Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 72, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 December 1909 — WOMEN CONVICTS PARDONED [ARTICLE]

WOMEN CONVICTS PARDONED

Texas Governor Thinks Penitentiaries Were Built For Sterner Bex Only. Galveston, Tex., Dec. 21.—Because he does not believe penitentiaries were intended for women, Governor Campball has decided to pardon Mrs. Agnes Goode, who had been sentenced to thirty-five years for killing her husband. When the prison doors swing open

to release Mrs. Goode Christmas eve the last white woman In the Texas prison will have been given her freedom. Five others were pardoned within the past few days.