The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1900-04-05
NO PARDON FOR h'LAREN
Hoboken Wife Murderer's
Crime Considered
Heinous.


TRENTON, April 5. 9OO-Twenty-four
out of upwards of one hundred applicants,
received clemency at the hands of the
Board of Pardons yesterday
Among those whose applicants were
denied was Thomas McLaren, the Hobo
ken wife murdered. McLaren's ten year
old child, Jennie. has been circulating pc
tetions and attempting to arouse sympa-
thy for him, but the Nervousness of his
crime has caused the Pardoning Court to
again reject his application.
Barney O'Neills plea for liberty was
also among those that fell by the way
side. He is the Philadelphia cabman
who was given fifteen years for muir
derous assault upon two Atlantic City cot
tagers His case has been considered
morfe thimes than any other by the Court
of Pardons.
The Court rejected the application of
John Farrell, the young man who was
sentenced to fifteen years for carnal
abuse in 1892. Farrells crime was com
mitted in his fathers house in Chambers
burg. Another application rejected was
that of Benjamin F. Patterson, who was
given five years for forgery in Monmouth
County.
But two pardons were granted by the
Court yesterday One was to DR.. Frank
D. Toms, the Keyport physician. who re-
Gently saved the life of a fellow convict
at the State Prison. DIR. Toms was given
a year in prison for throwing muriatic
acid into the face of William H Smith,
who, it is alleged. had gone to the doc
tors office for the purpose of doing harm.
Peter Wilson, who was sentenced to
two years in February, 1899, by Judge
Woodruff, for forgery was paroled, and
Jacob c. Baum. who served one year in
State Prison for carnal abuse, was re-
stored to citizenship. The latter is the
Trenton man for whose restoration to
citizenship Assemblyman Rees last month
introduced a measure in the Legislature.
The bill failed to pass.
These were paroled:-
Frederick H. Castor, sentenced from
Hudson county in March, 1896, to seven
and half years for having burglars
tools.
Wallace Casemir, sentenced from Essex
county in February. 1897, to five years for
assault and battery.
Thomas and William Hopkins, sentenc-
y
in October, 1894, for highway robbery.
William Thompson and Thomas Mitchell
sentenced from Hudson in November,
1897, to three and a half years each for
atrocious assault and battery.
Antonio Mazzio, sentenced from Hud-
son county in July, 1898, to five years for
atrocious assault
John W. While, sentenced from Salem
QnP ~ for.
statutory rape.
Michael ]. Welsh, sentenced from Ber-
gen county in January, 1885, to five years
for manslaughter.
George Bloom, sentenced from Hunter
don county in February, 1898, to thre years
for larceny.
Bernard Donlin. sentenced from Middle
sex county in March, 1899, to two years for
atrocious assault.
Walter Johnson, sentenced from Burling-
ton in October, 1899, to two years for as
saulting an officer.
William Lockett, sentenced from Cam
den county in October, 1899, to one year
for assault.
George stanhope, sentenced from Mon
mouth County in November, 1897, to five
years for breaking and entering.
Francesca Luca sentenced from Somer-
set county for second degree murder in
May. 1897. to five years.
George Sisso sentenced to one and a
half years for grand larceny in Atlantic
County.
Elias Straway, sentenced to eight years
from Sussex County for atrocious assault
In May, 1895.
Charles s. Sharp, Jr., sentenced from
Burlington County in February, 1897, to
five years for incendiarism.
William Price, sentenced from Atlantic
county in December, 1898, to three years
for assault and battery.
John Clark, who was sentenced to six
months in the Salem County Jail in De-
cember, 1899, was pardoned, and James
Mannix, who served out a sentence in the
early eighties was restored to citizenship.