Gilbert Henry Stephenson. Application No. 5151. Letter from Ira L. Ricketts to Board of Pardons, July 2, 1921.

Type of event: Incarcerations

Location: Minnesota; United States

Addressee: Board of Pardons

Addressor: Ira L. Ricketts

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Document type: Correspondence

Documents: Gilbert Henry Stephenson. Application No. 5151. Letter from Ira L. Ricketts to Board of Pardons, July 2, 1921.

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Minnesota. Board of Pardons.
Gilbert Henry Stephenson: Application No. 5151.
Pardon Application. File no. 5151, 1921
Correspondence
Letter from Ira L. Ricketts to Board of Pardons, July 2, 1921.

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Duluth, Minn.
July 2, 1921.


To the Board of Pardons of the State of Minnesota:
Gentlemen:
As stated in a previous letter, I was on duty the night of the riot of June 15, 1920, and that previous to that I had personaly (sic) known Gilbert Henry Stephenson for several years and always found him to be a thoroughly honorable man.
I now wish to state that I saw the men with the battering ram which smashed in the doors and did not recognize Stephenson as one of them. This fact, which I failed to mention in my previous letter convinces me that he was not one of any group that helped to break into the City Jail on the night when the riot occurred.
Respectfully yours,
Ira L. Ricketts
Sergeant of Duluth police.