Subsequently, I did find a few articles in 1908 about George Banks being pardoned. It seems this "sister" would have been the sister or half sister of Newton's wife. The following appeared in the Daily Public Ledger newspaper from Maysville, Kentucky on September 1, 1908 on page 3: "Justice At Last. Man Who Killed Another in Protection of His Sister Pardoned By Governor Cox. Governor Cox Saturday pardoned George Banks of Wolfe county, who is serving a 21-year sentence for killing Newton Taulbee. It was made known to the Governor that Banks killed Taulbee because the latter seduced Banks' sister. All the prison officials recommended the pardon and no protest was filed. The cause of the killing was not even in the record at the Pen." The following appeared in The Hazel Green Herald newspaper from Hazel Green, Wolfe County Kentucky on September 3, 1908 on page 1: "George Banks, who some years ago was convicted in the Wolfe circuit court for the murder of Newt Taulbee, passed through town yesterday on his way home, having been released from confinement at Frankfort upon solicitation and petition of his friends. He was accompanied by his brother, Irvine, who had been to see Gov. Wilson in his behalf." The following appeared in the Owingsville Outlook newspaper from Owingsville, Kentucky on September 10, 1908 on page 3: "Pardon for George Banks. Campton, Ky. - Gov. Cox granted a pardon to George Banks, who was sentenced to 21 years in the penitentiary for killing Newton Taulbee, his half brother, in this county some years ago. Banks had only server about eighteen months of his sentence." Timothy J. Barron tim@timbarron.net http://timbarron.net