The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-01-03
ATKINSON FREE
BOARD of Pardons Act in
the Jersey Barbara
Aub Case.
cLYMER'S DOOM SEALED.
Close of the Famous Corners
Case Other Convicts
pardoned.
CLYMER'S DOOM SEALED.

Charles Atkinson of Camden, who was
accused by his stepdaughter, Mamie
Miller, of a crime which he did not COM
nit, was pardoned yesterday by the
Board of Pardons, which met in Chancery
Chambers.
Atkinson is the man who was sentenced
in April, 1894, to ten years in State
Prison by the Camden County Court,
on the charge of ~assaulting his step
daughter, Mary Miller. After Atkinson
had served twenty months of his long
sentence Mary startled the people of
New Jersey on December "a last by con-
Tossing to Governor Werts, who is a
member of the Court of Pardons. that
she had perjured herself and that she
had made the charge in order to get
her step-father out of the way. The
papers presented to the Board of Par
dons yesterday We're a confederation of
the girls confession. They showed that
Mary became infatuated with life at
Gloucester and that her step-father tried
to prevent her from going there in COM
pany with d~isreputabie persons. The
girl became angry with her father for
trying to keep her from evil companions.
With the aid of some of her male asso-
ciates she concocted the charge of as
sault. The board was informed that At
kinson was a poor man, who hardly had
money to make a strong defense. Mary
Miller was seized with remorse and she
wrote her father asking for forgiveness.
She supplemented this with a detailed
confession. In one of her letters to her
father, Mary wrote that she could not
rest at night because of the wrong she
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draw the charge at the trial, but her
male friends were afraid they would
suffer, and they threatened to send her
to prison for perjury if she did not stick
to the story they had eoncocteo.
A numerously signed petition from
Camden citizens was also offered to-
day in Atkinson's behalf. Clerk Onward
Fox FASTENED TO Trenton to officially noti-
fy Prison Keeper Patterson of Atkinson's
pardon.
He expects the release today, and his
plans are to consult counsel at once on
cal enemies whom he holds responsible
for the conspiracy which melted his
s-tep-daughter to make the charge. He
expects TO go to the home of his wife
Assemblynan Micajah Matlack. of
Burlington. and Charles b. Hendrfck-
ot Alfred Clymer. who is now awaiting
execution in the Burlington County Jail
for the murder of Bridget Doyle. ely
mer had entered her house for burglary
when Mrs. Doyl intercepted him and
ne stabbed her. In spite of the earnest
wanted the sentence committed to life
Imprisonment, the board unanimously
refused to interfere. This seals Cly-
mer's doom. and he will be executed
on January 10.
Judge Thomas Henry and Rey. Father
Hammer, of Newark, asked the board
sentence of Henry Kohl. who is to be
hanged in Newark for killing Joseph
Pre i ! CASE The T beard 5oa r res nsgd,sd def 4 : !
Henry. alias McSaunders. of Burlington
county, who was sentenced in January,
under false ~pretenses. Joseph Aston, of
Essex county sentenced in January,
1882, to twenty years for murder in the
erick Lander and Frank Hail, two Hud-
son county boys convicted of policy play
ing last July. were pardoned after having
served ha.f of a one year sentence.
Court of Pardons and will be released
interesting chapter of political history.
His pardon has been before the Court
for ten years, and his release is the Sc
We're connected with the Court of Par
dons. who were pledged to vote against
thirty years for participation in the rob-
Newark, when officers were fred on
RE tIu not 10 lH0 euleFliS ana Sdde-
breaking, but was on the outside and
shot off his revolver to brighten the
police. He was captured with a man
named Williams. who turned States
evidence, received ten years and died
in prison.
Corners was to receive the same SEN
tence, but he was adjudged guilty of
contempt Of court and given ten years
more, n for expressing his further
contempt received ten more, making
thirty in all, which excessive sentence
had the effect of creating considerable
sympathy for him. Ex-Sherjff Brown.
the case and asked fer his pardon.
HIS counsel. Frank McDermottE called
at the State Prison late this afternoon
end notified Corners of bis release.
Work has been secured for him in New.
ark.
The case of ohn somers, of Atlantic
City; charged with murder. and impris-
w~ithstanding he had the strongest Pc
tition ever presented to the, Court of
lFardcn. He is a veteran and generally
supported by the Grand Army of the
Republic of the State.