Taylor County GaArchives News.....Gov. Dorsey Paroles Mr. Thomas J. Peterman - Dec. 1920 December 23 1920
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The Butler Herald
The Butler Herald
Thursday, December 23, 1920
Page Seven

Gov. Dorsey Paroles Mr. Thos. J. Peterman

After Serving Only Eight Years of a Lifetime Sentence Mr. Peterman Is at Home 
Again with his Family and Friends

The friends of Thomas J. Peterman were pleased to greet him on the streets of 
Butler Monday for the first time in eight years or more the intervening years 
having been spent in the Georgia penitentiary upon a lifetime sentence imposed 
upon him for the killing of Mr. Allen Parr as a result of a combat between the 
two men, when Mr. Peterman struck Mr. Parr on the head with the butt of a shot 
gun resulting in Mr. Parr’s death.

The eight years’ service that Mr. Peterman gave the state was spent in road 
work in Walton county, where many friends both among the county officers and 
the citizenry of Walton county, a number of whom became interested in his 
behalf to the extent of lending their assistance in seeking release for him.

Mr. Peterman says that he is more than happy to return to his family and 
friends and will spend the remainder of his days in making for himself a good 
name, such as no man will be ashamed.

After spending a few weeks in visiting among relatives he says he will settle 
down at some vocation at which he can make an honorable and comfortable support 
for his family.




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