Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-11-14

OUT, WILL ASK
FORAPARDON
Oscar N. Phillipson Signs Ap-
pIication for CIemency Be-
fore Leaving Jail.
From a star Correspondent.


/ NORTH PLAINFIELD. Nov. IA
Oscar n. Phillipson, the nineteen
! year-oid youth who yesterday was
released from ff5 Somerset county
Jail pending an appeal from the one
hundred and twenty days irnprison-
ment given him FOR shooting a rabbit
out of season, today sent a personal
appeal to the Court of Pardons. The
appeal was signed yesterday after
noon in the Somerset county Jail at
Somerville, two hours before, he was
released.
Although Governor Fielder has been
asked to intercede for the boy-the
main support of his aged mother
he cannot grant a pardon, but today
stated that he would do all In his
power to secure one at Tuesdays ses-
sie- = he Court of Pardons. The ap-
peal signed by the boy and the sew
(, l~at4ons signed by prominent
citizens of Plainfield and North
Plainfield will be read at Tuesdays
session of the pardon board.
Phillipson's release was brought
about by an appeal taken by his at
torney. Winfield S. Angelman, of this
city. George +. Napier, president OF
the State Game Commission, was
seen yesterday and he promised to
do all he could to secure Phillpson's
release. He even went SO far as to
pay 50, the costs, out OF his own
pocket Former Mayor Newton B.
Smalley, of North Plainfield, signed
a bond for $3.50, which was accepted
by Justice Thomas H. Shape, of
North Plainfield, who committed the
youth.
Shape then signed an order for
Phillipson's release. His counsel, ac-
companied by Mr.. Smalley, motored
to the jail and brought the boy to
his home at 800 Manning avenue.
The appeal win be acted on in De-
cember II the pardon court does not
act favorably on the application for
a pardon.
Blames spite Work for Arrest.
Two hours before Phillipson's re-
lease from the county Jail at Somer-
vile, an Evening Star reporter called
to see him. He told the reporter that
his arrest is really the result of spite
work on the part of neighbors. He
declared that he had never appeared
in court before, even as a witness.
THE trouble commenced about six
months ago between our family and
the family of Frederick Plum, neigh
B. ~
buying milk from a dealer who gave
Plum commission for all milk sold in
North Plainfield. My mother decided
that she could save a cent a day by
purchasing milk from another dealer
a half mile down the road.
Then and there Plum said he would
get me. He did, for it was he who in
formed the game warden that I had
shot rabbit After the milk quarrel
Plum's dog scattered some of our
chickens and Mrs. Plum stoned one
of our chickens to death. At that
time l told the Plums to keep away
or there would be trouble.
Things went along this way until
Mrs. Plum had Mrs. Phillipson
brought into court. The case was de-
cided against the complainant, and
from that time on we had nothing to
do with the Plum family.
"I don't know whether my father
Is living or dead. He disappeared sew
eral years ago and we have never
heard a word from him. am the
main support OF my mother, but my
younger brother has helped. The
Plums knew how we had TO scrape
TO get along, and this was one of the
reasons they wanted to fight.
"All summer long ! was proud of
my garden, and as the fall came on
paid attention to my cabbage
patches. These l wanted to keep so
that / would reap a harvest sufficient
ly large TO last my mother and
brother for the winter. saw the rab-
bit eating those cabbages and ] deter
mined to kill it to save the cabbage,
not for the sake of killing the rabbit.