Iowa Old Press
Ottumwa Courier
Ottumwa, Wapello co., Iowa
March 31, 1937
IOWA FORGER IS GIVEN PAROLE
Des Moines.—(AP)—William Ramsey’s
fifty-one-day leave of absence from the state penitentiary at
Fort Madison has developed into a full-fledged parole. Ramsey,
36, was allowed to come home from the state penitentiary last
February 4, to give his blood to a dying sister. Today the state
board of parole announced that he had been given a parole last
Saturday.
Death came to the sister, Mrs. Nellie Taylor, however, less than
twenty-four hours after the parole was granted. Mrs. Taylor died
Sunday morning.
Ramsey was sentenced to a 15-year term for forgery, February 14,
1931, in Polk county. He was not committed until March 30, 1932.
[transcribed by L.Z., March 2018]