The morning call., 1893-09-22
NO PAROLES YET.
The Prison Directors to
Meet Again.
MARSHAL LONGS REQUEST.
The Board Refuses to Execute United
States PriSonerS-1hree Par
dons Recommended.

The State Board of Prison Directors
held its monthly meeting at San Quen-
tin yesterday, but as only three members
OF the board were present-DePue, Sonntag
and Nef-no action was taken in the mat
ter OF considering applications for parole.
The princi pal subject of discussion was
Communication from United States Mar
shall Long to Warden Hale. requesting him
to execute the three United States prison
ers. Sharp. Hansen and st. Clair, recently
sentenced to death.
No provisions have been made by the
Government authorities for carrying out
death sentences imposed by the United
States courts in this State. and for this
reason the application was made to War
den Hale.
After the matter had been discussed at
length the board instructed the Warden to
inform Marshal Long that he could use the
rooms and necessary appliances in the
prison. but that he wOuld nave 10 bear all
expenses, such as food, men for the death
watch, etc.. and that the execution would
have 10 be performed by the United States
authorities. as none of the prison officials
would be permitted to assist.
Joseph L. Reed, who had four months
credits taken from him for engaging in
IOW WIN JULIET pllsOUtT6 dDOuI d ytdt dkO5
made application 10 have his credits re-
stored. The application was denied.
Warden Hale reported that since Au-
gust "a the Jutemill had turned out 222, 600
bags, and that there were now 1,000.0l2
bags on hand. In reply to question the
Warden said that total of 1920, 500 bags
had been SOLD this year.
The board granted a request from Sher-
If Booth OF San BernardEo County, who
asked for photographs of prisoners sent
from that county since the beginning of
the year
Peter Derrenbecker. San Diego black
smith sentenced IN 1890 to fourteen years
imprisonment for assault to murder, ap-
peared before the board and made formal
application for parole. He was Instructed
TO prepare his application and place it IN
the hands of Warden Hale.
AT former meeting of the board a reso-
luton was adopted that no application for
parole could be considered unless there
were at least four members of the board
present This rule put the consideration
OF paroles out of the question yesterday
and it is probable that nothing will be
done with the applications now on file
until November next. as Director DePue
is going East next month. The following
applications for parole are now on fie:
w. r. Bibby, convicted of bribery and
sentenced TO FIVE years from MERGED
County; Peter Derrenbecker, assault to
murder. fourteen years, from San Diego;
III. Haas, five years. from San Francisco;
j. n. Capell. manslaug hter. five years, from
Mend0clno County; r Ii. Bradley. er-
Jury, four years. from Yuba County; Will
liam Hunter. burglary, six years. from
Los Angeles County; G. c. Sylvester,
felony, twelve years, from I olo County:
William Travers, manslaughter seven
years, from Nevada County; A. j. Law
renee, manslaugh ter. ten years, from Santa
rbara County; Sen eca A. Swain, grand
larceny. seven years. from San Francisco;
James Beehan, grand larceny, six years,
from Tuclumne County; Major Walton,
robbery. sixteen years. from Tulare
County.
The board here went into executive SEES.
sion for the purpose of hearing appIica-
tons for pardon. A pardon was recon-
mended in the case of Wong All Quong,
who has served thirteen years OF a life
sentence for killing fellow cOuntryman
IN this city. Qu0ng has been exemplary
in his department since his Imprisonment,
but is now so crippled from hard work
and confinement that he is scarcely able to
move about. His friends in this city
promised TO provide for him and on this
showing the directors made the recon-
incubation.
Theodore Fowler's application was also
acted on favOrably by the board. Fowler
was received at the prison from San Diego
County IN 1888 and was under a ten-Year
SeuteuCe lOT StodiiUH COW, lie Is now III
the last stages OF consumption, and as
with credits he has only one and a half
years left TO serve The pardon was recon-
mended in the interests of humanity.
Another favorable recommendation was
made in the case of Simon SulZberger now
serving a sentence of SIX years for grand
larceny. The application WAS accompanied
by.a strong recommendation from Chief
Crowley. SulZbeTger is nothing but a
youth and there has always been grave
doubt as to his commission of the crime
for which he stands convicted.
Edward Shetland, known among the
prisoners as the "COn Lawyer" appeared
befors the board with a formal demand
that he be given certain rights which he
claims have been denied him. Shetland
is a cook by trade and was sentenced in
1881 to ten years Imprisonment for forgery.
In 1883 he escaped but was captured
three days later. His credits were for
feitet, and when lie was tried tor escaping
he was given an additional sentence OF ten
years. With restored credits for the first
term and the credits given TO him since
his escape Shetland's sentence would now
be almost served out. He claims that his
credits for the first term were not legally
forfeited, and that he should not be COM
PEELED to serve out the three and half
years they would give him. The Directors
advised him to get out writ of habeas
corpus and settle the matter in the courts.
There is some talk of holding another
meeting next week, before Mr.. DeDue
starts for the East, for the purpose of Con-
siderlng applications for parole. The
date OF the meeting has not yet been fixed.
The board adjourned at 80 o'clock.
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