, 1881-09-25
JUDGMENT r-D4Y.
Thomas Burns Gets Twenty
Years for Killing Charles !.
Bell.
James Cunningham Sentenced for
Life for the Murder Of His
Wife.

! wife.
Kelly, The Assassin of Officer Crowley,
Declines New Trial.
Two m,,r3crers received sentence in Judge
[ Gurdncr's court yesterday morning. Upon tho
| opcnn:, of court Ut 10 o'clock, Mr.. k1ttclle,
counsel for Thutnus Durus, stepped in frunt III
| the bcncs, and addressed tho Court on hchaff Of
! the prisoner. who stnoluy his side. Mr.. ketttllc
/ remarked ttut in all his experience he hati
never known IL prisoner to give AS plausible and
apparently truthful IN account Of rilo clrcfl"
stces which led tu the killing ITS had bis UNI
fortunate client. Nothing had been coll
| ecalei uu1 thcr. could be no doubt from
tho evidence that Burns bad been driven
to tho commission OF tho crime. by
| the cruel treatment OF one whom he had trusted
! with ail his bard earned savings of q lifetime.
With This injury ruuklH,.s in his bosom tho
| prisoner had sought soAcc in drink. AMI i'll Il
| mo,ucut wheu his nerves were suffered hy
weeks of dissipation, and he could nut bc rc-
| st,utisif1lc for his actions, sought to ctld his
trouble by tnlslnE tho life Of the man who had
| caused it alt When the Savior of the wt'rla
was cr1,ciIct," said Mr. kcttcllc, lie prayed,
| Father, forgive them, for tney know not what
they do So your 1louor, pfeau for my client,
| the victim ol unfortunate circumstances; dcnl
| lc,4icutly with hiu, Tor hc knew not what he
! did,"
| Judge Gardner, in passing sentence, said he
felt that the circumstances Of the appealed
to his feelings ur cicnency. lie did moi believe
thai l;urt,s WAS a Ind mnu, and it lid not appear
] that he had evcr before bt:en charged with II
! c,linc Tue evidence showed that there: hail
,.ren considerable provocutiou. and that the
prisulcr hid hccA tho a'tpt ot designing ptF-
| sonS. There was nothing IL SHOW that Eur1is
y IL
| te tho outpurst Of u: uaso1lsrull;!hfe passion.
| the wroakiny Of sudden vengeance upon the
man who ind betrayed his contidence aud lett
| him rrnnilcss in the world. Tile prisoner :
straightforward story WAS also in his favor aud
the sentence IF tho Court would bc, Judge
| Gardner sail, that hc be seitcuceh to twenty
I years imprisonment
! 1;uESs 1:EcE1yEp THE SENTENCE
without evidence of satisfaction or otherwise,
and after it was pronounced he shook hand;
Wny wh s sannSs MssTs Ns ns;, h.c m stats su
At,crne, Mills, and thanked him TOR tho cotsid-
! rr.lti0n shown.
! The prisoner WIS then renanded to the jait,
where liz was afterwards seen by TRIBUNE re,
i,ttrtcr. .i21lrt,S refused IT. tat< ut first. and
claimed that tho reporters hlslt done his cause
| any cuol, but charged his mind uion learning
! That he would NOT be abused. The prisoner IS
st.,en face. and does not look like u dcnb,
with tho trial" snii tho prisoner, :" and
I feel very thnnkfnI to tine Judge. think he
frcHft1 me fHltly. l Will you 10 say III 3OuI
! paper that tho woman Phillips w't' owns tho
| sulou,. ann who sulu il tn Charles Bell aud my
self, is ut the bottom ot the whole trouble She
is bad woman, nt fur years has kept resort
| for prostitutes nnd thieves. 1t was i'll almost
everyday occurrence for somebody III get drug
gcd ind robbed there. and has h:cn for years:
/ Mrs. Phillips put Charlie IN to swindllug inc out
1T tue place: and nm satisfied sue is Tar tlore
| to blame tbin ile was. This is true. what alt
telling you, and say it SO Us to warn otfar ptt.
t pic II beware vi woman who is the c:tusc OF
Charities death and all my acsulation. never
| intended tu kill Charlie. thought too nuca of
him couldn't p.rjurc myself, and therefore
pleaded guilty. II seems very strange 10 be III
Jail. and am sIt never expected to cns1 my
! days III penttent!ary, for never WIS Ia aay
! Of my gears in the penitcnt!Ary. c'Iher have
!'rnther who has good deal OF influence. and
| maybe he clu yet mt partioned out- -iuyhow-
! by good behavior, ! c:n get my term OF twenty
! ycArs reduced 10 eleven years anu three months.
l.ut. after a the deed will follow the rs long rs
| live. never can drive It OUT of my stsiid
JAMES CUNNINGHAM,
who pleaded, gt1ilty Of the murder Of his wife'ast
Fourth Of July, wIS brought up for sentence us
| soon ,ts Mr. f}ur:,s WIS disposed Of The attur-
ncy on neither side had r,.iuarks to maize 10 the
CURT Judge Gardner said that this WAS 1nc D
the csrs, that while it did not merit tho extreme
penalty nf ths law. yet required II he severely
dealt with. The murder did not sccm 10 have Il
single rct'"emng feature, but WAS cruel and 4
| needless killing without my grcat provocat:nn
tn mitigate its enorn,ity. The testimony or tile
prisoner himself WIS not such as To recommend
the cssc tn the mercy Of the Court. Instead Of
mnki1lg clean breast, Ut It, and telling the
Whole truth he had pleaded thut the killing WAS
acci,i,utnl when there could he no doubt that
be Ind in1e1sdcd 70 Tlunec the kuiig 'ntn the
breast Of his defcnsclcss Wife The Ju.!Tc
bIoo,1cd i crime, rim il did not caI for tho deah
penalty. Indeed. = bis Honor proceeded, 1T
would he 2 peculiarly ngsravatrd case ~. that IT
would Justify the inhicloM of the pc1nlty of
death aplea at guilty. The attack seems to
have been ihe result vi extreme and iuexcusnD!e
passion. without considerable: prcnc''itation.
III {'ruru ~ rhnt hn
natural life.
sen,et!ce was pronounced, a1td the only iudicst-
tion Of the agitation that WIS going on in mis-
breast was a funsng with his hat during tho
remarks ut tie Judge. uc WAS not of sufficient
~ intellectual capacity tu eyincc any conSiueri-
tic ru''tlnn, ai,a his stolid indiitcrcnce was
quite il, kvepins with hi; Sen.ral 'nake-up
wh!c, w,ls shared BY IsslrHs. he was accostetl hs
Il reporter. but tlogges!ly refused tn talk. He
WIS At peAce, he sa witt, eycrybsaly, was in
tolcrabiy good spirits, and didn't want to talk
any more with Chicago rcDorter5-
MINOR SENTENCES.
Walter Scott and George Wilson were found
=nilty. Of burglary aad sent to tho reform
Edward Welsh pleaded guilty to tnrslary anu
wns scnttoo the t,cnite'tars for one Year.
Thomas Wright pltnlcd guilty to larceny and
WAS sent IT. the peuItc,'iary fur one yc;lr
William Stephens pleaded guilty to burglary
and w;.s sent 10 the ps''itentlary tor one year.
bcrv, aud WIS semi TO the pc,lteutiury for i've
years.
Frank Dcnu pleaded guilty to petty larceny
anu sent to tho House Of Correction for six
months.
MlNOI: MATTERS.
james Stevens charged with burglary vas re-
icusetl in $stH) bail.
Another effort WAS mndc to secure the release
Of "Camcl- Backed Ann" Kennedy, who is in
t;.iI charged With compt'ci5y IN the n,lr'ler Of
Dennis Mnhoncy. Fart of the evidence was
heard and Ann was rcnlundcd.
On Ii1It,
Henjnmin Eyster. indicted for the murder of
John l'nptst Schumacher, was liberated in
Ss,uW bail. with Defendant principal and
George Wilson aud Augustus Van Duren US
suFGtins.
Edward Kelly. sentenced to five years in tho
pcniteItiIry tor the murder nf Officer Crowley,
Withdrew his molten for new trial.
SUBURBAN..
HYDE PARE
The work on the tile sewer on Woodlnwn
avenue, extending from Forty-seycnth to Fifty
first street, HIS been commenced.
Tho main pipes IRON the New Hyde Park