Max Mason. Application No. 5702. Letter from Mason M. Forbes to Secretary of the Board of Pardons, January 2, 1923.

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WARREN E. GREENE OFFICE OF MASON M. FORBES,
COUNTY ATTORNEY COUNTY ATTORNEY FIRST ASSISTANT
DULUTH, MINN. COUNTY OF ST. LOUIS DULUTH, MINN.
COURT HOUSE PHILLIP M. STONE,
DULUTH, MINNESOTA SECOND ASSISTANT.
HIBBING, MINN.
HARRY E. BOYLE,
THIRD ASSISTANT
January 2^nd, 1923. DULUTH, MINN.
CARL A. ONKKA,
FOURTH ASSISTANT
VIRGINIA, MINN.



Bertha Wolff, Secretary,
Board of Pardons,
State Capitol,
St. Paul, Minn.

Dear madam:-

Answering yours in re MAX MASON, pardon file #5702,

beg to say that we have no recommendation to make

either for or against the exercise of clemency in this case.

The defendant was rather unfortunate in that he was the

only men of the colored men involved who was convicted.

Personally I never was of the impression that the evidence

was any too strong in his case, and if he had been a white

man I an (sic) rather doubtful if he would have been

convicted.

Yours very truly,
Mason M. Forbes
MASON M. FORBES
County Attorney
MMF/B