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dLlBen F. pardons to them.Harrison did not attest the j or affix the seal of the state lt;oitl-n3*t,y! ?-'it1irisLtireoanThose prisoners for whom habeas corpus proceedings were instituted are Robert C. Thompson, convicted of murder in Jefferson county and given a life sentence; S. S. Starr, convicted in McIntosh county for larceny andn given six years; J. Orlando Mitchell,convicted in Muskogee county of perjury and given 10 years; Nelson Hawkins, convicted of ^murder in Pontotoc county and given forty years (sentence commuted); Walter Flowers, convicted in Bryan county of a statutory offense and given fifteen years; Robert Davis convicted in McIntosh county of larceny and given five years.E. G. McAdams of the law firm of McAdams Haskell, which has been retained to represent a number of the pardoned and paroled men, stated that the very order of Governor Grace attempting to revoke the pardons was in itself an acknowledgement that the acts of McAlester were official.Listt of Proposed Revocations.The list of paroleB und commutations of sentences granted by McAlester, which Governor Cruce has attempted to revoke include the following:Mont D. Perkins, United States district court, Lawton, murder; life sentence, pardon.Sam Stewart, district court of Choctaw county, murder; life sentence, pardon.Jonas Jones, district court of Atoka county, murder; life sentence, pardon.Robert C. Thompson, district court of Jefferson county, murder; life sentence, parole.Lincoln Burton, district court of Seminole county, murder; life sentence, pardon.Willard T. Allen. United States district court at Oklahoma City, wife murder; life sentence, parole.O. A. Stewart, district court of Pontotoc county, manslaughter; three years, pardon.Bob Terrell, district court of Carter county, manslaughter; four years, pardon.Nelson Hawkins, district court of Pontotoc county, manslaughter; forty years, pardon.James Hobbs, district court of Garfield county, manslaughter; fortyyears, parole.[3\rRoy Peel, district court of OklahoLieut. Gov. J. J. McAlester.sentenced to thirty days in jail and fined $400; pardoned.Frank Cowley, district court of Greer county, assault with intent to kill, two years.W. T. Caple, district court Carter county, criminal assault, ten years.Robert Watson, district court McIntosh county, manslaughter, 20 years.Ace Ray, district courr of Washington county, murder, life sentence.J. C. Hampton, district court Bry. an county, manslaughter, 30 years.Grover Phillips, district court Jefferson county, assault, five years.Walter Faucett, district court ot Tulsa county, manslaughter, four vears.Jake Lewis, district court Carter county, murder, life imprisonment.Willard T. Allen, Oklahoma countv, wife murder, life imprisonment, sen tence commuted.W. T. Caple, district court of Car ter county, assault with intent to kill, five years.thelt;m»The fronAa jdivia vWhtiffandaskIV was not eh a cauanddeftruwhlt;actlivi is ’ pula iculJtrilt; sta ins wh a i wh meteiSotinaelt;C.ThdaanThfoiso:initnn nAiinfira %\A\i % I I AJulius Stumpf, county court Oklaho ma county, violating prohibitory lawrs, six months imprisonment, fined $500.Carl Oloyd, district court of Mein tosh county, murder, 39 years.RiLodge Officers Chosen at TulsaTii lo «ectvprsaatdith
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Haskell News
Haskell, Oklahoma, US
Thu, Oct 15, 1914
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