Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-06-17
Pardons Board Considers Pleas
from Largest Number of
Capital Prisoners.
MAN RECENTLY MADE SANE
BY SURGERY AMONG THEM
Seven from Essex Seek to
Lighten the Penalty for TAX
ing Human Life.
Especial to the Evening star.I

tkirty-one murderers confined in the
New Jersey State prison are being
considered by the Court of Pardons,
the largest number of capital prison.
ers the court has ever bad To deal
with. Thorough investigation Of every
I application for Communication of SEN
! terce will be made.
Three hundred and ono applications
for pardons have been filed by the
penitentiary residents. or one for
every five inmates Seventeen of these
applications are for release from
county prisons twelve are for res
I toration to citizenship.
surgers's Strange Result.
Gne of the applications. which is
out of the ordinary, is that Of Jonas
! Saikey, serving thirty-year term
from Warren county. for murder. He
was recently operated upon by Dr.
\. W. Heddan. prison physician. who
removed a piece of bone pressing
upon the brain A great change in
| the mans actions Immediately fol-
lowed. Instead Of showing an uncon-
| trollable spirit, which characterized
his actions when first received at the
prison, he became very peaeeable,
speaking the English language for
the first time since his incarceration.
Szikey states that he has no recol-
lection of the crime for which he was
convicted, nor the trial. He says he
only remembers being struck on the
head one day while ON his way home
! The court is making full investiga-
tion of his trial and conviction.
ESSEX Murder Conyicts.
The appeals filed with the Court of
Pardons We're announced today. The
Essex county men convicted of mur-
der who are asking the court for pa
role are:
4 Antonio Bennatto, sentenced May
/ Z. 1908, for twenty years. He was re-
ceived May 10, 1908, and his term will
expire July 20, 1929.
4 Angelo Cafuno, second degree mur-
! del sentenced April 20. 1901. for a
/ term of twenty-five years He was
received at the State prison April 90,
/ 1901, and his term will expire June
! %. 1915
I Antonio Lunetto. sentenced October
%, 1909, to a term of fifteen years: re-
/ ceiYed October o. 1909; expiration
/ May 5, 1920.
Guiseppi Vicciano. sentenced June
%, 1905; term. thirty years; received
July T. 1905; expiration June u, 1926
Mary j. Wilhelm, sentenced Decem-
Der "a, 1909; term. twenty years; re-
ceived April 5, 1911; expiration May
50, 1925.
Giuseppe Zappallo sentenced July
! ,. 1906; term. twenty years; received
| July 5, 1906; expiration October 6.
/ 1920.
Vincenzo Buonerba. second degree
murder; sentenced February Is. 1909
ruary 10, 1909: expiration April 20,
! 1926.
Other Essex Prisoners.
The list of Essex county prisoners
asking for parole follows:
John Adams, breaking, entering,
I larceny and receiving: Max Ball, sta
tutory offense; Antonio Bennatoo.
/ murder: Frank Bonavaria, assault
and battery. with intent to kill;
Ernest Briggs, breaking, larceny and
receiving; Walter l.. Brown false
pretenses; Angelo Cafuno, murder,
second degree: Frank Casale, assault
and battery and robbery
Charles CORDIALLY, breaking. enter
ing, larceny and receiving; Robert
Ccwan, breaking, entering, larceny
and receiving; Thomas Curran, as
sault and battery and robbery;
Antonio Dellafera, burglary; Glen
Drayton, larceny and receiving;
James Galato, arson; William Goul-
ka. larceny from person and receiv-
/ ing; Evert Haugh, breaking. enter
/ ins and larceny; William W. Hodge,
assault and battery and abuse.
John A. Horton, uttering; John
HoWley burning; John +. Hughes.
embezzlement larceny and receiving (:
Walter Johson, larceny and receiv-
ing: Charles Jones, entering. larceny
and receiving: Randolph Jones. lar
ceny and receiving; William Jones,
forgery and uttering George Keber,
larceny; Joseph Kock. assault and
| battery and abuse; Reno \. kranz.
illegally receiving money Joseph
Larione. assault and battery and
rape; James Roban, statutory offense
Harry Roventhal larceny and re-
ceiving.
Antonio Lunetto. murder; John
Malslli. grand larceny; Frank Nc
Carthy, breaking entering. larceny
and receiving: Edward c. McManus,
| embezzlement; John Menoly, assault
and battery and abuse: Charles
Meyer. assault and battery. with in
tent to rob: William O. Miller.
sUbornation of perjury; Marco
Minchino. grand larceny. larceny from
the person and receiving: Edward
Mitchell, breaking entering, larceny
and receiving: Louis Morelli. break
ing, entering larceny and receiving
james Nicholas, larceny and reeeiv-
ing; Agostino Sarno. larceny from
person; Arthur Scarano. grand lar
ceny.
John Schmidt embezzlement: /:
Henry Sells. carrying burglary tools
and larceny; Tony Solo. assault and
battery and abuse; Constantine Stef-
fanelli, assault and battery; Paulo
Tobio, assault and battery; Marc
Nacco, breaking, entering. larceny
and receiving: John Van Ripper. as
sault and battery and abuse; Rich
ard Vaughn. breaking entering, lar
ceny and receiving; Guiseppi Niggino,
murder: William Whale. bigamy;
Parker Wescott, breaking, entering
and receiving; Mary J. Wilhelm, muir
der; Oscar Young. breaking. entering
and receiving; Giuseppe Zappallo
murder; Vincenza Bounerba, murder
second degree.
Essex County Penitentiary Cases.
William Critchley, entering, lar
ceny and receiving; Joseph Guiliano,
assault and battery, and Alexander
Legler attempted escape.