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8 of great emergency. Pardoned on condition of his leaving the State and remaining permanently out of it. Should he return he may be rearrested by order of the governor or other authority.

November 13. Sentenced by the district court of Scott county, on the 18th day of May, 1876, for the term of one year in the Penitentiary, which sentence was commuted (June 13) to imprisonment for the same time in the county jail. Crime, embezzlement. It was represented that his offense was committed while Pool was under the influence of liquor; that he had never before been accused of crime; that he had a wife and four children; that he served three years in the army during the war, losing a leg in the service; that he had conducted himself in an exemplary manner in jail and in aiding the sheriff; and that he had an offer of permanent employment if discharged. Pardon was recommended by district-judge, district-attorney, sheriff, clerk, recorder, and auditor of county, Hon. John W. Green, Hon. J. C. Bills, and W. A. Lynch.

and November 21. Frederick was committed to the Penitentiary of the State March 3, 1873, from Floyd county, for the term of eighteen years, for the crime of murder. Age when committed eighteen years. His conduct good in Penitentiary. Julius was committed January 14, 1874, from same county, crime manslaughter; term four years; when committed twenty-two years; conduct in prison good.

They were Germans and could talk little English. They were set upon by boys in the street and pursued several blocks. The marshal, who was the person killed, rushed into the mob and appeared to the accused to be one of the crowd. The petition for pardon was signed by three hundred and twenty-six citizens of Charles City including the mayor, and by the judges, the grand and petit jurors, and four county supervisors.

November 21. Sentenced to the Penitentiary on the 10th day of October, 1870, from the county of Keokuk, for the term of twelve years, and to pay costs of suit, taxed at $259.60. Crime, murder in the second degree. There had been an old family feud between the families, and in a fight the crime was committed. In his favor it was stated that he was sixty-one years old; that his conduct had always been exemplary, and this was the first charge ever brought against him; that he had shown himself while imprisoned of a mild and tractable disposition; and that two important witnesses in his behalf had been “run off” to prevent their giving testimony in his