The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-03-30
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Pathetic Scene in the Court Of
Pardons When Saloonkeeper
steeger Was Pardoned.

An affecting scene was witnessed this
morning in Chancery Chambers during
the session of the Court of Pardons. The
members of the Court, composed of the
Governor, Chancellor and six lay judges
of the Court Of Errors and Appeals, were
cfoseted in Chancellor McGiql's Chambers,
while outside waited patiently friends Of
prisoners whose cases were before the
Court.
Among the little crowd in the ante
room was q stout, red-faced, elderly
woman, with a huge market basket be-
side her. Her eyes were filed with tears
and every now and then she would clasp
her hands and nutter a prayer in Ger
man. She was Mrs. Steeger, whose hus-
band was sentenced by Judge Huds-
peth a few months ago to nine months
imprisonment in the Penitentiary for
maintaining disorderly house in Union
HILL
JUDGE KRUGER INTERESTED.
Her petition for clemency in her hus-
bands behalf was handed to Governor
Werts when he arrived, and to every
member of the Court she made a pite-
GUS appeal in German. Judge Gottfried
krueger became interested in her, took
her aside and listened to a long story
Of the case profusely decorated with
sobs and "Mein lieber freunds'' Then
ne left her and re-entered the Cham
bers while she sat down and pulled out
a fresh handkerchief as big as a table
cloth.
An hour passed. She only ceased dry
ms her eyes when any member Of the
court passed in or out Finally Judge
Krueger came out of the room. and,
Nstasing quickly to the woman. whisper
a. ana n heT op ear 9af ner nusoana @ was par
the tears flow faster and faster, while
she clasped the knees of the big, good
naturea sp9 Jqdge i erging cry iesygfpNllyy
"Oh Mein Got! danke."
Half dozen times she repeated these
words and strove to kiss his hand. Re-
leasing himself, the Judge walked back
to the room and there was a suspicion of
cry about him. too. Mrs. Steeger
seized her basket and hurried down
Fin Feste Berg ist Unser Gott."
When the sensation caused by this
touching incident had subsided, the re-
mainder of the occupants of the ante
room speculated on the chances of the
Court taking UP the case of the Gutten-
berg big Four" Some of the knowing
the sudden arrival of Mr.. Allan L. Nc
Dermott counsel for Messrs. McLaugh-
lin, Carr. Crusius. and Walbaum, gave
tleman with his customary diplomacy,
declined to say what he was up to. and
the guessing was renewed;
All noisy speculations were quickly
stopped when the door suddenly opened
and Goyernog Wsrts and ChanGellor asn Nc
handed the list to the newspaper men.
1t is as follows:-
Frank Lane. Monmouth county, con-
fined $50 and costs. Having served 106
sdaysin prison for nol-payment of costs
and having no money to pay the costs,
Hermann Boechelman. from Essex
county, convicted of assault and bat
terry and sentenced to three months I'M
prisopment in February last was par
doned.
A. Steeger of Hudson county. .disorderly
house, sentenced to nine months in the
hdag Nicbpoig from passaic county
sentenced July. 1898. to five years inn
prisonment for larceny. was paroled.
sentenced in December, 1893, to three
years and six months for grand larceny
John II. O'Connor. from Passaic coun-
years Imprisonment for assault with IN
tent tot tl1ilttltt. shrdlu shrdl shrdlu
tent to kin. was .paroled
Anthony Hall, from Essex county, sem
fenced In October, 1894 to two years
Patrick s. Donovan from MONMOUTH
county. sentenced in November, 1928 to
ten years Imprisonment for manslaugh-
G. II. Nayfor. from Burlington county,
sentenced in May 1885, to three years
Imprisonment for break -ng and entering
5 Pbiiip i livingston, from Hudson county,
sentenced to five years Imprisonment
for larceny, was paroied. -. - an
Mssie. S1asHea Dixon o aoaalggi aaa ggipgasotS i me
Court House, the Big -Four VIII pc re-
sentenced, the time for their appeal nav
In o. eynjred