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August 16, 1913
Newport Daily Independent
Newport, Jackson County, Arkansas
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Gov. G. W. Hays consents to pardon Harve Ridling and Ed Lyman, sentenced to a year for perjury after denying poker game involvement. Petitioned by W. M. Pipkin; previous Gov. Futrell declined without judge's request. They were trusties at State Farm; pardon set for Sept. 1, ahead of parole.
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Hays Promises Pardon For Two.
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Little Rock. Aug. 14.-W. M. Pipkin, a former member of the legislature from Polk county, and a Mena attorney, spent Wednesday in Little Rock, to petition Gov. G. W. Hays for a pardon for Harve Ridling, who is serving a sentence on the State Farm for perjury. He states that Gov. Hays has consented to pardon Ridling and Ed Lyman the first of September.
Ridling and Lyman were sentenced to serve a year in prison because they refused to admit they had participated in a poker game. They finally admitted they "lied like gentlemen." After they had been sentenced, practically every business man of Mena signed a petition asking for the pardon of the men. Gov. Futrell declined to grant the pardon unless the judge and prosecuting attorney would ask for their release. This they declined to do.
The men would probably have been liberated about September 3d anyway, as they had been recommended for parole, and one-third of their sentence would have been served by that time.
They have been trusties ever since they reached the State Farm. but Ridling is a man of delicate health, and it was thought he would not survive through the summer if required to work on the state's plantation.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock. Aug. 14.-W. M. Pipkin, a former member of the legislature from Polk county, and a Mena attorney, spent Wednesday in Little Rock, to petition Gov. G. W. Hays for a pardon for Harve Ridling, who is serving a sentence on the State Farm for perjury. He states that Gov. Hays has consented to pardon Ridling and Ed Lyman the first of September.
Ridling and Lyman were sentenced to serve a year in prison because they refused to admit they had participated in a poker game. They finally admitted they "lied like gentlemen." After they had been sentenced, practically every business man of Mena signed a petition asking for the pardon of the men. Gov. Futrell declined to grant the pardon unless the judge and prosecuting attorney would ask for their release. This they declined to do.
The men would probably have been liberated about September 3d anyway, as they had been recommended for parole, and one-third of their sentence would have been served by that time.
They have been trusties ever since they reached the State Farm. but Ridling is a man of delicate health, and it was thought he would not survive through the summer if required to work on the state's plantation.
What sub-type of article is it?
Crime Story
Personal Triumph
What themes does it cover?
Crime Punishment
Justice
Fortune Reversal
What keywords are associated?
Pardon
Perjury
Poker Game
State Farm
Little Rock
What entities or persons were involved?
W. M. Pipkin
Gov. G. W. Hays
Harve Ridling
Ed Lyman
Gov. Futrell
Where did it happen?
Little Rock, Mena, State Farm
Story Details
Key Persons
W. M. Pipkin
Gov. G. W. Hays
Harve Ridling
Ed Lyman
Gov. Futrell
Location
Little Rock, Mena, State Farm
Event Date
Aug. 14
Story Details
W. M. Pipkin petitions Gov. Hays for pardon of Harve Ridling and Ed Lyman, sentenced for perjury after denying poker participation. Hays consents for Sept. 1 release; prior petition to Futrell denied. Men were trusties; Ridling's health fragile.