Kansas prison to ascertain if it was his younger son who was a convict.
The young man came on and soon satisfied himself of the identity of the
long-lost brother. He returned home and made the report to his parents.
From that day Judge Stanfield was a broken-hearted man. He soon grieved
himself to death over the sad fate of his boy, and the disgrace he had
brought upon the family. In making his will, however, he gave Ed. an
equal share in the estate with his brother. After the death of the
father, the mother began to put forth efforts to secure a pardon for her
son. His crime was so heinous and so uncalled for that it was necessary
for some time to elapse before an application was presented. At the
earliest moment possible the wheel began to turn. The prosecuting
attorney of Bourbon County, who had been knocked down with an iron
coupling pin, was soon satisfied, for the family had wealth. It is of
course unknown how much money was passed to him to make his heart tender
and his eyes weep over the erring child that had come so near getting
away with his gold watch and chain. A petition was soon in circulation
for his release, signed by many prominent citizens. An open pocketbook
will easily secure a petition for pardon, it makes but little difference
as to the "gravamen" of the crime. The convict promised not to engage
again in this pleasant pastime for filthy lucre. The mother of the young
man came on from the East and remained until she had secured a pardon
for her boy. The young man stated in our hearing that it took one
thousand big dollars to secure his pardon. A great many who are
acquainted with the facts in the case are not slow in saying that if
Stanfield had been a poor, friendless boy, he never would have received
a pardon, but would have had to serve his time out. There are more
than five hundred men in that prison whose crimes are of a less serious
nature, and who are far more deserving of executive clemency than
Stanfield. It is said that "rocks talk" in the penitentiaries as well
as on the outside. The history of this criminal will show my boy readers
the future of many of those who, in early youth, ran away from home, and
go out into the world to mingle in bad company.

Cyrenius B. Hendricks.--This man was sent from Chatauqua County. He was
twenty-seven years of age when sentenced. His crime was murder in the
first degree. The particulars are as follows: He had been down to the
Indian Territory looking af