New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-04-30
LOCAL MISCELLANY.
SENTENCE OF DIR. DIXs PROSECUTOR.

SENTENCE OF DR. DIXS PERSECUIOh'
WILLIAMSON SENT TO PRISON FOR THREE WARS
AND HALF.
On the opening Of Part l. of the Court OF Gene era
Sessions Yesterday, Assistant Dstric-AttOTney Roll
iins placed Eugene Fairfax Williamson, the perSe;
cutor of the Rev. DR.. Dix, at the bar. and moved
for the sentence OF the Court on me th;rd de
gree, to which he had pleaded guilty. Mt. Rollins
said no deemed It only his duty to state taat .nead
were other indictments, including one fOr attempIeu
extorton, against the prisoner. ,,,-,,..ou
AlgerDOn S. Sullivan, counsel for WILLIAMSON
said that he had PLACED the b Sad Sone to
trial he would not have set mp plea OF lusuniCy
showed that the prisoners mother was I'D suCn ~
delicate condition before he was born thau nc nd9
been weak from early childhood, and that his nlho
ever strong He had handed the Court a Iettcr
from Cleveland Ohio, in which IL was stared 'nao
at one time Williamson was ravlng Hlahiac., Iio
admitted that the sentence Of the Court shouIu oe
light, and indicated that one years silp, ;sOnhi'
would he sufficient to meet the ends OF justice ,
Judge Gidersleeve. in passing sentence, said;
"The Court has the advantage III your Cdso vi ~ ~
ing very fully possessed OF al the eleen'S
constit1te the offence of which you nave pleaueu
guilty as we'll as of many acts OF your previous
life. This is valuable i'll aiding to GeteIlnlue tue
proper penalty. You have pleaded guilty bI1
four forgeres in fact, it seems TO nave Deeh OILY
one transaction. 1t is case. as compared WIN
Others that may be regarded as of ordinary chaTrs
ecter and not aggravated in its nature. IL
Won were standing here with previous gOOu chaTdcI
ter and this was your hrSf ana oy 0enG mild
penalty. But when l am reminded that yon have ave
suffered Imprisonment for your wrong Deeds ana
that that punishment has not taught YOU 10 lead
nm honest and upright life, and when think OF
vonr age large experience and Intelligence, IL
seems to me there is little hope that the
penaity which you are about to receive Will
result in your reformation. Your condition III
life NAV be owing to your misfortune
and the nnfavorable circumstances under which you
came into the world. Yet yOu had suf lent control
over your faculties to distinguish right from wrong
mention these considerations that have entered
nv mind i'm determining what is the right thing to
40 i'm yOur case. In view of all the circumstances,
nv Judgment tells me that the proper penalty to I'M
nose is three years and six months IN State Prson
While sentence was pronounced Williamson stO0u
Mt the side of his counsel and listened attenuVely
To every word that WAS said. When Judge Glider
sleeve had concluded, he spoke few words IN an
undertOne to Mr.. Sullivan. Afterward lie turned
toward the court officer, who was standing by ms
side and stood apparently waiting to be instructed
what course to pursue He seemed resigned to bis
fate and when he was told to return to the pris-
Oners' van at the rear of the COURTROOM, ne
walked briskly back, and was at once hidden IRON
che gaze of the large crowd which had gathered IN
the COURTROOM to hear his sentence. He behaved
throughout with more sef-pOsseSslOn thanls usually
displayed by prisoners under similar circumstances;
bnt at the same time he did not show that spirit OF
bravado which might have been expected from one
who had had such career as that Of gentleman
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