Gilbert Henry Stephenson. Application No. 5151. Letter from F. K. Farrell to Board of Pardons, March 25, 1921.
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Duluth, Minn.
March 25 1921.
To The Honorable
Board of Pardons,
Capitol Building,
St. Paul,
Minn.
Gentlemen:
Without attempting to excuse of palliate the action
of the June Mob, who raided the City Hall lockup of Duluth and hung up the three
negroes accused of a statuary crime, to the utter disgrace of our city, yet I am
earnestly constrained to ask clemency and full pardon for one Gilbert H.
Stephenson, the unfortunate victim of an equally guilty mob.
You,
Gentlemen, will doubtless go into the evidence convicting him. Am frank to say I
have not done so. My plea in his behalf is as above stated and one to which
nearly every citizen of Duluth can subscribe.
Yours very
truly,
F. K. Farrell