The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1891-06-14
THE RUSH FOR PAROLES.
Hosts Of Convicts Besiege
the Board Of Pardons
for Release.
LIST OF MOST NOTABLE CASES.
Many Applications Will Be Found
Irregular and Cannot
Be Granted.

4 Pardons will handle the first fruits of the
new Parole law next Tuesday. A baskets
full of documents, some in form, and
many out OF form, will be dumped on
| the big table in the Executive Chamber,
and a tedious Job will be imposed upon
the Court There are many men in the
State Prison DESTROYS of being paroied,
| but they are ignorant of the rules gov
erning the parole. and they stand d
chance Of having their demands ignored
because the law has not been observed.
AS rule they emit to have the necessary
outside work done.
Daniel O'Conneli. Of Morristown, sem
fenced to the State Prison for murder in
The second degree. is an applicant. If re-
leased he is promised work in the Dickin-
| son mine and be Is backed in his appli-
cation by Senator Werts.
/ Gustave Wil1singham of Newark. who
shot James DAILY. would like to be
/ pafoled He was sentenced to ten years,
| and tine plea made Is that he was intoxi-
Gated at the time, and did not shoot with
| murderOus intent He was employed by
Simon & Brothers and this firm will
again give him work.
William Femmanella, the Italian of
/ Bayonne who In 1889 killed John Vretta
his brother-in-law. is an applicant He
was sentenced TO fifteen years In the State
Prison. The jury found him guilty in
the second degree. There was d famil y
quarrel aud FemmanelIa stabbed Vretta
| with an ordinary table knife during the
struggle. Michael FemmaneIla will give
him work driving wagon In Jersey
! City.
The last Of the PIainflsld firelings
makes an application. 1t is Horace Van
Nest, charged with arson, and given five
~ >rv Hos . nxp
to il house In his petition he states that
jackson, one OF the trio. mad repeatedly
said that both Horace aud Lewis Van
Nest were not guilty and that he alone
was guilty. Lewis Van Nest was par
doned in December, 1882 and jackson
died in prison c. Fl. Hand of Plainfleld
| will give him employment in his stable.
JulIus Pieneck, sentenced to five years
from Camden for murder ut Gloucester,
presents petition signed by many Phila-
delphians. and Charles r. Winchowel of
Philadelphia offers To furnish a position,
but as paroled prisoners cannot leave the
State.his petition fails
A CASE FOR PARDON.
An interesting case cotue5 from New
ark Fred Hang, who was Instrumental
in having John I. Toers sentenced TO
eighteen months IN the Caldwell Peni-
Tertiary for larceny, now seeks his re-
lease He believed that Toers, who was
an employe, was robbing hiEs, and on cir
cumstantial evidence he was convicted. .
After his Incarceration he found that the
robberies continued just the sans, and
his o5ner employee, named Bohrin ger, sud-
denly disappeared and the robberies
stopped He found that Bohringer had
placed the stolen goods in Toer's room, so
as to divert suspicion from himself. He
now asks that Toer5 be either paroled or
/ pardoned.
John Lang, given seven years from
| Newark for burglary, wants release on
parole. He has been seeking pardon
for some time.
One of the strong petitions from New
ark is that of Charles Nc Mahon, sent to
Trenton for manslaughter. Alderman
Mahau has strong letter, and James
Smith, Jr., believes the paroling of this
prisoner would be beneficial The petit
ton bears the signatures of large num-
Der OF prominent men, including county
officials and politicians.
Timothy Donalan Of Newark was given
ten years for breaking and entering on
May IL 1885, and ne seeks a parole John
Messenger, sentenced to five years FROM
Paterson, Henry Holman OF Newark,
sent for assault aud battery for a short
sentence. are also listed.
John Connolly stole horse at Wood
bridge and he wants a release on the
ground that he only hired the horse and
became drunk.
There are petitions for William Ches-
1 neY anu w lllldQ AlulOU OIL Jersey GlIy.
john Doe, alias ''Frenchie, sent from
Monroe County tor Keeping disordeyly
house Ca petition signed by many Itai-
ians) Patrick Burger OF Hudson, sem
fenced to Ave years Imprisonment for
breaking and entering in September.
of the Lake Erie and Western Rail-
A road romises TO give him EMPLOY
ment. r.. j. Campbell. convicted ia Pat
erson for assaulting an officer and sen
fenced fer Two years, wants Il release.
Il YOUTHFUL CANDIDATES.
John Cuimann, sent to prison for seven
years, for breaking aud entering, Is only
nineteen years old. He states that he is
sure OF employment. Martin Ryan, who
was sentenced TO three years for breaking
and entering in Newark, is only eighteen
years OF age James Smith. Jr., Eecom-
nends the paroliug of this young man.
Alex. Williams, sent from Plainfieid
for three years for larceny. seeks q
release. Henry Rubardt. now in tue
Essex County Penttentiary for embezzling
$50 from his brother-in-law, George Free
man. of Jersey City, also wants to be
paroled. In mis- petition he states that he
worked for Freeman and could get no
settlement from him, SO he had TO appro-
pirate the money to keep his tmily from
starvation. II. A. Jelly furnishes q
statement that he would give Rubardt
employment at once.
John Henkle. who assaulted a woman
In Newark. and was sentenced to five
years in 1889, seeks a parole. John Zim-
norman offers TO give him employment.
Goitfiied Kruger gives him recon-
mendation tor a good character.
Harry Levy Is sentenced for eighteen
months for bigamy. Edward Daniel. OF
Nc. rs Market street, Newark, will en-
ploy him.
William Chesney. of Jersey CITY, n he
gets out, will be employed by K McCor-
mack, No. 226 Wayne street. c. A Gar
ner has strong petition from the town
OF Arlington. He was sentenced to three
years for grand larceny from St. Louis
company that employed him. Senator
Michael T. Barrett sends him strong
letter, favorng his release.
Joseph MulIlgan. who assaulted John
| Collins in Verona. Essex County, asks for
| release and he gives a pertinent reason
for his pardon. He has served sixteen
months OF the three years. He says that
one Bell who was sent to the prison at
the same time that Mulligan was com.
lnitted, was pardoncd out after serving
ten months. and Mullignn thought he
was entitled to release on the same
/ ground. John f. Anderson. an official Of
Hunterdon County, was given nine
| months for appFopriating the funds of
i Holland township to his own use while
the collector. Every official, including
| the judges Of the county. signed the petit
tion. He wants either pardon or a
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