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Pardoned Youth's Mother Removes Son From Prison
A Pennsylvania youth, once in the Penitentiary for crime and dissolute living, was pardoned after a compassionate appeal from his dying mother. The governor and pardon board fast tracked clemency, and the emaciated prisoner, accompanied by his mother, left confinement to return home. The article also recalls wartime losses in the family and a line of brief quirky anecdotes.
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