Pardons, Suspensions, Commutations and Remissions
Cerro Gordo County 1 Jan 1917 - 31 Dec 1918

Commutations
NameDateDescription
McCarl, Alice18 May 1918Cerro Gordo County. Committed to the reformatory at Anamosa on the 29th day of September, 1914, to serve a term of five years, for the crime of keeping house of ill fame. Upon recommendation of the Board of Parole, sentence was commuted to a term of three years, seven months and twenty-two days solid time in said reformatory. Commutation was executed on the 18th day of May, 1918.


Suspensions
NameDateDescription
Kenich, Steve28 Oct 1918Cerro Gordo County. Convicted at the September term, 1914, of the offense of assault with intent to commit murder, and sentenced to serve an indeterminate term, not to exceed thirty years, in the reformatory. This suspension was granted upon the recommendation of the Board of Parole, and thereunder the said Steve Kenich was permitted to enlist in the Serbian Army. Suspension was issued on the 28th day of October, 1918.
Wilson, Joe24 Jun 1918Cerro Gordo County. Convicted at the September term, 1916, of the offense of larceny, and sentenced to serve an indeterminate term, not to exceed five years, in the reformatory. This suspension was granted upon the recommendation of the Board of Parole, and thereunder the said Joe Wilson was placed under the Supervision of Honorable Walter C. Goodson at Macon, Missouri, he being physically unable to enter employment under regular parole agreement. Suspension was issued on the 24th day of June, 1918.


Final Discharges Recommended by Board of Parole
NameDateDescription
Bender, Frank04 Nov 1918Cerro Gordo County. Paroled Nov. 1, 1917. Discharged Nov. 4, 1918.
Biggs, Lafay11 Mar 1918Cerro Gordo County. Paroled Dec. 29, 1916. Discharged March 11, 1918.
Brown, Fred11 Apr 1917Cerro Gordo County. Paroled Feb. 28, 1916. Discharged April 11, 1917.
Davis, Walter11 Apr 1917Cerro Gordo County. Paroled Dec. 24, 1915. Discharged April 11, 1917.
Green, Art11 Apr 1917Cerro Gordo County. Paroled March 15, 1916. Discharged April 11, 1917.
Hicks, William18 May 1918Cerro Gordo County. Paroled May 5, 1917. Discharged May 18, 1918.
Miller, E. D.05 Oct 1917Cerro Gordo County. Paroled Oct. 3, 1916. Discharged Oct. 5, 1917.
Telford, Roy A.22 Aug 1918Cerro Gordo County. Paroled Aug. 11, 1917. Discharged Aug. 22, 1918.
Zenisek, Dora21 Mar 1918Cerro Gordo County. Paroled March 2, 1917. Discharged March 21, 1918.
Zenisek, Emil21 Mar 1918Cerro Gordo County. Paroled March 10, 1917. Discharged March 21, 1918.

Related Records

Source: The Governor. Report by the Governor of Iowa of Pardons, Suspensions and Commutations of Sentence and Remissions of Fines From January 1, 1917 to December 31, 1918. Des Moines. The State of Iowa. 1919.
Transcribed for Cerro Gordo County IAGenWeb by Jennifer Gunderson (Mar 2021).