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    1. [INMONROE] Mayor Harris Helped Get Parole from Prison for Lewis Wilson, Son of Peter Wilson, Convicted for Small Burglary from Condor Grocery
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    3. Bloomington (Bloomington, Monroe County, Indiana) Evening World, July12, 1910, p. 1. Note: The name Condor is also spelled as Conder in the item. WILSON PAROLED Mayor Harris Intervenes for Young Colored Boy. Lewis Wilson, the young colored boy, convicted in the Monroe Circuit court two years ago and given a state prison sentence of ten years for burglarizing the Condor grocery, was paroled from the Michigan City prison last night by Gov. Marshall. Young Wilson is a son of Peter Wilson, and it was charged that he entered the Condor grocery and appropriated a small amount of change. Many people considered the sentence excessive and recently Mayor Harris interested himself in behalf of the negro boy. The mayor called on Governor Marshall and urged that the boy be paroled. He had previously secured the signature of Mr. Conder to a petition for executive clemency. Gov. Marshall informed Mayor Harris that he would parole Wilson when he had served two years, this time having expired June 28. Young Wilson is expected home tonight.

    07/09/2015 03:06:44