The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-12-22
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An Cid Man to Be Released From Con-
aecticut Peaitentiary.
SERVED FIFTY YEARS
lie VIII Leave His Prison Home
Of Half q Century and Step Out
FREQ Man Into World IN
Which Ee VII! be Stranger
TO Freedom.

10 + TeeOOp.
When tie State board OF pardons
mee,s the first OF this Week l. vii!
consider and act upon an app!!ca-
ion for TIE pardon OF John P. War
rem. who is officially designated as
convict No. ! on the roster OF the
big Connecticut States prison at
We,hersheld. II favorable action
IS taken BY the board. and K is gen
e.any believed that such will be
the case. the coming Christmas will
DC a happy one indeed for Warren.
!or it vii! be bis G7s; Christmas out
side Of prison walls !u half a cen
tu.y.
On The day that the board meets
10 coas!aer his c2se Warren will
have completed al even fsty years
IS ~ inmate o. the State prison. He
IS believed TO be tie longest III
o.isoned NE conv!ct IN the United
States. and possibly IL the wore
When the doors o: the big prison
s-sz :..csed behind him the Civil va:
aad no: commenced. railroad trans
Dcrtatioa was IN lis infancy and such
common coaveniences OF the pres
..nt day as the telephone the cleo
.-ic car. the automobile and ID.
typewriter were uDhea-d OF. not to
n.n,!oa the skysc:ape. buildings.
wireless telegraDhy. dying machines.
submarine boats and q hundred aac
one other things with wI.ch to-
o-eseo; generation is familiar
Wife murder was the crime To-
which Warren was sentenced 20 II"
imprisonment One day in July.
1859. he invited his lS-yea7-oid
wife to take q walk with him. AMI.
coming 20 a book aear their farm IN
Wi!!!ag,cn. small town in Tollsn
county, in northeastern Connects
| cut. BE suggested that they tax"
their shoes and stockings OF an
oaehe thei. feet IL the coo! wEie-s
II the brook.
She acquiesced. but once near I'll"
brook. Warren seized her and he!:
Ter head under the foot or C.o.2
,. water until life was extinct. Just
what was the motive that actuateG
he man to commit the deliberate.
-old-blooaed and apparently uHp7o-
rokei crime on his wife. none knows.
an! Warren himself has never talk
d OF the crime. since he confessed
md pleaded guilty a. tie time OF his
| r.est.
Wa7ren's plea OF guilty and his
| attorneys ea-nes: plea for second
degree sentence saved his life and
le was sentenced TO prison for life
n the day on which notable meet
ing was held a, Hartford OF famous
Connecticut patriots. under a r"'
TO save the Union" The war fee:
ing was Just then beginning 10 be
come 2 factor in national politics
but Warren vas taken to Wethers
seld before the war commenced. and.
wha. has happened IN the ATTY years
:ha. have elapsed since that time. he
knows OF only indirectly and from
what he has been permitted TO read.
It speaks well 70. the methods
employed az the State prison that
the hf;y-year inmate shows little evil
,enee OF falling powers. either men
tai or physical. Though =. n"
looks more like a man OF IS or 81
years. He Is alert mentally and
.akes an active interest IN all that
goes on about hin. In recent yea-s
he has been allowed considerable
freedom IN the Institution. though
never permitted to leave the prison
grounds.
II the aged l!.er IS released
through the action Of the board nt
oardons mex; week he VII! be we'll
taken care OF during his !emain!ae
rea.s by bis two younger brothers
and othe. members OF MS family.
all people o. excellent standing. I:
Is understood that the application
COR pardon has been Endorsed By
many 9eorsons OF prominence who
have interested themselves IN h!-
case.