Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1911-11-18
THIS MAN HAS BEEN
IN PEN 81 YEARS
Now He Wants to Get Out ;
Has Served Longer Than
Any Prisoner Nov Living
in United States.

Hartford. Cunn., Mo- tS-Iohn
Warren aud Kate Cobb arc easily the
two most Distinguished prisoners In
rem because Of he fact that he has
been In prison longer than any man
now confined ~ this country I'D kaie
Cohb because of the sensation which
her arrest with that OF Wesley bishop
caused In Norwich aud eastern Con.
necticm many ycars ago. when they
we've arrested ior the murder Of
Charley" Cobb. the husband OF the
woman That Warren aud Kate cobb
are tired Of prison life is evidenced
In the fact that they have pcti,Ioned
the board OF pardons 10 be set free
Their petitions will come before the
board neyi month. Neither can an
pear before the hoard in person be.
cause o. the fact that they have petit
toned before. his makes the sew.
enth time that Warren has petlllonod
and The second time for Mrs. Cobb
Her nfsl petition was eight on ten
years age.
Warren was committed 10 the pris.
on on December | 1859. for life for
the murder Of his wife IN wellington
and he stands ON the prison register
as No. 1 He IL 20 wears old now,
and BY tho time the board Of Iardons
meets be vii have been In prison
over hfiy-iwo years He was "a ycsffs
old when he was committed 10 the
prison, and he had been IN the insti.
tuition twenty wears when Kate Cobb
was received there on january AZ.
1879. Mrs Cobb Is now 90 years old,
and she has been In prison over thirty
years
Warren was sentenced for murder
ing his vile and his arrest aud con.
vlction. rs well AZ the murder. made
one OF the sensations OF the time. lie
and his wife went walking one after.
noon and on reaching nlbr0ok Warren
sat down on the bank with his wife
by his side He persuaded her to
take on her shoes and stockings and
put her feet In the water While she
was sitting In this position he took
her by the back OF the neck. doubled
her over and deliberately held her
head under water until She drowned
AFTER sensational dsyelopments he
was captured and convicted. necnuse
OF the long time he has. been In pris-
on. many have hecomef interested in
MIN IN times past and have aided In
Efforts that he be pardoned. In his
seventh petition. lied on. saturday, ne
SAYS tina, he has been IN prison over
hity'two years ana believes that he
mas been sufficiently punished for me
crime he committed. SAYS thas. AZ
no Is released he has a home to 20
TO and he asks tha, he hoard show
MIN mercy for The act he committed
when merely q boy
Kate NJ. Cobb Il No Il ON the prison
register, and. although she has been
IN prinon nearly thirty three Years.
she preserves many traces OF The
beauty which she Possessed when she
lived In Norwich She planned with
wesley bishop that the latter should
put his wife out OF the way. Mrs
Cobb was TO put her husband out Of
The way, and with the two dead Hlsh-
op and Mrs. Cobb were 10 marry.
arsenic was the poison used and
Charley" Cobb died Before The
death OF Cobb. Bishop and Mrs. Cobb
nad been seen much in each others
company. suspicion attached To them
and they were arrested and pni 10
lriai. At time af the irial when ne
belief was general THAI there was not