Private William L Reynolds
Kentucky Post, Wednesday, 27 January
1904, page 5
Privates William L Reynolds, Troop M Fourth Calvary and William J Miller, Company A, Third Infantry, having been found guilty of desertion by a general court martial, have been dishonorable discharged, with loss of all pay and allowances and will serve in confinement at hard labor for 18 months.
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Kentucky Post, Tuesday, 28 June 1904, page 2
Private William Reynolds, of the Fourth Cavalry is in the guardhouse at Ft Thomas on the charge of desertion. Serving eighteen months and anxious to get out, two pretty girls, his sisters, drifted into the City all Tuesday and presented a petition asking a pardon for him. The petition carries with it an endorsement from the officer in charge of Reynolds, giving him a good reputation and stated that he surrendered after having deserted.
When the names on the petition, only five, were looked over the sisters were advised to get the signatures of the two Congressmen of the Cincinnati district and then send the petition to Washington. The signatures were headed by the name of Julius Fleischmann, followed by that of his confidential man, Charles J Christie. Then came that of George B Cox. This was followed by the names of Senator J B Foraker and County Auditor Eugene L Lewis. The sister who secured the names said that when Mr. Cox heard the story he said: "Certainly," and promptly signed the petition.
Mayor Fleischmann took an interest in the girl and when she presented the petition he had it rewritten by his stenographer and put in legal form and then placed his name at the top. Those who heard the girl talk at the City Hall are willing to wager that President Roosevelt will pardon the young man.