, 1876-06-26
Miller, MIL allowed The tears to trcklu down Ills
ALL.
TIE TIB'l'ILLT1I}b.

IL bccumcs the duty Ut III: Court to srMtcHcn
you. Dof0rn doing 80 fwll' ask II y"u lsavn
anything to nld To what yuur counsel 1,lvn
already said In mitigation Of your aentcncef
Mr.. MISUNDERSTANDING, Your Honor.
Ju1go hfMfRett-Thc evidence add'srcl upon
tic various trlnla TINT have been hctt1 IN this
cmlrt, nul w'nt llaa been said IN yonr bcnlf iir-
on tl1a hearing AMI nj tho sentence ''hy sntihhcH
INC that yUn WIRE fn chief nstiya rr:inotcrr, nt
the fra.uls tnrricd IN IN yp,lr t1lstillcry. Thu
sentense Of !o Court, thereiors. IT, thnt It, y,
sy s coy :" s9 s r "%d eI gs %fpas"s IF us ysar " '
Thin bel1trnEu created nuitc itt'e htir II,
ts,,rt, md mauy sylnpathfzlng eyes followed
Burroughs III h., went 1'ack t" hts seat.
nhKENBnN Ann AhET.
The next victims ,yctn OrlanlOr. Dlrkcnann
nnsl jonathan Abel, WIN casl'e for"ar't on siicsr
THO Cotrt--iiavc you, anything to aid 10
adj what has been said by yunr cu,lnsci In
Hnti, lrfen,atIte rcu|rtf In the negative.
The Court--Thn scntcucc then s upon cacli Of
you, .but snal pay linz of 81 ,nM n.''i he In
sc icrl M ,,f M tirec months. Tho tino is The low-
rat tI,at tile iuw Will n1ow me tn tnpnsc. l
might linphso The lowest term OF ni1,rIaDD-
mint, hut do not deem II proper uss} }er tic
circumstances s,aos POWELL
ncyt approached tho lar Oh the invitation Of the
judge, WIN sal:
Nj. Powell, ynu hnve bcen hcarl through
cons sonslIosatIon sllcy could arEo IN mitigation ii
your sentences on tho plca Of guilty whicIf YOU
l,ayc icicrrs' in this Cs'art-lsaye you anything
to otTcra
Judge I,tnlgctt-Tlie sentence Of lilo Court
tlicl,, Is TINT yhu pay flne Of s3,tNN and lm
imprisoned IN tile Cook County jail lus tho
term Of six mollthH.
II. Il. MILLER.
HDtrrh hui Sr1rrr1p tftnn tn rohnt, 1Se
Rca. befnre Jthlgc NlpdTett rallel ont Henry
Il. Miller" As ilu'laln rose 10 rcsp,,M .!.crs
was nultu nn excitement IN thu ro''tlI, as 1t Wis
generally understood that llt would mike sutne
remarks. liz ea,i,c forward with BNlle, nf,d
ussunlcd courteous attitude when tile Court
naked:
"Mr. Miller, }aye yon nnyth,n. to a'A 10
wlat has bccn said in your bculf by your coutl-
atr.. Miller N. reply, mntle tho following
sprcr1l, which did not C0tic up to the txpcel't-
tlnlls pf the audience:
~ Think IN 1uhtinention to myselt, onght 10
adj 1lttle. don't know ~ It makes any DIFF
ference In tic sentence; still, II tlM C9nrt rc-
tnel,1hcre, wllcn rr,a,etlneEs commenced ut my
tsttlery a,l as Gaugcrs IIer',a,,l Becker autl
A,lulph Miller. IN the trinl of Rush nlul Pail
gagged Iii rroDkclncss heforu he came to my
house, Mt Crawford IL Pahlman's. The question
was Fl.t so directly to Alr. Adolph Miller. 81
tlat h. eya1ed + g That tra1: but In the Mum
the csnokcii business luforc he catne tu NY
house, ut CrawfnrIl & PalllnIan's. WIS satis-
fed Tint they had been, lrrause tl,cy, ,ululcr-
stood cysE2ytlnE And, wl'l'a .lo1't shIrk any
"Anntiirr tlli6s which ought to be viewed In
otr clao IL, TINT, II the Court 1,as carefully
lnuketi over these a1lavlta, he must have seen
that the dlstillcrs pni thu exrchacs, atln tllat l.
| IN casmpnny with Mr.. Lawrence, travelled over
aevcn Sintca IN trying tn crush ont illicit dlat
| lntfon that W. knew at thai time existed: that
VIC rallied tho .lstilIcrs pf the United States,
and done everything III Otlr power tn crush It
1llt. nan would rather run l.ls t'!ttiilcry
41nut ,v lu IL, lIsnrst, than RIM Il tllsFH-
rst. We knew tilAt St. Louis wns lnrEcly cn-
Euged II It; we knew they cugaged III II III the
| First District IN lntlnna, and ,wo knew they
wrre largtly cnEagetl L, It nj New Or)eniis, |
myself ralrtl tie attention Ut one a,f thu ofi-
GERS IL tln isevcnue Department I'll Washington
70 tMs state ol fitGts; "!, ~ VISUAL, ~" fs:-
tnllEs.l; got no encouragement, an'l, In fact,
| tluy woul,! not speak to me.
'sWhRteyer we l.aye t!n"c l.crc, St. Louis VIVA
fofu asIy tiHttllsr here, 10 my knowledge, cnn.-
guilty tim VIZ arc. II 81, Louis luul
1olnct our assorluttnn all Rssi*tctl III crush
been foreud to tile wall and mntlo to enter into
tlesG prart[cea It Is no cxrist for any tlfsttll-
cr md don't act II up ns mn excuse for myse!f,
TINT NO went Into 1t hrcntlse wc hatl to 70 Into
| III uEEJusE u WI HEIlk OuL "a. lHU ulfl|cHS VIZ
prohut,ly would mt lnvc been worsy nir t1au
wc arc 1luw financially. But II Ii IL Ihsc Il. which
nincty-lne ,ncn, think, IN 10t)wnul.i hnye .1o,lc
t1r slnle as NC did. have nothnE to aay III
| mitigation Of my punishment nther tan wlult
my atturnrys saitt.' i sball have to take wisntc
cYnr thn Court secs III to give nc,
| The Court-'Tlle sentence Of this Court Is tllnt
ynn pay, a Hue OF s3.0D nntl ho imprisoned III
Mr. Ailles's taro boa'1,rd na he realized that It
"wasnt 40 lad, after alt," nnl he quickly got
out Of tho wny to make roor', for
I PnEpiktEK L.. REED.
The Court addressed this yullllE mnts, who, Il
ts generally conceded, wns 1ioro stunned ngaus.
than s!nhng. as fnllows: ...
MIR. Reed, hnye hear! your counsel n tlleir
appea!s for mitigation Of thu sentence which til!
Mil ulso sny Tint thc District Attorney ind III.
nssncfatcs liayu expressed themselves satisfied
that should pass uVon yon tl!e ligltest sen
trnce wih'll can ,stldcr tic Inv MS II nov
yo,, 10 pay tur Of 81 GOO aud l,o imprisoned Il
tle Cons County Jail for the term Ut onr tlay
'rle statute requires that tllrrc should l,c iii.
and imprisonment. Tie other count to Tlscf
81 not lcts than three months, ~ well rs llne
| lave, therefore, Thought thtt It wonil la l
heavier punishment than felt disposed from
the facts which lhte como to my knowledge !,
yon i,eeai,ie Involved in this uTeiso agalnst ih
Inv, lnye felt disposed! to Impose Hpon yut
such penalty az invnlyes thu rast loss 0f EtnGtl
Inc aa a,na1i In bllscss nslsl ~ man flt enrIcty
Thls, therefore, ia tho penalty aud the rraso,
why gave 1t. ......
/ rAllL,fAN AND RUSH
next stepped to TIC bar, md, ;has!ng nothing t
urge ,lr.lIi tho c0lrt, jn.1gc l}ugGtt tlisI0ert
oi them with tho following brief address
You lave bucu found guilty. by jury aftr
which cal,nnt but consider, In I'LL rc'prcta, a
impartial trla1, upon four counts IN tku hl1irt
mcnt ngai,lst YOU. have MT deemed It. N
duty to ~ to tho extreme Of The penalty Of til
law In fixing thu punishment nnnr either 81 I'll
COUNTS. Ny disposition i4as bcrr, from ail tD
tight which oltAinctl, to 1,lake your punish
n1cnt m light na coutt under the circumstances
Tile se,ltere of thu euurt Ia that you each I,ny
1lnu Of $l,tAE md In imprisoned M tho Coo
County Jail for period Ut tlIrro months.
william U0oPgn
wa8 then called for. ife tuok Ills place In front
the dutige In rnther Il llcryous manner, aii
waited fDr the words which wtrc 10 shut Ill,
frHul tho sight of lis follow.,ncn fur a brte
pertM.
, The Caurt-Mr. Chopper, not only what 1la
: bcr,l knl IN y0'lr le|alf by your rot'nscl, wllc
} called up for sentence Monday last, but wlla
: lhe DIstritt Attorney has snd In your hc!lal
lns III, nu ta tho csiIrllisnh TO !nIlct upon ys'
. tle minimum ,,l,nldlmt,t which tts Inv vi