Jasper County Democrat, Volume 15, Number 71, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 December 1912 — STATE HAPPENINGS RECORDED IN BRIEF [ARTICLE]

STATE HAPPENINGS RECORDED IN BRIEF

NEWS ITEMS FROM ALL OVER INDIANA! SEEK LENIENCY FOR MANY State Board of Pardons Will Listen to Pleadings for Release of’'Prisoners on December 10. Indianapolis, Dec. 6.—Attorneys for Day Armstrong, convicted of the murder of Carrie Vincent in the Grand View hotel at South Bend in June, 1907, will plead for his release before the state board of pardons on December 10. Other cases to be passed on are: Alexander Harper, Daviess county, for manslaughter; Charles McKenzie, Allen county, grand larceny; Martin Wright, Vigo county, assault and battery to murder; Charles Rice, Marion county, for embezzlement; Charles Terry, Floyd county, for life for murder; Jerry Woodruff, Shelby county, assault and battery to kill; Charles Evanpelt, Shelby county, voluntary manslaughter; John Clark, Dearborn county, rape; Earle Swope, Boone county, manslaughter; Rufus Fitzgerald, Delaware county, failing to provide for children; Ralph Grigsby, Gibson county, illegal practice.