Friday, June 1, 2018

On This Date in Minnesota History: June 1


June 1, 1907 – The pardon board today granted a pardon to Mrs. Iverson, the wife of a farmer living near St. James, Minn. Her one act of folly having been forgiven by her husband, who had taken her back to their home and three children. The petition for the pardon was signed by the presiding judge and a large number of residents. The pardon board agreed to do what they could to wipe out the past in the interests of the home and family.

Mrs. Iverson, less than 30 years old, was sentenced to one year in the penitentiary on the complaint of her husband for eloping with a hired man on the farm. According to the evidence, the marriage was the result of arrangement with Mrs. Iverson’s parents rather than a love affair, but the married life lasted for six years, in which time three children were born.

The couple was located in a near-by town and brought back to St. James on the complaint of the woman’s husband. A reconciliation soon followed, and although Mrs. Iverson, after pleading guilty was sentenced to one year’s imprisonment, the sentence was suspended pending an appeal to the pardon board in which the presiding judge, Loren Cray, joined.

In the meantime, Mrs. Iverson, while constructively in the custody of the sheriff, was allowed to return to her home with her husband and has been living there since. Hughson also pleaded guilty and is now serving a sentence of one year.

The Minneapolis Tribune; “Must Be Good Wife For A Whole Year. Exchanges Prison Term For Married Life. St. James Woman Receives Conditional Sentence. Ran Away With the Hired Man, But Husband Forgives.”; June 2, 1907; p. 7.



http://www.knuj.net/2015/03/st-james-man-inducted-into-circle-of-honor/

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