According to advice received here, Mary Savage, who was convicted about nine years ago of second degree murder, was this week granted a parole for the remainder of her term of 20 years. Her son, who was given 29 years, is still in prison serving his sentence. John Savage, her husband, convicted of first degree murder, was electrocuted shortly after the trial of the case.
This murder remains fresh in the memory of a great number of the people of this section as one of the most brutal that was. . . . (unreadable in the paper)
According to the report received here she was placed in the custody of Mrs. T.W. Bickett, widow of our war governor.
She was regarded, we learn, a model prisoner and was a servant of the former prison warden, S.J. Busbee. The news of her release will probably be received with various kinds of opinions.
From the front page of The Roanoke Beacon, Plymouth, N.C., Friday, May 30, 1925
newspapers.digitalnc.org/lccn/sn92074055/1925-05-30/ed-1/seq-1/#words=MAY+30%2C+1925 To read the original article about the murder and trial, go to https://ruralnchistory.blogspot.com/2025/05/savage-family-found-guilty-of-killing.html
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