The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-07-18
Governor Chamberlain Frees The
Great Crimp.
SERVES ONE THIRD or TINE
History Of Whole Affair--List Of Signers
Of Lynch's Petition - Names Of
Protestants--Brief Record Of
the Mans Crimes.

The news of the pardon granted TO
II. J. Lynch, the notorious crimp, BY
Governor George Y. Chamberlain. on
Monday, was received In this city with
ast0nisbment. not TO say chagrin, yes
terday, by hundreds o. prominent people
who looked upon his conviction and in.
carceration as the acme Of simple jus
tice and hoped for its utter fulfllment.
The following account OF the whole
matter published In yesterday mornings
issue Of the Salem Statesman, throws q
bit Of light on the transaction not cur.
rently known here and likely TO be re-
membered at an opportune moment In
the future:
eBy virtue Of the pardoning power
exercised by Governor Chamberlain. p.
J. Lynch, better known as Paddy the
notorious keeper Of the sailor.boarding'
house. Is today free man. His sent
ence OF eight years penal seryitude was
commnted yesterday afternoon and he
departed for Portland today.
Paddy Lynch, at whose door has been
laid the blame for the kidnapping.
shanghaiing, and crimping Of numerous
innocent and unsuspecting persons. con-
yicted Of completely in the kidnapping
and shanghaiing Of 0. W. Gardier, who
was spirited aboard the British ship
Folesdale. March IA. 1908, was sent
TO the penitentiary for term Of eight
years In April 1908. He was jointly
indicted and convicted with Theodore
Tobinson, who received q one year sent.
ence.
Governor Chamberlain's reasons for
exercising executive clemeney in his case
were;
The petition Of the citizens and busi-
ness men Of Astoria; grave doubts as TO
his guilt Of this particular crime; II
guilty he has been sufficiently punished;
the co-defendant. convicted at the same
time. got Off with only one year; ex-
cellent department since be has been In
prison and the precarious condition OF
his health, and the recommendation OF
the former prison chaplains' Fathers
Moore and Murphy, Of this city.
"The signers of the petition are:
Thomas Dealey, city treasurer; Q,
Anderson, auditor and police judge; JAS
In. Laws representative; J. H. Hansen
member common council; A. D. Craig
James Ksating, II. Wise, president re-
lgatta committee; ]. w. Surprenant
mayor Of Astoria; J. f. Campbell, repre-
sentative and pilot commissioner; G. ]
Curtis. ex.representative; S. S. Gordon
Icashier First National Bank; 0. l. Peter
son, firm of Peterson s. Brown; A. B
Hager, manager Star theatre; Andrew
Birch. one Of the jurymen; Leande
ILebeck, alderman; n. L. Henderson, ply
sician; George Kaboth, alderman; Chas
IC. Brown Peterson & Brown; F. D
Winton, attorney.
"Strenuous objections were made y
the granting Of the pardon by Britisl
Vice Consul P. L. Cherry, Sheriff Thoma
. Linville, of Clatsop county, and w. Us
borne of Minneapolis, MINI. Consu
Cherry cities in his remonstrance th
noticeable lack Of practice of shang
haiing since Lynch was convicted an'
/ saws the desertions and kidnapping prev
Iious to his incarceration as shown b.
| 1.-THE records. were l2S in l900-l9 l9'
in 1902, and n in 1908, and there wa
only one case in 1904.
"Of these eases he relates that of W
lW. Osborne, young Englishman, ap
peared in Algoa Bay, South Africa; WI
was shanghaied at Astoria, and FIN
Handler came to meet his wife in As
toriM disappeared and reported from
Queenstown that he had been shang
i Ihaied. His wife was in destitute cir
cumstances. Another boy came from
across the Columbia rvier and was hear
Of no more until he reported from Aus
tralia.
II 'W. Osborne wrote personal lette
to the governor stating that he had bee
shanghaied and shipped on the Britis
) bark Musselcreag, March 4, 1908, shippe
to Port Elizabeth, South Africa and the
to Sydney, New South Wales befor
. Ihe was released"
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