News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1882-12-21
a DARK RECORD.

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The recent discussion of the Meaker
case naturally directs attention TO the
subject of capital crime, and its pun
ishlnent in Vermont. 1t appears from
| the record that since the State Prison
was built Tin 1909 81 persons have
been received withn its walls for the
crimes of manslaughter and murder.
The first person convicted of man
slaughter, was Jean B. rurnas, vino
was sentenced Dec. %, 1921, to i'm
prisonment for life. He was pardon
ed out Oct. 10, 1926. Daniel Palmer
was convicted in 1924, but was par
doned out in 1929. In 1875, Charles
Ball received life sentence for man.
slaughter, remaining there until 1913,
when he died, after q service for the
State of Is years. In 1926 Ezekiel
Dale was sentenced for manslaughter,
and in 1882 parioned out. The first
condemned murderer to have his sell
tence committed to imprisonment for
life, was Henry Damon, sentenced i'll
1919 to be hanged, aid committed the
same year. He was 80 years old
when he entered the prison, and for
SO years remained within its walls.
Damon died 1875. This is the long
est term ever served by any convict lii
the prison. The second person sent
to the prison for murder, was Eugene
Clifford. He was sentenced to be ex
ecutel in 1913, but the warrant for
his execution was never issued and he
died natural death in 1S47. Andrew
Rogers, who received q life sentence
for manslaughter in 1916, was pardon
eel out Nov. 5, 1886. Thomas Hall
was sent to the State Prison for life
for the same crime in 1852, and after
serving five years, died. The first
condemned murderer who escaped the
gallows by Communication, and subses
quently was released by being pardon
ed, WAS Samuel Lathe. He was sem
fenced TO be hanged in 1852; was
committed to fifteen years imprison- |
ment, and after serving four years, !
was parloned out Nov. "a, 1891. |
Matthew Hollerin received a life SEN
tence for murder in 1854, but was
pardoned in 1862. Sheldon Pond, |
convicted of murder in 1854, and
sentenced for life, became insane in
1874 and was sent to the Asylum. In
1855, Thomas Cook was sentenced to
life imprisonment, for deadly assault.
He died in prison, Nov. %, 1859. |
Atrial Martin was sentenced in 1859, |
tn, hf hanrro1 Tho
year his sentence was committed, and |
the Eext year he died Il natural death.
Peter Mcdonald, convicted of man
slaughter in 1860, died in 1862, after
two years Imprisonment.
The first execution that ever oc-
Cured in the prison. was in January,
1864, when a double hanging took |
place. The victims were William |
Barnet and Sandy Kavanaugh, both
Of whom were convicted of murder
October 4, 1862. In 1868. John
Burns was sentenced to be hanged for
murder, but in 1864 his sentence was
committed to life Imprisonment, and
for Is years he has labored for the
State. Burns has served a longer
term than any convict now in Wind
sor prison. William Pendolph, SEN
fenced to be hanged in 1867, received
Communication the same year, and was
sent to the insane asylum two years
later. Paul NJ. Burke received life
sentence for assault with intent to
kill, in 1868. He died in prison March
3, 1882. Horace Il. Pumley was con-
victed of murder in 1867 and sentenc-
ed to be hanged. He received COM
mutation the same year and is still. in
prison. Ziba Plumley, convicted of
manslaughter at the same time, and
sentenced for life, died Aug. 3. 1879.
The list of murderers executed since
1867, is long one. 1t is as follows:
John Ward, March 20, 1868; Hiram
Miller, June 20, 1860; Henry We'll
come, Jan. 20, 1871; John p. Phair,
April 10, 1879; Henry Gravelin,
March 4, 1879; Asa Magoon, Nov.
%. 1879; Edward Tatro, April 2,
1880, Edwin c. Hayden, Feb. Is,
1881; Royal S. Carr, April 20, 1881.
In 1874, Jonas james Snow was
to Imprisonment for life for
murder in the second degree, and in
1877, Scion S. Woolay received the
same sentence for the same crime.
Thee two convicts, with Burns,
Plumley and Almon Meaher, are the
only prisoners now serving life sem
tence at Windsor.