This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: RMurray99 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.pennsylvania.counties.indiana/6452.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: 8 May 1936 - Indiana Evening Gazette - FEET BURNER DENIED CLEMENCY - A clemency plea by Jesse Cook, aged 65, of. Cookport, sentenced to the Western Penitentiary in 1929 after he pleaded guilty to being in a gang which burned the feet of an aged woman with matches in an attempt to learn the hiding place of money, was refused today by the State Pardon Board in Harrisburg. Cook was sentenced by Judge J. N, Langnam on November 25, 1929, to serve from seven to 14 year in the penitentiary on charges of felonious entry, larceny, pointing firearms and aggravated assault and battery. He, Clyde Carney and David Callahan were alleged to have gone to the home of Mrs. Tillie Buterbaugh in Green Township, during the absence of her son in the barn, and to have tied her and burned, her with matches in an unsuccessful attempt to obtain money. When the son returned, it was alleged, he also was tied while being threatened with a revolver. Carney also was sentenced to the penitentiary and has since died, according to the sheriff's office, and Callahan was sent to Huntingdon'Reformatory. 27 May 1940 - Indiana Evening Gazette - JUDGE DENIES BOLIVAR MAN Jesse Cook, 60, Loses Fight for Release from Penitentiary PITTSBURGH, May 27 - (AP) - Jesse Cook, 60, of Bolivar, who was sentenced in Indiana County for torturing a Coalport (sic.) couple in an effort to get their money, lost today his fight for release from Western Penitentiary. He contended that two charges of felonious entry and aggravated assault and battery were contained in one indictment and that he should have received only one sentence instead of sentences of 5 to 10 years for felonious entry and 1 1-2 to 3 years on aggravated assault and battery. He asked dismissal of the shorter sentence. Judge A. Marshall Thompson overruled his plea and ordered him to serve out the remainder of the terms, which expire m November 1942. Cook was one of three men charged with burning the feet of Mr. and Mrs. William Buterbaugh, in 1929 in an attempt to get their money. An accomplice died in the penitentiary and the other was sentenced to Huntingdon Reformatory. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.