Gilbert Henry Stephenson. Application No. 5151. Letter from F. K. Farrell to Board of Pardons, March 25, 1921.

Type of event: Incarcerations

Location: Minnesota; United States

Addressee: Board of Pardons

Addressor: F. K. Farrell

Citation:

Minnesota. Board of Pardons.
Gilbert Henry Stephenson: Application No. 5151.
Pardon Application. File no. 5151, 1921
Correspondence
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