Jasper County Democrat, Volume 4, Number 27, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 October 1901 — WANTS MESSENGER PARDONED. [ARTICLE]

WANTS MESSENGER PARDONED.

Starke County Democrat, Bert Messenger of Monon, a brother of William Messenger, who was sentenced to prison for life by Judge Beeman, Jan. 10, 1898, following a verdict by a jury finding him guilty of murder in the second degree for the killing of Charles Nelson at San Pierre on the night of Aug. 12, 1898, was here Tuesday. He is making an effort to secure a pardon for his brother, and was here for that purpose. William Messenger has been in the Michigan City prison nearly four years, and is now foreman in the clothing department. It is said that be has been a model prisoner, never having merited punishment or even a reprimand. He is a prisoner of the first class and is permitted to wear clothing without stripes in recognition of his good behavior.