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WANTS PARDON
AFTER FIFTY-
TWO YEARS
Connecticut Wife Slayer
has Served Long Time
OVER HALF A CENTURY IN PRIS
ON FOR CRIME, AGED MAN
NOW WANTS TO SPEND LIFE
OCT OF CONFINEMENT.
Hartford, Conn., Dee. 7.—Among
the thirty-eti convicts at the State
prison at Wethersfield, whose appli
cation tor parole or pardon will b»
considered hy the State Board oI
Pardons when that board meets here
next Tuesday, is John Warren, the
Oldest inmate ot the prison, who has
■pent fifty-two years ot his life In
that penal Institution. In the fall
of 1869 John Warren was convicted
ot the murder of his wife and sen
tenced to life Imprisonment. He
entered the State prison at Wethers
field November 14th, 1869 and has
Temalned isolated from the outside
world ever since. Several times he
..appealed to the Board of Pardons
for h's release, but In every case his
appl'catlon was denied. This year he
. has again petitioned for a pardon and
: his friends confidently expect that
thlB time U19 Board of Pardons 'will
'be less obdurate.
The history of Warren's.crime *
Tather unusual. In the early Bum
mer of 1869 John P. Warren, then
only twenty-one yeijjrB old,_ and hts
18-year-old wife lived on a small
farm in WUlington, a little town
lit Tolland county, in the northeast-
part of Connecticut. .On a warm
rrntng In July of D*et,
woods. It waf hot and when they
came to a Ibrciok not far from their
farm, Warren proposed that they
take oft their shoes and etochings
and bathe their feet In the eool
waters of the brook. His wife con
sented. having taken oil her shoe#
and stockings, waded Into the brook.
Warren sprang at her, threw her
down and held her head under water
nnttl his wife was dead. Juet what
fury or paselon animated Warren
'and prompted him to commit the
coldblooded and apparently unpro
voked crime, has never been ascer
tained. Warren himself, although
he confessed the crime, has never
given' any explanation ot his action
or the motive of the deed. He se
creted the .body of hts wife In the
woods, where It was soon found.
Warren was arcsted and put through
the Third Degree. He confessed hla
crime, but refused to make any ex
planatory statement.
After a preliminary hearing War
ren’s case was set for the Septem
ber term of the Tolland county su
perior court. On the night of Wed-
whlle confined In the Tolland county
Jail, Warren managed to obtain pos
session of a big butcher knife,, with
which he attacked Jailer Griggs.
Warren managed to eecape, hut
wee caught shortly afterwards in
Eastford, near Wllllmanttc.
The trial of Warren was short.
The prisoner pleaded guilty and hie
attorney confined himself to a strong
appeal tor the life ot hla client. The
appeal was successful and Warren
was acntencad to Imprisonment for
life. From the very beginning of
his term in the State prison at
Wethersfield Warren was a model
prisoner. He pbeyed the prison rules
strictly, gave no trouble to the War
den and the other officials of the
prison snd tried to make himself
useful as possible under the condi
tions.
After a number of years the War
den, who placed unusual trust In
Warren, relaxed the vigor of the
prison rules to a great extent so far
as Warren was concerned. The pri
soner wna made gardener and for
many year# he took excellent c & rv
of the flower garden of the prieon
and of the grounds surrounding the
official residence of the warden
When the present warden, Garvin,
came to Wethersfield prison about
fourteen years ago, he continued to
allow to Warren the privilege which
the former warden had granted him
and not only retained him as garde
ner, but also placed him In charge
of the furnace of the warden’s resi
dence and made him a sort ot gen
eral helper about the house.
For many years Warren had the
privilege of pasting unchallenged
through tho prison gates and fre
quently he would epend all day out
side of tho prieon in the pursuance
of hi# garden work, but never did he
make an attempt to escape or to
violate. In any way the confidence
which the warden oty the Institution
had .placed In him. The compara
tive freedom which he enjoyed, had
a beneficial effect upon Warren’s
physical and mental eondltt
• touch heJe.
ly-lwo years of sfte.ffr is still acfiive
end energetic and looks scarcely
more than fifty. His hair Is turning
gray, but he stoops hut little and
hie step Is still elastic.
In case tho Board of Pardon#
should reloeae Warren, h« two
younger brothers of Wllllmantlc and
hla nephews and cousin#, all peopls
of excellent standing In their respec
tive communities, are prepared to
take care of the old man, who, un
less hla health should unexpectedly
fall, seems fully sble to take care of
himself for some year# to como.
MADE STARTLING STATEMENT
Witness In Lorimrr Investigation
Tells of Blackmail Plot.
Washington, Dec. 7.—George
Gloss, a witness In tho Lorlmer In
vestigation committee, startled the
members today by testifying that j
Frank Seams, a friend ot Charles A.
White who made the first alleged,
exposure of the Lorlmer case, told
him. ho an 1 White were preparing tn
blackmail Lorlmer for 8100,000.
The magazine refused to buy It,
“LITTLE JOE” B
MAKES A CL
HE CARRIES MORE COUNTIES TH.
DIDATES COMBINED— HAS 1
ANOTHER CANDIDATE OF T1
SLIDE FROM THE MOUNTAINI
RED CLAY TO CALLAHAN.
Countlos.
Joseph M. Brown 86.
rnp e Brown 39.
Dick Russell 18.
Two counties are doubtful; on? coi
The latest returns from the elect!
Joe" Brown got a greater vote than
estimates before the election.
It seems to have been a veritable
being the Pope Brows figures. It bei
former governor a neck and neck
Until late last night, his campaign
result was In doubt, but the Atlanta Joni
tlcn two hours after the polls closed, and
Morning News gave Joe Brown 69 count!
10 o’clock, claimed that he would get mo
dhlates combined.
The figures early this morning Indies!
counties with 204 electoral votes. Pope Bn
electoral votes and Dick Russell gets ,18 coi
Two counties are still doubtful gnd th.
Macon—which has two electoral votes, the
Savannah Was
■Sr Negro.
r JJoc. 7.—Marla
Oman, Is lq
here suffering
by a deluge ot
*er her yesterday
’he man and wo-
I tn a boarding
id he nayn the
epithet to him
.ay emptying the
, pot of coffee over
oulders.
in unable to appear
ro In police court
rase was continued,
dtplacs near the
kbond election
md created a
TWENTY HURT
burns is
HOT AFTER
GOMPERS
—~
The Detective Declares
That President of Fed
eration is one of Men
“Higher up.” j
Now York, j Doc. Iw
Buriy? 1 l'_rp-ff''fHrl—IT
thru “PreeldAt Compere,
of the American Federation of La
bor, la one of the men higher up In
the McNamara dynamiting case.''
"I am satisfied” said Burns, "that
Compere knew at the time the first
piece of the Struetual Iron Worke
was dynamited la 1908, who wa# re
sponsible for It”
It became known today that the
federal government I# closely watch
ing the movements ot President Gom.
pen.
It Is reported from Washington
today that a warrant has been Is
sued for Frank Ryan, president of
the Struetual Iron Workers.
Uciolvo Gompers is Innocent,
Washington, Dec. 7.—Stanley
Finch, chief of the bureau Investi
gation of the department ot Justice,
today. delclor?d hla belief that Com
pere had no guilty knowledge ot the
McNamara dynamiting.
Cotton Market Today.
New York, Dec. 7.—Cotton wan
Peady and unchanged to 3 points
igresS
,ys‘ session was sent In by
t Taft, in it thd President
reviewed the relatione of the Unltod
States with foreign nations.
He knve the first official expla.
nation of the movement of 20,000
troop# to the Mexican border. He
urge/,the senate to ratify the gen.
eral arbitration treaties' with Eng
land. France end a loan arrange
ment with Honduran and Nicaragua.
He suggested legislation to
strengthen the world trade and also
Informed congress that negotiations
are nnder way concerning the refu
sal of Russia to recognize the pass
ports there by Americans of the
Jewish,faith.
In explaining the dispatch of
troops to the border, he followed In
a letten.to Major Gen. Wood, chief
of staff,Ithat he would not hesitate
to send ^hem Into Mexico If Ameri
can life and property were In dan
ger and If congress should so dl
reef.
He suggested .a central chamber
of . commerce to look after foreign
commercial opportunities and he ad
vocated more (laws for the advance
ment In the 1 diplomatic consular
seivlce, according to merit, rather
than political preference.
It Is reported that Judge Whip
ple. of Cordelo, will retire from tbe
l*oi'H.
Noble Soul Cable All the Way From
Washington to Do So.
Atlanta, Dee. 7,—United States
Senator Hoke Smith arrived In At
lanta this morning from Washing
ton at 10:30 o'clock over the South
ern, and at about 11 catt hts vote
for Pope Brown In the gubernatorial
primary. There was Iota of cheer
ing by the Pope Prown men ae ie
appeared at the polls, for the form
er governor's Intentions had been
previously made public.
Morn Trouble for Standard Oil,
Findlay, O., Dee. 7.—A $100,000
damage suit brought by Attorney
General Phelps of.the state of Ohio
agalnet the Standard Oil Company
was called for trial In the common
pleas court here today. Phelps al
leges that by manipulation In the
price of oil be, thon an Independent
operator, wns defrauded out of I
$100,000 by tho Standard Oil Com
pany.
Selecting Packers Jury.
Chicago, Dec. 7.—Counsel In the
case ot the ten Chicago packers on
trial for violating tho Sherman anti
trust law, struggled today to obtain
a Jury. The Indications are that
Passenger Train was De
railed Near Helena
ENGINEER LAKE8TRAW, OF MA-
CON, AND FIREMAN SUTTON,
OF LUMBER CITY, WERE KILL
ED INSTANTLY.
Helena. Oa. t Dee. 7.—Two train
men were killed and nearly a score
it Injured, tbre* seriously,
jtternoon when 9onthern
train No, 18, run-
.ota and Bruns-
Tt near here In a
''Engineer R. H.
vn, Fireman Sutton,
rlouely injured are; Mrs.
.’and, of Haslehunt; Engineer
md Fireman B. J. Campbell.
j train was being gulled by two
s and was said to be two
and forty mlnutea late at the
the accident. Both engines
of the coBChee left the track,
'ginos plunged Into the side ot
, it. Among those Injured are:
*« Messenger B. Z. Sheldon,
rs.'J. T. Reynolds, of McRae, and
| others more or less.
Burled Under Engines*
I The bodies of Engineer Rakestraw
and Fireman Sutton ape burled un
der the wrecked locomotive*. Their
bodies cannot be obtained before
morning,, though wreeklng crows
from Macon are on the scene.
I Mrs. .hand appears to Us the only
passenger who vua norlously in
jured! / She Is suffering from hem
orrhages and le bolng cared for at
McRae.
According to Southern offlelals
who are on the scene the wreck prob
ably was caused by the spreading,
of tbe rails under tbe weight of the
two locomotives,
AFTER TBE PISTOL TOTSRS.
Jndgo Charlton, of Chatham, Chargee
Grand Jury on the Evil.
Savannah, Dee. 7.—The grand
Jury of th# superior court which
went. Into session yesterday after
noon, listened to a very In treating
charge from Judge Walter CHpSharl-
ton. The Judge spoke of the grow
ing habit in Georgia of carrying con
cealed weapons and eald much ot
the crime of the state could be
traced to this evil.
He urged the grand Jurors to be
diligent in making Inquiries Into the
aralre of tbe eonnty, and especially
to be prompt In making their pre
sentments snd explicit tn what they
bad to say In them.
Gary Comes to Suggest Plans.
Washington, Dee. 7.—Elbert H.
Gary, the head of the United State#
steel corporation, returned here to
appear before the senate committee
only a few days will be taken In. to euggeet plana for corporation con-
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