Waterbury Democrat., 1900-12-04
TO BE PAROLED.
Maurice Moriarty Will Soon
 Return to Waterbury.
BOARD OF PARDUNS DOES IT.

Benedict x Burnham's-Has Been
 Away from Waterbury a Little More
 Than Five. Years.
 The board of pardons. in session at the state Capitol yesterday for the De cember term, granted the application ol TWO conVlcts to be pardoned from state prison and the release of three prisoners on parole. Those pardoned were Clemente Mussi. an 1S-year-old Italian. who was sentenced in October ot last year to imprisonment for five years Tor Killing a man who fayiShed his I-year-old sister. and Frank De Witt cOlOred man, who. was sen tenced in Litchtield county on October l, iS99 to one year and six months for burglary and theft. The paroled pris- oners ale Maurice Moriarty of Water. bury, who was sentenced in New Ha. ven county on November II, 1895, to ten years for killing his mother-inlaw. He has employment With the Benedict & Burnham Co as soon as he is re- leased. Thomas Ringle. who was sen- tenced at New Haven in April. 1899, Tor thEee years. has employment with his former employer. William Ross, who was sentenced in the same county on April 6, 1897. to five years for for gery. was the third prisoner paroled He has been offered employment by the E. NJ. Ward Co of this city. No reference to the other petitions was made by the board and it is generally understood that when no report is made on them they are rejected.
 George Skidmore. who was sen fenced in Waterbury on October 20, 1898. to three years for horse stealing. asked for pardon. He said he had fp1 hn tn pardon him.
 ''Who told you that?' asked the chief justice.
 T was told it in prison,'' replied Skidmore.
 Then you don't want a pardon?'' "Oh yes, 1 do.'
 Skidmore stated that he pleaded guilty because he was told that it would be better for him if he did so. He came to Connecticut from Oh.o. | He left the latter state because a girl | who had promised to marry him would not become his wife. He lived in Indiana at one time.
 Warden Garvin said that Skidmore's | record 'is bad, very bad" He expect 1 ed that Rabbi Elkin and gentleman from Middletown would appear before | the board in behalf of Skidmore. | Maurice Moriarty was a model pris- oner and his friends hope that he will | appreciate the benefit of life outside of state prison, keep away from liquor | and turn out to be the same law | abiding citizen he used to be when he 1 was one of the best known men about | town and owned consdera ble property. | all of which has long since changed | hands so that when he comes out he will have to begin anew. He was twice married. His first wife died | several years ago. Since he went 10 l jail his second wife was granted a di- yOrce in the superior court and is now married to a farmer near Thomaston. Mir Moriarty had two or three children by his first wife, but had no issue from | the second marriage. A year ago or so a considerable amount of money was raised with view to securing his release which has finally been ac | complished. and if he does well. and no doubt he will. people will forget
 his past record and try and help him l along. He was among the first per- | sons to purchase a lot on Washington
 street and built the houses there now
 owned by Michael Hartnett. which. to ! be sure, have been improved consider
 ably since. Before coming to Water bury he lived for some time in Thomas
 ton and had lots of money when he
 came here. Things seemed to go his
 way after he located on Washington
 street and had he kept away from
 drink the chances are that he would
 city today. But what matter about
 that. ''Maurice,' as everybody used
 to call him. is coming out, and he
 should be given a fair trial to estab-
 fish the truth of the contention that l he has reformed