Daily Kennebec journal., 1901-12-17
STATE HOUSE.
There Are Thirty-Six Life Con-
viCts in State Prison.
Four Admitted, Four Pardoned and
Two Died, This Year.
IN 1900 There Were SO Prisoners OF This
Glass at Thomaston.

state prison. During the year 1901 fou,
We're pardoned and two have dieo
mere have been four commitment.
! this year. So that At the present time
there ar 80 prisoners serving life sen
tences at Thomaston.
on the last day of 1906 Governor Pow
ers ana ms Council pardoned David l..
stain and Oliver Cromwell. and their
freedom was given to them as q New
Years present. The sentence. OF James
r. Hodgdon of Boothbay. was commut-
ed to 20 Years. to end on April 6. 1901
| Hodgdon was convicted of murder IN
the second degree in Sagadahoc COUNTY
court Jan. .. 1886. The pardon Of AD-
ner ID. Thorn was granted on Aug. -
OF ms year. He was sentenced to life
LOT murder III the second degree III on
ford county, March B. 1893. Three of
these prisoners We're pardoned durin :
Governor Powers administration and
one under Governor Hill
The deaths Of two prisoners serving
life sentences have occurred. George
Knight Of Poland, who was convicted
of murder in Androscoggin county and
sentenced to life, Sept ~. 1897. was the
oldest inmate In the prison. He was
~ years OF age when admitted and was
NJ years old when he died. The other
convict who died during the year was
calvin 7. Graves of Amherst. who was
sentenced for murder in the sa,cn I de
gree on May II, 1881.
The commitments for tn i gr in
Cluded GraffanI. McC1oud nraina-d
ana Knight. The stories ar thc crimes
committed by these addition. of th.
current Year to the lif- colony ut
Thomaston are TOO Well kroNn and too
recent 10 require special mention AZ
this time.
From the above ii will W Sen tina
the total number Of life tonyicts i'll
Names prison shows a net reductions
Of two for 1901 as compared with 1880
OF course convictions have been s,-
cured against Alexander Te"Iip AID
Henry Lambert for murder, hu. Js
appeals have been taken. they cannot
BE- sentenced before next year. This
fact reduces the number as above stat
ed Otherwise there would y" the same
number as last year.
OF the 80 life conVicts now in uriSon
four are women. Mary +. RarroWs W
I\ittery, was convicted of murder in thr
first degree, and was sentenced on Sept.
~. 1881. Wh"n sentenced she was 4
wears of age. She induced her son-in-
law to kill her husband. Ellen Dollcy
was born in England. ana Was SEN
fenced in Cumberland county on May ..
1896. She then being - years Old. she
was convicted of numbering her daugh-
ter's illegitimate child. Mary Giynn
vas sentenced for life in PenobScut
county for murder in the first degree
on Sept. IS. 1852. She was born in Ire
land ana was IS years of age when
sentenced. Her crime was similar 10
that Of Mrs. Dolley. Clara Emma
Getchell was convicted in kennebeC
county superior court of murder in the
first degree and was sentenced to life
imprisonment on Sept. II. 1896. The
story of the crime for which she was
convicted after most exhaustive trail
is too fresh in the minds of our readers
to be again detailed.
Since the death of George Knight. the
prisoner serving the longest term i'll the
prison is Joel &. Preble who was born
in Whitefield. and who was sentenced
in Androscoggin county. Oct I, 1861.
For more than 40 years he has been
banished from the world. He is now Ga
wears Of age Ephraim Gilman was
born in Denmark. Ne, and. at the age
of - wears, was sentenced in oxford
county. Aug. H. 1863, having been con-
victAd of murder in the first degree.
on Sept. @ 1859. Howard y. Cleve-
land of OrrinGtor. was sentenced for
murder in the first degree. He was -
years Of age William Smith was =
years of age when. on Aug. {. 1919, he
was sentenced to life at the Maine
State prison at the United states CIR
cult court in Massachusetts having
been convicted Of piracy on the high
seas. He was born i'll Rockland,
Samuel D. Haynes was born in Pat
ten. At the age of 2S years he WAS
sentenced to Knox county for murder
on Sept. %. 1876 John Farr, born in
London, Eng, was sentenced on Jan Il,
1881. in Knox county for tE" Grim" Of
murder He was then 81 years Of age.
on oct 13. Of the same year. Charles
w. g. Smith of Rockland, was sen
fenced for murder his age being at
that time - years. Sept. -. 1881, Ed
ward c. Thompson. born in LINING
ton was convicted OF arson ana Sel4-
fenced to life Imprisonment. Charles
Morgan Wallace was sentenced in Ken
n4bec county for murder in the second
degree on Jan. 6, 1859. his age being ~
John = Baker was sentenced III Ken
nebec county for murder in the second
degree Dec. 30. 1854. then aged -
wears Charles l.. Beal of clinton, was
sentenced. April l. 1890, for murder ~
tho first degree. Melvin HeSsey was
sentenced in SaSadahoc Aug =. 1881.
for murder. Louis Eoushay. born IN
canada v-as sentenced for murder.
5reb ~ 1899. being then 2' years Ole
Ben iamin Wallace thadbourne was
sentenced in Piscataduis county. May J.
.SS3. at the ase Of 50.
Edward 4. Chase. born in Rocklaho'
whose petition for pardon is now pcn"-
ing before the Governor ana Council.
was sentenced in cumberland county,
| oct. /. 1855, at the age Of -. Georg"
II. Champion was sentenced. Nov j.
| 1900 Gabriel DeRosa. born in italy
! oct /. 1892: Alfred !. Hurd. native "t
New Jersey. June 6. 1896: Eugene q.
| IIurd. oct. Il. 1882; John McWilliams.