No. 5702_
Name Max Mason__
PRISON

STATE OF MINNESOTA

BOARD OF PARDONS

APPLICATION

To the Board of Pardons

OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA
1. The application of Max Mason No.6785
for a pardon or commutation of sentence
2. Pleaded guilty on the 30^th day of July 1921 in the District
Convictedü
court in and for the County of St. Louis of the crime
of Rape
and imprisoned in the State Prison
on Aug. 8, 1921 for the term of Ind.-Max 30 yrs. ; and who is
now imprisoned pursuant to such sentence.
3. The name and postoffice address of the trial judge is Hon. L. S. Nelson ,
Duluth, Minn.
and the prosecuting attorney is Mason M. Forbes, Esq.,
Duluth, Minn.
4. Applicant’s full and true name is Walter Max Mason
His age is 22 years and his birth-place was Alabama
Father’s name Deceased Nationality Afro Amer.
Mother’s name Deceased Nationality Afro Amer.
5. I have never been known by any alias except Sonnyboy.

6. I was never arrested, indicted or convicted of any other offences except 30 day on work-farm – Louisville,
Ky. – Fined $10.00 at Pinesville Ky. Alabama State Prison for Larceny

7. Applicant’s occupation and residence during the five years next before conviction of the offense for which his is now
serving were as follows: Employed as laborer and was with circus etc. Home at Decatur, Ala.

8. Attach hereto either a transcript of the evidence introduced at the trial or give a brief statement of the facts leading to
conviction of the crime for which you are now serving.

Implicated with others (who were lynched in Duluth) in ravishing a young woman in Duluth. Alleged to have held a gun on her young man escort while the girl was ravished.

9. Your petitioner asks that a Pardon or Comm. be granted upon the grounds and for the reasons following:
(Pardon or Commutation)

That I am not guilty and know nothing about the crime which is alleged to have been committed.

Respectfully submitted,

Max Mason
Dated at Stillwater this 18^th day of December , 1922

No. 5702

APPLICATION

For the of
Max Mason __

Filed on the 19^th day of
December , A. D. 1922
Bertha Wolff __
Clerk.