Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1883-05-31
For Three Years.

For Three Years.
Application having been made by the
Zieglemairs boys, held for the Boscobel
burglaries, to plead guilty, they were
brought before Judge McGonigal, in
the county court last Wednesday after
noon. These two daring young thieves
when brought under close scrutiny did
not appear half so formidable as their
exploits would lead a stranger to sup
pose them to be. In fact they were two
ratherpleasant looking boys. with moth
ing to indicate their graduation in the
school of vice unless we except some
thing. approaching sinister look. in
the eyes of the younger boy. Henry.
Neither manifested much interest in
the preliminary proceedings, aside from
that of a natural curiosity. Dur
ing an interval Of waiting Judge Ne
Gonigal turned to the older boy, George.
and asked, How old are your" Seven
teen"
Whats the age of your brothcr?"
Fifteen. Fifteen in MARCH,"
The clerk then read the information
filed against them, the charge being
confined to the burglary of Risger's
store
At the conclusion the Court said:
''Mr. Orr will you state to these boys
clearly and carefully their offsnse and
its punishmsntP''
Mr.. Orr stepped forward and said:
''You are charged, boys, with breaking
in, in the night time, into Reiger's store
and stealing goods. That is what the
law calls burglary. Its punish msnt is
at least one year IN the states prison.
Had it been in dwelling house the
offenss would have been so great that
you could not have had permission to
come before this court and plead guilty.
You can now plead guilty or not guilty.
1t is entirely optional with you whether
you plead guilty or not. If you plead
guilty your punishment will commence
at once; if you plead not guilty. you
will go back to Jail and stand your trial
before the circuit court. The punish
ment for your offense is not mere than
five, nor less than one year; between
these limits the court has right to SEN
tence you, what that sentence will be of
course none of us know until it is doliv-
cred. You are now to plead guilty or
not guilty"
George Zeiglemaire-'I think that
mistake in the number of bolts (moan-
ing the number in the information.) 1t
was only FOUR
Mr.. Orr-"That does not make any
difference.
George Zieglemaire-"I plead guilty.
BY the Court-"What do you say
Henrys"
Henry-"I plead guilty"
The Court "Well boys you are
young. You started out wrong some
way, badly SO. You ought to early in
life have learned that nothing was
yours only what you earned legitimately
and fairly. That the property of
another was not yours. Iwould be dis
posed to be lenient but your operations
have been pretty bold, pretty daring for
you. | will fix your time at three years
apiece. You are sentenced to hard la
Dor in the states prison, at Waupun,
for three years, commencing from now,
and one day solitary confinement. Mr..
Sheriff remove the prisoners"
During the short address of the Judge
the boys showed no change of counter
ance, nor did the younger one manifest
any emotion when sentence was passed.
In the eyes of the elder, however, the
tears began to start, but were brushed
silently away and without word they
followed the Sheriff back to the Jail.
Friday morning, under charge of Sheriff
Rewey and Deputy Richards, they
started for their future home at Waupun.