Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 43, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 October 1908 — MAY BE PARDONED IF WATSON IS ELECTED. [ARTICLE]

MAY BE PARDONED IF WATSON IS ELECTED.

“*T*Tom McCoy, who is still serving sentence at Michigan City for wrecking the A. McCoy & Co., bank of Rensselaer 4 H years ago, is, we are reliably Informed, basing his hope of release from prison before the expiration of his sentence on the -election of Watson for governor/} CJle present board of pardons has refused to release him, but he hopes that Watson may be elected governor and then he confident he will be let out. \ This information comew to The Democrat from a gentleman who is in a position to know just what he is talking about. This gentleman is a republican and will vote for Watson. He had ho idea when telling us this that It was not all right for Tom to get out. He says Tom is building great hopes on the event of getting out in the event of Watson’s election. In view of the fact that the .people of this community were robbed over >200,000 by the McCoy bank, and that Tom was only sent up for three years, most of the victims believe that the full term is little* enough punishment for the crime committed, and they hope that he will be compelled to serve full time. ,