Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-05-15
TRIlfps BEWARE.


michael Riley, :. TRAMP, Convicted Of Man.
rIauxnfer for Having Aided In sCausans;
che Death OF : Chicago = Alton Brake
man. sentenced - Ton Years I'm the Peni-
tentiary.
CHICAGO. I'll. May ?.
Michael Riley, impleaded with Richard
Haley. charged with .murder In having
caused the death Of Zacharias Brown, q
brakeman on the Chicago & Alton Rail-
road, was tried yesterday before Judge
Williamson. The testimony was all in by
ten O'Clock, and the prisoner had testified,
In his own behalf, denying that he had
thrown the missile which had causeds
the poor brakeman's death. MIA. s..
Trude, on behalf Of the prosecution,
claimed q conviction for manslaughter, and
frankly stated that . conviction OF MUIR
der under the evidence would pc too se--
we're. The defendant, Riley, threw the@
stone which hit the deceased, Brown, ona
the head, and caused him to fall from the
car TO the ground beneath, where he was
run over and killed. This act did not
have In II the element OF malice or DELHI :
Grafton that stamps the murderer, but
was none the less the act OF q reckless
abandoned wretch, whose punishment
should he imprisonment in the peniten-
tiary for good long term OF years.
Mr.. Trude then reviewed the evidence
at length, and closed by say
ing: s'Acquit this man and you pro-
claim to, the hundreds of railroad men.
whose duties bring them in close contact.
with the tramp and vagabond that the
law will not afford them protection; that
their lives are valueless in a jury's esti--
nation. To the tramp you Issue procla--
nation: go on; murder, rob, and rape,
for q Cook County jury sanctions your
acts You cannot conceive with what
rapidity youryerdict in . case like this
travels. Every brakeman of the 4,500a
which form an association in this city Will
learn it in twelve hours after its rendi-
ton. Every tramp now waging warfare
against society will learn 1t in about the
same length Of time, for there is an odd
fellowship and community of interest
among tramps. The moral effect of a.
verdict Is indeed great, for good or evil
The result of a verdict which was an In
suit to the administration of criminal
Justice can be seen by looking through
the fame and smoke OF crime-stricken Gin
cinnati. Understanding yerdicts made
the temple of justice so obnoxious that
the people arose intheir might and burneds
1t 70 the ground, 9tea 's
Nj. Longnecker made q strong argu-
Mcut III UcndiI Va lis Ctfcuts SAutnthS.
that there was but one witness who
swore that his client threw. the stons.
which caused the death Of Brown, and
that this witness was an accomplish
Mr.. Anthony closed the case by read
ing the law to the jury and asking for q,
conyietfen OF manslaugliter, after which.
the Court read the Instructions to the
jury, who, after being out two
hours, rendered verdict OF guilty and
hxed the term Sof imprisonment at ten
years in the Penitentiary.
commit these depredations on the Chi
cago g. Alton Road are prosecuted will
Induce the thief and tramp to avoid It..
president Mcmillan Is an unrelent-
ing prosecutor, yand through his efforts,
the Brighton rioters now wear convicts'
clothes In the brideweIl, where they are
working out long sentences, and the man.
Riley viii tramp no more for ten years to-
come atlleast. ss3igsa.. ii 5g,.,tf