The Jersey City news., 1899-12-21
The GENERAL Los
Pardon Refused to MoLaren
the Hoboken Muir
derer.
APPLEGATE APPLICATION DISMISSED
Board Considered One Hun
dred Cases Yester-
day.

Especial to 1.-THE Jersey City NEWS.
TRENTON, Dec. 21 1S9s.--Over hum
ired applications for pardons and paroles
were considered yesterday BY the Board
of Pardons, which held session last
ing over six hours in the Senate Chamber
at the State House. From the lotai
number of the cases considered, only four
pardons and ten paroles were granted.
Among the applications for pardons
which the Board considered and dismissed
was one Of H. Le Roy Applegate, the
young lawyer Of this city, who was sem
Henced some months ago to fifteen years
for forgery. Friends of Mr.. Applegate
interested themselves In his behalf and
decided to make an effort to procure ms
release. Even were the Board disposed
TO show tendency In the case of Mr.. Ap-
plegate, It Is not considered probable that
they would be disposed to exercise ciem-
ency when he has served sucn q snian
fraction of his time.
Another case in which the Board re-
fused to interfere was that of Thomas
McLaren. of Hoboken, who was sem
fenced to twenty years for numbering ms
wife. The case of McLaren, who mas
served six years OF his time, has become
notorious through the intercess1on on ms
behalf of qnis ten-y year-oid daughter, who
circulated a petition for her fathers re-
zease. The girl also appeared pefore tne
Governor in person and the Special CON-
mtttee of the, Board of Pardons to inter
cede for her father.
The special committee which visited the
prison reported against the pardon1ng OF
McLaren They found that he was en-
ployed most of the time as an attendant
in the hospital, and was not in dying
condition, as was represented in the peti-
ton The committee also considered the
crime for which McI4aren was sentenced
which was regarded as most brutal one
when the murder was committed.
Jennie McLaren was at the State House
yesterday under the care of a reporter OF
one of the New York papers which have
been so ardentIy advocating the pardon
ing of McLaren. Under her arm was
bundle containing a huge pie intended for
her dying father. The girl left the State
House as soon as it was learned that the
board had refused to grant the pardon.
She then went to the State Prison, where
she remained last night.
The Board laid oyeg. until the March
term the case of Barney O'Neill, a Phil
adelphia cabman, who is serving an eigh-
teen-year sentence for atrocious assault
and robbery at Atlantic City. O'Neill
has always protested his innocence of the
crime for which he was convicted, and
his defence at the trial was an alibi.
Strong influences have been brought to
bear to secure his release, among those
who have asked for his pardon being
Governor Stone, Attorney General Ell
kins and United States Senator Penrose,
of Pennsylvania Several members of
the Board are known TO have been fav-
orable to the release Of O'Neill, and it
was thought likely q pardon would be
granted at this time. The majority of
the Board, however, decided otherwise.
The Board also laid over the case Of
DR.. Frank D. Tams, a young Keyport
physician recently sentenced to year
for throwing carbolic acid in the face of
James Smith. The sister of DR.. Tams,
who is a writer on New York news
paper, appeared before the Board yes
terday. 1t is claimed by DR.. Tams that
he threw the acid purely in self-defenee
Smith, he says, came into his office great
ly excited, and thrusting his hand in his
hip pocket, threatened him with bodily
harm. DR.. Tams claims that being with
out order means of defending himself
he used the acid.
Edward Meyer, of Hudson, and Chas.
Dinsmore, of Essex, were paroled on ac-
count of Ill health.
Pardon was granted to Herman Walk
man, sentenced from Hudson in April
last. to eighteen months for breaking and
entering.
Paroles were allowed in these cases
EDWARD Foley. Hudson. sentenced to
ten years in June, 1893, for grand lar
ceny.
John Breslin, of Hudson, sentenced in
November 1895. to seven and one-half
years for robbery.