The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-07-09
LAST HOPE GONE
Court of PaIdons Ignores
Murderers GEM and
and Mackin's Appeal
for C1emency.
LIST OF PARoLED eoNvIcTs
Sheriff Toffey Will Conduct a
Double Hanging on Thurs
day Next.
LIST OF PAR0LED CoNVICTs

There IS no hope for the two condemned
n1urderers, Paul GEM and John Mackin,
VINO are now in the Hudson County jail.
Yesterday, after many hours deliberation.
IN Chanccry Chambers, the Board Of Par
dons refused 70 interfere with their sem
tence, and they will be hanged on the
morning Of July l6 next.
Counsellorss Rowe and DENIM appeared
in behalf Of Mackin and presented a
lengthy petition. signed by many promi-
nent citizens, asking elemency. 1t was
urged that Mackin was not in his right
mind when he committed the crime.
Counsellor DENIM said Mackin's crime
was the most atrocious in the history of
the State, and that IN itself made him
believe Mackin was insane.
Among those who went before the
Court IN Mackinss benalf was Dr.. Petrie.
who attended at Mackin's birth and at
tended him in sicknesses. He said Mack
in was mentally weak.
counsellors Stuhr and Queen appeared
in behalf of GEM. The evidence they
presented was a repetition Of that pro-
duced at the trial. Several physicians
testified that GEM was mentally ire
.sponsible.
The following were paroledzAdolpn'
~Buckhardt, Monmouth county. Sentenced
n October, lsss, for nine and ashal years
Tor arson; eli Fable, BERGEN, sentenced
in January, 1883, for twelve Years for rob-
berry; Andrew Cherosky, Passaic. sentence
Cd IN May 1925, for three years f or rob-
H Is !, Iapnaas Fle5maing Canadsn, sentence
burglary: Charles ID. Holmes, zMonr1outh.
sentenced February, 1884, ten years and
81. 400 fine RENTED.
christopher Krienzle of Passaic, charged
with atrocious assault and battery and
sentenced to five years Imprisonment in
July, 1884; Frank Haney of Essex. SEN
tenced for complication in a conspiracy.
Tit following had their costs refnitfea:
George Allen, sentenced for three months
and costs in May, 1895, for malicious mis-
chief; Warren Deacon, sentenced in April,
of larceny: Charles E. Arnold, sentenced
in January, 1896, to six months imprison-
ment and costs on a charge of larceny.
The first information Murderers GEM
and Mackin received about the refusal of
the Court of Pardons to do anything for
them was from the newspapers this morn
ing. Keeper Connolly, who was on the
death watch. says that they seem to take
at all. He has scarcely spoken
to anybody since his murderous attack
upon Connolly, and in fact nobody in the
ward cares to speak TO him.
tMackin seemed greatly depressed. He
said to- Connolly, II suppose you heard
the news" and then walked away. Mack
in spends a great part of his time in pray
ing and reading religious books. He gives
the keepers no trouble whatever. and is
liked by ali OF them. Sheriff Toffey has
not decided yet as to whether GEM or
Mackfn will be executed first next Thurs
day or whether they viii be both hanged
at the same time.
Trenton and New York papers said this
morning that among those who were par
doned was William Reen, one of the bal
lot box suffers who has spent a year in
jail. This, however, was not true; but
Sheriff Toffey.. who Is interesting himself
in the case, believes that at the next
meeting OF the Board Keen will be par