, 1877-12-04
.udpos McAI|ister and Blodgett
Dispose Of their Grim
inaIs.
ani,h Escapes with Fourteen Years In
atoad Of n Ropc'..Gcorge Eager
10 60 Down.
a.rtar, the Counterfeiter, Gets Seven
Years---Fate Of the Whisky
Men.
JuDGT M'ALII1STER.

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oEoHug EA1ER.
a,dc from the fuct that yesterday was
..r,rncc-laY In tho Criminal Court, there were
...rraI other circumstances which tended TO |
s..v together large Grove, "a larger one oven
.s.n Il usupl on tho first day OF n term. In tho
at nlace, tho verdict III tue Eager, Lore, and |
1t.s,s rasc was to be returned, and considerable
tnttrc,t was attached to tic result. since Eager
III boastctt that l1c could not be convicted In |
nroL County. When the verdict Wis opcncd \
n vas ecalcd ono) )an.l tho Clerk read, "EaEcf.
sn,l,v, one year; Love and Myers VIC 1clfcva to
~ o,llty aud would sentence them II ne could,h
th.re vas murlnur Of surprtse and satlsfac-
t,on, Under tho ruling OF Judge McAl!'stcr, the
recs{pt of the Urangcf's nao.lcy by tho PARTIES
va not joint oeTatlo tue ev'tS,g 70 sMR .a,
T. forc .na nj Myers % WIS wrong ia:teal Of moving
frr Judgment UIl the vercict, however, counsel
moved to artest 1udRmcnt, anu lug !noton
no.itiou they were before the trial, n,t, lnlict-
xneuts having been returned against them
&,urday. they will bc tried ngaln. Therefore,
likely .hat Eager WI bay aye eHtmpay en- pa .,t
II viii undoubtedly he ovctruled. Pending thu
dsct.iot,. ho was rc1cascd ou S1,0oo bal'.
6nEENEnAuN AND srANTonp.
The next mnttcr which oceurled attantlon
=. 1elo .T' inflicted for conspiracy tt, defraui.
Z. F. Runyan, who was associated with
en s,I.,kn in t' al %i'essa at es5'ns; appssr 0e,n IT,
Thomas Il mtpt moyno represented Mr, ursenebaami
Mr. Stanford, who Ia lawycr himself, rndlled
lIs own canoe. A snce1y trial was nskesl Tor
by botl,. As to bonds, the Court sald Their own
sullleicut. Tie papers were acsordlnRly slgnod,
tbc return bcing from day to day.. It 10 not
known definitely whom tho case will bc taken up.
An application was t!ae, made to rolcaso 90
hsii Burns, Indicted for murtlcr, In whose case
ihc Jury disagreed; hut It Wus refused.
TIE CONv1CTs.
While tho matters referred to above wcro tin
der consideration, the persons convicted ut tho
last term were brought INTO p e9arl 10 awa!s th,, 1,,,
eiozen; but two Of thcin Ind heen pronounced
enjlty ut Tho highest crime. Quo Of these WAS
". A. g. SMITH
(oolorcd), who shot at Peter Jersey M 9n1 kiilen
.yeae, .tsS,Hs sept. S is7a, and lad a. death ike!
NJ hIs punishment. He had q lendache, and
Lad cloth tied around bis bend. WlioM brought
u tho bar, e began tu cry, aEt then tell srs,se-
less t0 the fD0r. uo tyns carried back to tho
bench, and cold water wls poured on Ills face
AID head, While the Deputy Slleri(fa wero ru-
viy!ng lin, Gus Van burcn, his attorney, stated
thht, ~ the motion for now trial hatl becil
yran.cd he had decided to enter plea of guilty
Tho Court said lie would accept II, after In
aui!ing md being assured tlnt tho prisoner uI.-
desztood what the plea lnyoivcd:
having taken position III front VI Ills Honor,
The Court said he was Inclined to think that
prejudice hai! had hnlnc agency III making ~
Inc penalty II his case; still u was one ot great
eno,nity: Tcro w. oun deai of confusion Us, III
under q sort III frenzy Or tnanIa from tho lo
ginning, which continued through his trial liz
Lad no doubt, though Smith denied y, that iit
lie s Ei,ling. After tRho tirst aifront 10 wen
away, acting, probably, as @ Inan would un1c1
such circumstances, feeling that be- l'aa been IN
sutcd,-went to q paEnstiop Wtere Ills plsto
was and rot It ind lomlud 1t. It was hls duty e
back and travcrscd tho nelgh1orhuod eo'ls'
considerable timo previous to firing tho iata
slot. aud lnallo declarations, TO be understood
10 reference to tho circumstances 9f Inc case Ina
been bciorc) ho should kill lls assaiant. Ill
uonur hardly thought that Ills Intention waa
~ Indicated by the testimony, TO XII eomcbod
at all events but IL was, thAt II thy G1clnde
threatened him With violence {io being ullde
The idea all the timu that hts lilo was In ieoI
ardy}--uo Should defend himself with . plat0
This brnggadox!o was nlore attributable 70
fuulIsh, cuwurlly character thnn tu one wh
deeply aud seriously IIeditutcd cola-bloode
murder. Such nun weru not 4pt to say snlct
II anything. There was evidence tending |
show that tho cane thrown hit ln1, ani also tl!t
itHeut llarlnltssly out Into tho street aud didn
strike hlm. Hlntth testified Tint llo pscied y!
cane up, nnl kcptit Us an evidence of his justtl
casion, hr believing nll the tt'l:a that he y va
Justified In lio!ng What ho did. Lie Ercd A. !lc
b. b. had h no feeling whatever. wh'ilc iha cvtlen,
w4s considerably confused, thu Jury found hi
guilty, and liked the death penalty. The Cou
did not think this was caso where that penal
&<,1u
un,ler state ol excitement. i Smith wcro h
On the head, us tG claimed, tho killing Wat
clear cnso Of 1nausaaughtcr, unless there was
lllcFatc, previous malice III lis mind ~ taa
amlstake abuut Il, 10 l4ad concluded TO w
smith thu benefit OF the doubt, aud would SCI
te1ca him to fourteen years ia the rcniiontar
smith 1tdn't say anything, but he !, evident n,
TuH oTl1KH c0NvluFs
xero rapidly disposed Ut a. follo~s: Charl
!yes, burglary. three years III tho tenttcnttaI
lie rctnarKcd that tlat WIS more t1nn ho u
ncrs, burglary. one year aud six n,ontl,s each
Joliet; Charles Bands, whom tho Coz,
said didn't look llke. u bud man, Gu
ytetca OF burglary, llad hls sentence slspcndc
DC haytng 0ccn used Us a witness. James sui
trank Johlson, burglary same; Andrew Altll,
Larceny, same; Jaincs Donovan, consparae
same. The Court sa!d thu latter was q prct
slippery fellow, aud that hls crfne-robblnE
wo,i,an who had boon kind toh!ln-was Of ve
diapfcable character.
Ais lust ont sentenced Wa8
CuAHLEs MATsoH,
Who had been convicted Ut uuaus]aughtcr
Killing John boesncr,. thy Jury giving him q.
years. The Court said tho evidence On tho pi
" The prosecution tcu1ed ~ show that
xnling occurred during controversy, W.
na4 rcached violence OH both sidcs, aud u
shs deceased was tho assailant. Thero was Il
evidence tending to 6hDW tlnt MltSpD Entun {