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ccord-voice I ibined ; but ! llisthes well :ot to •thingCHIEF OF PODICK HERWIC IS MOUT OF SHADOWtheir they r themcrs, | ining.told: j * ~ I Tlt;h the i AP A P IfPIH VPHII unramen.OF 15-YEAR TERMlering me or jPa„t: GOV. TRAPP ISSUES PARDONtangHartTolehavelawformlt;1 80, Heunderkvhite,illousyearsnale,” world ad noHAD BEEN TRIED ON CHARGE OF MANSLAUGHTER IN OKLAHOMAunder if we from •s he tos to is his a 45 , was , Mo-deni ; is a tat is erson rtantA full and complete pardon has been granted Dick Herwig, chief of police of Borger, by Gov. M. E. Trapp of Oklahoma, according to advices received here today.Herwig, a former deputy sheriff in Osage county, Oklahoma, was convicted in February of this year on a charge of manslaughter growing out of his shooting an oil field worker who was alleged by Herwig to have resisted arrest.Following Herwig's conviction, he ap-i pealed tho district court verdict to tho union Oklahoma criminal court of appeals and years then filed an application for executive year, clemency. It was shortly after his con-work viction and perfection of an appeal bond h in-‘that he assumed his present duties as chief of police of Borger.Previous to his conviction Herwig had first been acquitted of the murder charge [when given a preliminary hearing and rate- j later when re-arrested and tried, a hung a and jury resulted.blest ; In his application for executive clem-sual- encv, Herwig charged that he had been “persecuted’* by the Ku Klux Klan, and said. Edward M. Box, executive clerk of Gov-) me. ernor Trapp, before whom the pardon •fend j hearing was held, concurred in this view | in his report to the Oklahoma executive.The application for clemency was re-the I s*®t_cd by the Oklahoma attorney gen-juryutor;Ilf day with to pAfpose*authwhermarrchariTh whili Henc Scha by a her divoiTEICnion,dol-ROTAand ilerle forth • rc-wille ore re-An ii victs 01 tentiar tary cl by Mr: the To prison Mrs. by Tex ablecam ps. “Eac!thatibse-cpecterai's office which prosecuted Herwig, although John King, former assistant attorney general, who was prosecutor, recommended a full pardon. At the hearing George F. Short, attorney general, denied the charge made by Herwig in his application that he had been “railroaded by the attorney general's office.Among persons recommending Herwig . .be given a full pardon was Sheriff :Owens of Hutchinson county, it was declared.vestiga people for eac after usuallyoii/ro i runniThe 89,000 i Fifty tl cult i vat ands of
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Amarillo Globe
Amarillo, Texas, US
Thu, Sep 02, 1926
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