Polk county.

ED. LINCOLN. Polk county. Pardoned April 27, 1894. Committed to the state penitentiary at Fort Madison on October 23, 1893, for a period of four years, for the crime of larceny. Pardoned upon the request of Hon. W. F. Conrad, the trial judge, who has become fully convinced of defendant's innocence. Lincoln's conviction was procured on the sole evidence of the prosecuting witness, who, it has since been ascertained, was himself an ex-convict, having but a short time previously been released from the state penitentiary at Fort Madison, and whose entire testimony in regard to himself was false. The judge further states that if the evidence now in his possession had been produced at the trial, he would have directed a verdict of acquittal.

J. H. HOUGH. Linn county. Pardoned May 22, 1894. Committed to the state penitentiary at Anamosa on November 22, 1893, for a period of one year, for the crime of grand larceny. Pardoned upon the recommendation of the trial judge, the prosecuting attorney, the prosecuting witness and a number of prominent citizens of Linn county, including the senator in the general assembly from said district, and upon the condition that defendant shall hereafter refrain from the use of intoxicating liquors as a beverage and shall demean himself in every respect as an orderly and law-abiding citizen.

THOMAS BROOKS. Pottawattamie county. Pardoned May 22, 1894. Committed to the state penitentiary at Fort Madison on November 14, 1889, for the period of his natural life, for the crime of murder in the first degree. Pardoned upon the recommendation of the Twenty-fifth General Assembly, to which the case was referred.

FRANK DWYER. Winneshiek county. Pardoned May 23, 1894. Committed to the state penitentiary at Anamosa December 7, 1893, for a period of eighteen months, for the crime of larceny from the person. Pardoned upon the recommendation of the trial judge, the prosecuting attorney and a number of other officials and many prominent citizens cf Winneshiek county, including the senator and representative in the general assembly from said district, all of whom urged that defendant had been sufficiently punished. Granted upon the condition that said Dwyer shall hereafter refrain from the use of intoxicating liquors as a beverage, that he shall not frequent saloons, and that in every respect he shall demean himself as an orderly and law-abiding citizen.

FRANK ANDERSON. Cass county. Pardoned May 25, 1894. Committed to the state penitentiary at Fort Madison October 3, 1893, for a period of one year, for the crime of burglary. Pardoned because in my opinion the ends of justice have been fully subserved by the punishment already inflicted upon the defendant for said offense. Granted upon the condition that he shall hereafter demean himself in every respect as an orderly and law-abiding citizen.

WILLIAM KENNEDY. Ida county. Pardoned September 13, 1894. Sentenced at the August, 1893, term of the district court to be imprisoned in the state penitentiary for a period of one day, for the crime of manslaughter. Pardoned upon the recommendation of Hon. George W. Paine, the trial judge, who recited the following statement of facts as a reason for his action: "It appeared upon the trial that the difficulty out of which this indictment arose was by the deceased, Hurd, interfering in an altercation between Kennedy and another party; that Hurd interfered to prevent an assault by Kennedy upon this other party; that on being told by Kennedy to go away and not interfere, Kennedy struck Hurd a blow upon the side of his head with his naked fist; that shortly after Hurd complained of a pain in his head, and within a few hours died, and the post mortem examination disclosed the fact that there was a malformation in the skull of Hurd which had caused the rupture of an artery that caused the death. Physicians, at the trial, testified that it was but a question of time when this malformation of the skull would have caused the death of Hurd, and the question upon which the case turned was whether the

rupture was caused by the blow of Kennedy or by the excitement through which Hurd had passed. After the conviction I consulted with the jury and they agreed unanimously that under the circumstances Kennedy ought not to be sent to the penitentiary. I ascertained the entire cost to the state of the proceedings and imposed a fine of eight hundred and sixty dollars, that being the amount of the costs and expenses, and also one day's imprisonment, and suspended the execution of the imprisonment. The fine was immediately paid and the defendant released. It seems now a proper case for the remitting entirely of the effects of the sentence of one day in the penitentiary, and I recommend that it be done." Granted upon the condition that Kennedy shall hereafter demean himself in every respect as an orderly and law-abiding citizen.

JAMES GATES. Guthrie county. Guthrie county. Pardoned December 27, 1894. Sentenced at the May, 1894, term of the district court to be imprisoned in the state penitentiary for a period of six months, for the crime of forcible defilement. Pardoned upon the recommendation of the trial judge, the prosecuting attorney, ten of the trial jurors, many of the officials and a large number of prominent citizens of Guthrie county, who state that defendant was an old man, over 70 years of age, and in very feeble health, and that in their opinion the payment by defendant of the fine of $100, together with the costs imposed in the case, would, under the circumstances, be sufficient punishment for said offense. Granted upon the condition that the fine and costs of the case be first paid.

M. TENNEBOM. Johnson county. Pardoned January 31, 1895. Committed to the state penitentiary at Fort Madison December 14, 1894, for a period of four years, for the crime of arson. Pardoned because, after a careful consideration of all the facts of said case, I became convinced that said Tennebom was entirely innocent of said crime.

GEORGE A. CARSON. Iowa county. Pardoned February 6, 1895. Sentenced at the January, 1895, term of the district court to be imprisoned in the state penitentiary for a period of three months, for the crime of uttering a forged instrument. Pardoned upon the recommendation of the trial judge, many of the officials and a large number of prominent citizens of Iowa county, including the persons injured by defendant's acts in

question, who state that full restitution had been made by him. Defendant had previously borne a good reputation for honesty and integrity, and in my opinion the humiliation and disgrace suffered by him in consequence of his conviction is sufficient punishment. Granted upon the condition that the costs of the case be first paid.

MILTON PICKEREL. Lucas county. Pardoned May 24, 1895. Committed to the state penitentiary at Fort Madison on September 1, 1892, for a period of five years, for the crime of assault with intent to commit rape. Granted upon the recommendation of the trial judge, prosecuting attorney and many prominent citizens of Lucas county, and because in my opinion the defendant has now been sufficiently punished.

JOSIE LONG. Lucas county. Pardoned May 24, 1895. Committed to the penitentiary at Anamosa on April 12, 1895, for a period of one year, for the crime of forgery. Granted because I am of the opinion that defendant, on account of her youth and inexperience, should never have been committed to the penitentiary.

A. E. KIDD. Clay county. June 27, 1895. June 27, 1895. Senterced at the February, 1892, term of the district court to be imprisoned in the state penitentiary for a period of three months, for the crime of forgery. Pardon was granted upon the recommendation of a large number of prominent citizens of Clay and adjoining counties, and because certain evidence which was not produced at the trial of said case, but which has since been made known, is sufficient to justify a reasonable doubt as to the defendant's guilt.

MYRA LONG. Hamilton county. Pardoned August 5, 1895. Committed to the state industrial school at Mitchellville on June 1, 1895, for the offense of incorrigibility. Pardoned upon the recommendation of the presiding judge, who imposed said sentence, and the county attorney of Hamilton county, and because, after a thorough investigation of said case, I am convinced that said girl should never have been sent to said institution.

J. W. PHILLIPS. Butler county. Pardoned November 26, 1895. Committed to the state penitentiary at Anamosa January 10, 1895, for a period of one year, for the crime of fraudulent banking. Pardoned upon the recommendation of the county