Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 271, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 November 1912 — FREED CONVICT IS HIRED [ARTICLE]

FREED CONVICT IS HIRED

Seattle Man Released Recently Goes Back to Old Position on Salary. "■ t Seattle, Wash. —George Edward Adams, who was released after serving more than five years Iq the federal penitentiary at McNeil Island for the theft of many thousand dollars’ worth of gold dust from the Seattle assay office, has returned to take up the position of bookkeper wjiich he occupied during his incarceration, not, however, as a prisoner, but as a civilian, at a palary of $1,200 a year. Friends of Adams worked for his release and succeeded In getting the parole, which cut off ten years, which good behavior and model conduct reduced to six years and eight months. Adams made application for a temporary position, but according to the appointment it may be permanent and Warden Halligan will endeavor to keep him there, as his work has been more than satisfactory.