, 1881-06-05
JUDGMENT DAY.
Bad Subjects Sentencedby Judges
Hawes and Anthony.
Tinker, the Ticket-F5rger, Pleads Elo-
quently for His Acoomplice. ,,
Burns, the Murderer Of Ro!lnot, Sen:
fenced to Twenty Years Mt Joliet.


more than ordinary Interest. II was also ii uny
set apnrt to hetr motion, and, being tho emu OF
the term. the Grund Jury bud to. mako its f&nal
report, SO 1t may be snil to have been busy as
we'll us interesting.
Among those sentenced by Judge Hawcs were
Charles Miller. alias Tinker. and Joseph Stafford,
who were arrested some months ago for cotln-
terfelting the tickets Of the Michigan Southern
and some of the Cnnnda railroads. They had
both ple..detl guilty, and they had also proven
previous good characters. especially tho first
named, whose connections were tho best, befne
son of Judge Tinker, of Ohio, and who had
been lawyer Of good standing In New iork
and other Eastern cities. He ut once eniisteu
the sympathy Of tho bchodcrs. for aside from
hts history, his appearance was decluIa!Y IN MS
favor And what made the scene the more n
sctng was TIC aet thaf Elm Us ne m ssoo spo HARE rs
tho apotosist for his partner i'll tue crl mc ior
which he was about to answer md e!oqnenl!y
Tor hisclf hut that the Inv should tnke its course.
and I've yindicttcd. He repeated the st9Ey ,y
Of his crime. alu took to himself 1no en1iro re
had met hitn In Detroit, tnve'gled him into 1he
couutcrfeiting scheme, n1.d brought him here'
md tho et 1t he {o had d 5o nG the
whole countcrfciting scheme ana hi3 rs nppre-
hension. he Thought, should weigh heavtly IN MS
utii.lavts proving Staford's good character, and
pleaded for him with the greatest earncs1uess,
and with fervency winch
THOUGHT TEARS TO MANY EYES.
After listening to lfiler's appeal Judge Ha.yes
spoke at some length, md said be was called
upon to perform very unpleasant dufy; Many
of .lller's friends In the East and adjoining
States were his PERSONA! friends. and some ct
them were dfstantly rented to him. All or tnem
had written hin to suspend sentence Ia inc
case. but he did not think ne would be justified
in any such step. The law had two great OBJ
jects, he thought; one vals the protection of inc
community, and the other tho reformation OF
know how to 50 administer it MS to subserve
both Of these objects. At first he had thought
that he would i1npase solitary confinement ~ ~ =
sentence, but, upou further reflection, be hcd
concluded that what the defendant wanted Sus
time to stop und think, aud that short sentence
however, to intllct an excessive sentence. for
humiliation had already been secured: hut ne
would have to send hin to the renl.enLiafy, a1i Y
offending many and would he criticised By not Il
few. At this point in the proceedings the
and for !. moment atl was silence. l.esulning,
the Court went on to say. in a tremulous voice,
that he could not shirk his duty If he
nun 10 10 the the Pcnitentary-a man who had had
every advantage in NE and VINO; no, up to sn1s1
by honorable fricnds-wns sad in the extreme.
H.1t he would not send him there without hope,
the penalty he proposed to impose would be
also in his Interest. He would make this Drom-
Use, unsolicited: that In the eveut of bis showing
true peuiteuce and u spirit OF reformation in
prison, he would sign an application for his par
don, He closed By sentencing him TO two years
In tho Penitcn1iury. Stafford was given Six
months in the House of Correction.
JUDGE ASTnoSY's coUET.
While Judge Halves was thus engaged, Judge
Anthony. occupying the room below. was not
idle, and for = time had Jndse rogers @ 70 ASSIST
tence upon the notorious ''Redney' Burns,
who md been CONVEYED before nun OF tne KILL
@ q eae o yen in
ttnry Sentence had been de!ayed on account OF
certain legal questons,-he having oeen taken
1lye-years' sentence, to be tried,-bt, these hay
ing been settled. there was nothing IN the way
q Justice being meted ed ra,,1o omt 10 ,it!n nn
Iie vas arralgnea ma P1ol.apty Py .,,.e SMed
MS dues wnerenpon .,noSo no1eis PIE ree1sEa hf,1
i've moro yearS for lis connection wfti the re-
cent nttempr TO- break: iaiL Alex Mckay; hts
narfncr IN lte iattor crime. was also giyen i've
Years '''
Tin nexr case Of importance which arose WIS
that Of slcKay. the Cavanaughs. and Thbmas
n1 nanahs sin bad % Already pleaded guilty finuean
ys r. aoSs t15 be s5eqsa saS t. and Ne
ID fo hin in tho van. When the case was called,
howcver. Finucat,. who was on bali, was not on
hand and Mckay declined to plead until he
haI heen heard from. Hc said thnr
Fjnucan yas really tho guilty party, and
lad gotten OH with $3GoO OF the money stolen.
whIte he failed to cct of with auy. and be pro-
noscd to sea him Srailroadcd.'. as he expressed
r. hrforc making n move himself. FInucnu
tras nt once sent far. md during the whit Nc
Kny was nreyuilcd upon to take continuance,
but he dccIiucd at first, and insisted upon being
tried. Kut he reIented tlually upon being as
s1,rcl that he would be given at, Opportunity to
tct] fho storr or the robbery as arninst Fint1can
but not until he had had the satisfaction uf Sec
ing Finucans bond in the sum of g, 900 declared
1ortetcd; nc was tncn taken 70 lail "ltn me IN
aerstanafnR tuat nc "ousu @ 1e accosaeu s a u
ueaFlH9 eo-1i!otio" oE HeAS Nas' auu sum
thereafter Finucan appeared and was sent to
3oin 3on MN. nc w.ls saoseluense reeasGa fsn on
R ks nt al tne ,d su uichSci E;;1rer,i
flnucau. MS prutucf; anu Nicuacl cltnEe!ulu
signing M nts 9 oon1' scneduling ptoperty valueH at
ABOUT SogV ana clear OF W ine
ponu 1ot1ei1cn "ns slEneu W eAlcHAei flnuGuu
and Peter Fortune. both or whom are regarded
rs good. ---
THE SENTENCES.
The following embraces the sentences i'm
posed IN both courts:
Penitcntinry-- Andrew Anderson larceny TWO
years; William Burns and Alexander Mckay,
assault with intent to Kill, i've yenrs each;