedalia, Missouri, US

Fri, Nov 29, 1901

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