Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 161, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 July 1912 — GOVERNOR PARDONS THREE; PAROLES SEVENTEEN. [ARTICLE]

GOVERNOR PARDONS THREE; PAROLES SEVENTEEN.

No Decision Given on Petition Filed By C. L. Bader; Parole Board '' Investigating Merits. Acting on the recommendation of the state board of pardons, Governor Marshal yesterday pardoned three paroled seventeen from the state prison and the Indiana reformatory. Two of the pardoned prisoners were serving a life sentence. Paroles were refused to twenty other prisoners, for whom petitions had been filed. The Governor will also eight other prisoners, whose cases were passed on by the parole boards of Indiana penal institutions.

, The report did not consider the case of Clinton L. Bader, the former statq representative found guilty of filing false claims with the commissioners of Jasper county, and perhaps there was more general interest in that than -any other case. Henry B. Darling and Thomas A. TJailey, two members of the board, are conducting an investigation of the Bader case, following a request made by Governor Marshall. The Governor is showing much interest In the Bader case and requested the board to conduct a thorough investigation.