The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1873-12-11

wanted to %. Don't ko0W eo0o -
Crawford ras In jail 1t Tipe0n ao<
had never known or heard o. him.
entered into the arrangement 70 hell
him out Of sil for the money eosssa
sration. Gee the revolver In Oesias
Rapids. Crawford told Ne 10 Ct 60
Expected 70 fnd his in the Sheriff.
once. Nothing vas sid about shoot'
Inc or when 10 shsot. / shot 6ymo0da
on sight and without . mo0ent's
thought. Am . shoemaker by trade.
Game from Omaha almost difsetly
here. Lsft Lafayette where / learned
my trads only Two ysas ago lase jan
nary. Have ben travelling arouad >
good deal sincs then. Have been In
jail short time 0ocs before.
After eliciting In subsennos thsse -.
plies, the Judge went on to ny that
he understood that Tailor 6ymonds
asked leniency in consideration Of
payment to be msde from the prison.
sr's patrimony, bat that the court
could not establish the precedent Of
taking this into consideration here.
The county should pay symonds lib
orally, and In default Of this the
Judge would be willing to b one Of
any number to make him . suitable
testimonial-not - . matter Of charity
but Of right. SynsOnds should have
recompsnse, but no did not like 10 -
Il come from prisoner with whom
the Law was dealing. "And," ID.
dressing the prisoner, "whiis I sup
pose you have been leading fnst life,
you are mere boy and In thu matter
not the guiltiest party, yet must San
tsnce you to the Psnitsutiary and not
for nominal time sithsr-though !
will say this, that Aftsf . reasonable
time. II ell shall b favorable, I shall
be willing to join with Symonds and
others 10 an application for your par
don which will doubtless b sfective.
You are sentenced to four ysan con.
lnement In the psnitsntiary q hard
labor and TO pay the costs Of this suit"
VIM. Crawford was next called. and
In response to the usual question II hs
had anything to say Why se0teoos
should not be pronounced agalnst him,
his counsel, Mr.. Cook, made quite .
lengthy appeal, reminding the court
that . second offeuse, for which he
stands charged but not tried, could
not bs now considered that the oeurt
had from the bench and By letter
promised the grestest leniency shoald
this defendant use all means IN his
power to convict bis associates 10 the
crime, which he had certainly done
and that the jury which tried him
recommended mercy.
The court responded that. ANY
sentence I might pronounce would
not do him an Injustice he 10 . man
who ought not to be ct large" The
court went on to say that while We
undoubtedly have men hero aocsssory
to this crime, we can not ofier . pre-
MUM to eastern burglars by passing .
nominal sentence In this case; that
no faith was broken with the prisoner
In passing on him heavy sentence,
he having doubly broken his faith
with the authorities by attempting 70
break jail, by bringing libellous salt
against worthy officer and BY put
ting the county TO the expense Of .
trial after having repeatedly con.
fessed his guilt. Here the counsel for
the prisoner interrupted the court to
say that for these lest mAtte1 be- alone
was to blame, not Crawford. The
court couldn't help that, and pro-
ceeded TO pass and record . sentence Of
nine years In tho penitsntiary.