Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1883-10-17
A Most Righteous Sentence.


witness the sentencing of Kyle, the rape
fend. The Judge took his seat promptly at
| 10 o'clock, and ordered Kyle to stand up
and say why sentence shoald not be passed
upon him. j. D. Whaley, toe prisoners
counsel, moved for 4 new trisl. The motion
was denied Counsel then moved for arrest
of judgment. Judge Toohy denied the mo-
ton, and exceptions were taken in both rul-
| ings. In passing the sentence. Judge Toohy
said Though you refused mercy to your
prostrate victim on the evening of August
| 9th, the law will not now deal 30 hardly with
you. 1t seeks not your punishment so much as
to deter others from initiating your deprsved
example. Instead of life sentence, end in
order that you may be encouraged to reform
your conduct, it i the judgment Of law and
sentence of tbs Court that you be imprisoned
! in the State Prison st Folsom for and during
the period of fifty years" A stay of thirty
days in execution of sentence was granted.
The New Route East.
SAN FRANCISCO, October 16.h-The new
route East, by the way of the Atlantic and
Pacific Railroad, will be opened next Satur-
| day. Arrangements between the connecting
roads have been made, and the first car will
! leave at $50 A. N. Saturday. No through
train will be run, single through car Being
attached to the regular Southern Pacific ex.
1
| there attached to local, running to Needles,
where it will be transferred to the Atlantic
and Pacific train. After the new route is
opened, the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe
road will not run express trains from Alhu-
querque to Deming, and this morning Assist
ant Superintendent Pratt received note that
| the Atehison, Topeka and Santa Fe trains
would not, after October 10Th, make close
connections with the Southern Pacific trains
at Deming. They will reach that junction
about twelve hours bshind the present time.
Grand EncampIaent, I. o. OF.
SAN Francisco October 16th.-The Grand
| Encampment l. o. o. F., met to-day. Com
mitteas were perfected, and the Grand Off.
GERS submitted their report. The Encamp.
ment is in 8 mora prosperous condition than
ever before.
The Sharon-Hul Case.
SAN Francisco, October 16 h The case
of William Sharon, charged with adultery,
was continued this morning in Police Court
| No. Two until Thursday next. Owing to the
non.consent of counsel for the defense, con-
tinuance can only be had for two days at a
| time. A dispatch hes been received from w.
NJ. Nelson, me complainant, at Tucson, A.
| T., saying that he would arrive in the city on
Friday. and would be ready to go on with the
case next Tuesday.
"UHusual Punishment"
SAN Francisco, October 16sh.-The com
mittee of the Board of Education. after an
investigation of the charges against Mrs.
| Caldwell, of gagging children in school and
turning their faces to the wall for dis
obedience, submitted a report to the Board,
which decided to reprimand her for ibfii3ting
unusual punishment.
The MERGED Murder Case.
MERGED. October 16sh.-At the prslim-
mary examination of Willis Sumner for the
killing of Thomas Griffith the District Attor-
ney introduced an affidavit showing that Part
of correspondence between the prisoner and
the wife OF Griffith was in the possession of
the prosecution and nat the writing showed
q conspiracy between Willis Sumner and Mrs.
Jenny Griffith to murder Thomas Griffith.
The District Attorney then asked the Court
to order the arrest Of Mrs Griffith, and that
search warrant iEsue to the Sheriff to search
toe person and residence of Mrs. Griffi h for
further written evidence of her completely 10
the murder. Justice Robertson made the
order. The woman is under arrest and the
Sheriff has instituted search OF her resi-
dence for the correspondence between her and
thu murderer previous TO the commission of
the crime The letter in the possession of
the District Attorney was given TO Buffalo
Jim, stage driver, by Mrs. Grith b, to de-
liver to Sumner. Buffalo Jim forgot to de-
liver the letter. In few days after the
murder Buffalo Jim gave the letter to the
Sheriff. The contents of the letter are SIM
ply awful, and unfit for publication. The
details of Illicit intercourse between the par
ties are given with disgusting precision. The
examination will be resumed on Thursday.
SECOND DISPATCH.l
MERGED, October 16th.-The Sumner
Griffith murder case assumed q new
phase this morning, on the arrival of the
widow of the late Thomas 0. Gritfi III at the
Courthouse, to appear as a witness In the
examination of Willis Sumner, she being
then arrested by the Sheriff on suspicion of
completely with Willis Sumner in the killing
of her husband, and the two will be placed
on examination together. Soon after Mrs.
Griffi sh's arrest, Judge D. S. Terry was tele-
graphed for to defend her, and will be here
this evening on the late train TO prepare for
her defense on Thursday. She is now in jail.
The extent of the developments made by
searching Mrs. Grifhth's room at the ranch,
and intercepting letters, is not known to the
public, but the most exciting rumors are
sh rat concerning them, and it is probable
that many of them are exaggerations based
upon trihes. Still the excitement among the
people increases, and all seem in expectancy
of something new being developed whenever
Sheritf's officer makes his appearance on
the street.
The Lodi EmbezzIer in fer Thirteen
Years.
STOCKTON, October 16sh-Charles S. Wal
den, against whom the Grand Jury found
sixteen indictments-one for forgery and ff-
teen for OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES sentenced to-day
to imprisonment in the Penitentiary for five
years for forgery, three years on one charge
of embezziement and five years on the other,
making in ell thirteen years. The other
charges against him were dismissed. These
crimes were committed by him while he was
book-keeper of the Changers Business Asso-
citation at Lodi. He was recently brought
from Chicago by Sheriff Cunningham.
Another stsGe Robbery
TRUCKEE. October 16th.-The Sierra Val.
ley stage was again robbed by highwaymen
last evening, about twelve miles from
Truckee. Wells, Fargo & Co s express box,
containing letters and wsybills, and it is
thought between 5000 and $500, was carried
off by the robbers. There were three pas
seneers, tive men and woman, in the stage,
and they we're relieved of their loose change,
amounting in sll to only about $40 Their
watches or jswelry were not disturbed.
There were two of the higbwaymen, although
one kept ont of sight behind tree, a few
yards away. The robbery occurred at pre-
cisely the same spot where the same stage was
stopped about two months ago, and MIR. Bux-
ton, the driver. is quite certain it was the
work Of the same parties.
Contribution for O'DOnneIi's Defense.
VALLEJO, October 16th.-Three hundred
dollars have been raised in Vallejo as con.
tribution to tn O'Donnell defense fund The
committee of Irish citizsrs who are canvass
ing the town for this purpose expect to in
crease the subscription.
An Old Citizen Dead.
VALLEJO, October 16sh.-John McCuddeD,
prominent citizen and old resident, died
this morning.
Rain In san Bernardino.
SAN BERNARDISo, October 16sh.-Yester-
day all day there were strong indications of
rain and last night commenced one of those
storms which makes the rsncher's heart glad,
and it continued through the night. end the
indications are favorable for more, with low