The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-12-20
PARD0NS AND PAROLES
Jersey offenders Released From
the State Penitentiary.
Given Their Liberty So They Can
Enjoy the Holiday season-Thirty-
one Lucky Applicants FOR ReIense
Oat OF List of 100 All
Grades of Criminals Represented.

TRENTON, n. J.. Dec. 2o.-out Of up
ward of $50 applicants for release from
States prison, the board Of pardons has
granted thirty-one pardons an. paroles.
It is the custom OF the board to dispose
of all pending applications just before the
holiday season. IN order that those who
are to be given their freedom can spend
the festive period with their friends
Barney o'Neill. the Philadelphia cab
man. whose case has attracted such wide
attention, is among the number refused
liberty and he VIII again have MS Christ
mas dinner prlson-cooked 1t is doubtful
If any prisoner has ever brought Sc much
/ pressure to bear on the pardon board, but
there is arrayed against him just as
weighty an influence. more weighty, in
/ fact. for despite the recommendation Of
Z the jury that convicted him and the judge
who sentenced him he remains behind the
-bars He was given fifteen years for as
sault on prominent PHILADELPHIA cottagers
: at Atlantic City.
IN the list Of prisoners who were freed
are murdeTers and burglars and men con-
sicted of almost all the various kinds Of
! crimes against society. Nearly all are. pa
rolled. however, so that they VIII continue
to be under the eye of the law officers.
After years Of protestation of his limo
cenee Patrick Mulyihill, who was sentene-
ed TO twenty years for d-degree muir
der from Hudson county in 1892. was pa
rolled.
herman BlazIer. who was given ten
years about the same time for man
slaughter, committed in Union county.
was pardoned. and thus restored TO citi-
zenship. John School, who was SEN
il June last on charge of biganay. was
paToied because of his being afflicted with
an incurable disease. His death is ex-
pected at any time Francis Smith, alias
william Force, another Morris county
prisoner, serving time fer burglary, was
hardened because Of his extreme illness.
BENJAMIN Brown, a sixteen-year-old hoy.
sentenced from Essex county to FIVE years
in 1898 for assault and battery with in
tent to kill, was paroled. John o'Connell,
Of Morris, who was sentenced TO ten years
in 1926. on q burglary charge, was par
dCaed on account Of illness.
Paroles were granted to two Of the
liquor dealers convicted of selling on
Sunday in Camden last July. They are
year, and who IS paroled on the recon-
mendation CT the county judge and prose
cutor, and William Convery, whose hEe
Of Si58 is virtually RENTED by the pa
role. he already having served the six
months in jail 70 which he was sen
fenced.
Others. pa7oIed. with the date and ey-
tent OF their respective sentences. to-
gether with the place from which they
were sentenced, were: William o'ConEoF
Passaie, highway robbery, 1887. Ave
years; Richard " Riker. Somerset, lar
ceny, 1893, two years; Thomas Kicker,
Passaic, breaking and entering 1893. FIVE
years; P. Miller, Essex, breaking and
entering 1898, I'VE years: Emeline Coop,
er, Warren, atroeious assault and bat
terry. 1899, three years; Jason Campbell.
Sussex, misdemeanor, 1900, two years;
Igpatius G. Dreamer, Passaic. forgery.
1899. three years; Myer Goldman, Essex,
receiving stolen goods. 1899, three and a
half years; Louis Feltman, Monmouth,
burglary. 1893, four years; Henry ID.
Jones, Monmouth forgery. 1890. two
years; George Levant. Onion, larceny,
1900. eighteen months Washington ket-
line. Camden. lottery, 1899 eighteen
months; John ". Murphy, Burlington.
srabezzlement two years; Anthony
Schneubel, Essex, forgery. one year;
Michael Lehr. Essex, forgery. 1888, three
evaTs