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Before he went to prison Captain van Schaick, then 71, had persuaded a woman to marry him. When he arrived at Sing Sing he said: "Today, instead of being a criminal, I should be considered a hero. I hope for a pardon." This, when Mrs. van Schaick pleaded, U. S. President William Howard Taft despatched to Captain van Schaick...
...morrow held in store. Which reminds me (just why, I don't know) that a friend of mine was telling me only the other day of a little incident which befell him on an European tour. It seems that there were three men, an Irishman, a Scotchman, and a (pardon...
...highest crime temperature in the civilized world. In the report of its chairman, Richard Washburn Child, "the most important things" listed for discussion and improvement were: 1) Laws against traffic in stolen goods. 2) Compiling of crime statistics by all the states. 3) Prison labor problems. 4) The pardon & parole system...
...court was moved to anguish; it was announced that President Hernando Siles would be asked for a pardon...
...committee's resolution was something of a pardon as well as an endorsement. Ever since he "chawed" his cigars and hurled his epithets at the policies of Woodrow Wilson, Senator Reed has been regarded by Missouri Democrats as a renegade...