Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 305, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 December 1912 — Governor Marshall Paroled 26 Prisoners for Christmas. [ARTICLE]

Governor Marshall Paroled 26 Prisoners for Christmas.

Twenty-six men were paroled and one by an order of Governor Mashall Monday, the order to become effective so that the men <!an get to their home for Christmas. It will probably be the last act of clemency on the part of the governor before he turns the office over to his successor, Samuel M. Ralston. The paroles and pardon were granted on recommendation of the state prison board. The pardon went to a y oung man named John Metsker, of Ft. Wayne, convicted of petit larcency, who had served two years and 45 days of a term of 1 to 8 years, for which he was sentenced. Friends and relatives have procured money to send Metsker to school.