Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1891-01-08
DICK AND FasEK.
JURY-BRIBERs CREIGHTON AND NOR
THEY PARDONED.
Governor Waterman Thinks They were
More sinned Against than SHINING
Other Pardons-Etc.

Governor Waterman clspped the climax
in his career as Chief Executive of the
| State of California yesterday by issuing four
pardons and five combinations. The NEST
important of his official acts were the free
ing of Daniel J. Creighton and Frank T.
Northey, the notorious San Francisco jury
bribers
These cases excited more attention from
the public at the time of the trials than al
most any other topic. Robert Morrow, Jas.
L. McCord, Dick" Creighton and Frank
Northey were each charged with felony in
bribing jury to bring in verdict for a
very small amount of damages, in sui: in
which the Suffer Street Cable Company
were the defendants and widow named
Mrs. Woods the plaintiff. Her husband
had been killed by being run over by
cable car and she instituted suit for heavy
damages. Morrow was prominent stock
holder IN the company, and McCor6, who
is now dead, was the Superintendent. The
trial resulted in the conviction of only
Creighton and Northey, and they were SEN
fenced 10 i've and nine years inprison-
ment, respectively, in San Quentin.
After Creighton had been found guilty.
he deserted his bondsmen. and went To
Mexico and thence TO Australia. After alb.
sentlng himself for nearly two years, he re-
turned to Honolulu and from there sailed
to Victoria. Shortly afterward be gave
himself up to the authorities. In grant
ing his pardon, the Governor uses these
reasons:
WHY HE DID IT.
at is my sincere and honest belief that
Creighton is less guilty of the otfense of
which he was convicted than others i'm
plicated with him who have never been
brought 10 justice, and l think the pun
ishment he has already received is suffi.
Gent for his wrong. doing. He bears the
reputation OF being great bic. hearted boy
who was always ready to help friend; in
dustrious, sober, of good family, and uni.
versaliy faTorite. Judge ]. I. Sullivan,
in personal letter TO me, earnestly re-
quests the pardon, believing, as he saws,
that justice has been fully subserved. His
petition is signed by eleven of the Jurors
(tEe twelfth being dead); by E. B. Stone.
hill. the prosecuting District Attorney; W.
Z. Graves, ex-Assistant District Attorney:
Judge Walter Il. Levy, George Flournov.
Jr., A. T. SPOTS, Robert J. Tobin, Judge
Adams of San Luis Obispo, and hundreds
of prominent citizens and business men of
San Francisco. l am also in receipt to- day
of strong petition signed by fifty-nine of
the Senators and Assemblymen of the
present Legislature"
THE CASE OF NoRTHEY.
In pardoning Northey the Governor
says
The same reasons influence me in
granting this pardon as in the case of
Creighton. Both are young men, % years
of age, and were convicted of crimes of
which others were really guilty, and they
were the mere instruments. Northey's Pc
tition is signed by eight of the Jurors, w.
H. l.. Barnes, ID. L. Farnsworth, A. W.
Scott, D. A. Mcdonald, o. F. Wiley, TT
Bass, Bryan Diggins, David Stearn and
sons, Charles J. Haggerty, C. S. Crittenden,
Thomas B. Cunningham, T. H. McCaine.
G. F. Bessett, NJ. P. Holmes. R. G. Diggins,
Louis Bendell, George Childs, John D.
Siebe, E f. Preston, D. o. B. Henarie and
many other equally prominent citizens of
San Francisco; also petition signed by
tifty-nine Senators and Assembiymen of
the present Legislature"
YOUNG HARRY EDWARDS.
A pardon was also granted to Harry s. |
Edwards, who was convicted of forgery in |
San Francisco in March, 1890, and sem
" tNO kchIS lu1pIlSOum6Dt. line |
reasons are given as follows
Edwards is young man, 20 years of |
age, of good family, and this is his first
offense. His former employer is again de. |
sirous of employing him, in order to give
him an opportunity to regain his former |
standing in the business and social COM
munity. With this understanding grant |
the pardon"
LIFE.TIMER JOHN CLARKE.
Another convict named John Clarke was
also given his freedom. He was convicted |
of murder in Santa Clara county in De- |
cember. 1886, and sentenced to life impris- |
onment.
SENTENCES COMMITTED.
The communications Issued were FIVE in
number, four of them being to life-timers,
and issued as follows:
Wong All Ngow. convicted of murder in
San Francisco July, 1880, and sentenced to
life imprisonment; COMMITTED to twenty
years.
All Kim, sentenced for life from Tehama
county in April, 1879, on charge of muir
der; COMMITTED TO twenty years.
Alfred and Albert Quackenbush, con-
victed of murder in Sonoma county in
April and July, 1881, respectively, and
ordered to prison for life; commuted to |
twenty years.
Fldele Bezy, sentenced to life imprison-
ment for murder in Fresno county in Feb
ruary, 1886; commuted to ten years. The
Governor says: "The prisoner being q for
eigner, not understanding the Language in
which he was addressed, was at great
disadvantage and thereby in his an
swers seriously eliminated himself!
His petition for executive clemency
is Endorsed by the very best
people in his district, the Judge who SEN
fenced him, the jurors who convicted him
and the law officers who prosecuted him.
His sentence is committed to ten years."
Charles Gerhow, convicted of murder in
the second degree in San Francisco in
October, 1887. and sentenced to thirty. four
years; committed to ten years. The fol-
lowing reasons are assigned: II fully be.
lieve that Gerhow should not have been
convicted of the above-named crime, as
the facts presented to me do not warrent
such verdict. / think manslaughter and
term of ten years would have been snffi-
GENTLY severe, and to this end l grant the