, 1884-12-17
TO TAKE A TRIP.
Eight County Prisoners Sentenced
to Toilet Penitentiary.
Who They Are and the Crimes They
Committed. y
A Rather Brisk Day in the District
Court.

1t was a sort of cleaning up day in the
District Court yesterday and now at least
eight men are billeted for berths in Joliet
Penitentiary.
Peter Hettinger had pleaded guilty to a
charge of grand larceny and larceny as
bailee. He was indicted for stealing a
gold watch and chain, worth together
500, from Martha Miller, on November
IS, 1883. His attorney made a long and
elaborate statement of the case and an
appeal to the court for leniency. Het-
finger was sentenced to the ~Penitentiary
for the term of one year.
John Gibbs was indicted for grand lar
ceny on the charge of having stolen a
saddle last November from j. N. New
man. He was sentenced to the Peniten-
tiary for a year.
Charles Cook, or as he is better known
"Wahula, the son of a chief and last
mna of a once powerful tribe, has
figured quite extensively in the criminal
annals of the county. His fatal weakness
was for property that belonged to others.
Hence last February he is alleged to have
stolen a horse belonging to Richard War
ing. He was convicted of the theft by a
jury and yesterday was ~relegated to Joliet
for a period of three years.
The charge against George Rogers was
manslaughter. He killed Llewellyn Will
liams during the progress of a quarrel at
St. Denis ranch on the La Bonti, Novem.
Der "a. 1888. He afterward pleaded
guilty to killing Williams in a quarrel,
without malice He was sentenced to
two years Imprisonment.
William Gordon was indicted for rob
bling a soldier named Frank Kuhn, in the
Senate saloon, March 20, last. He got
away with s5S in money and a sl2 gold
ring. He was convicted by a jury and
the Court sentenced him to FIVE years in
Joliet.
On the sth of last January u check for
$50 signed by James S. McHenry and
payable to the order of L. Flescher was
cashed by George H. Waters, who OWNS
a ranch neal Fort Laramie. The man to
whom the money was paid represented
himself to be Flescher, but it was subse-
quently learned that his real name was
Thomas D. Payton. He was consequently
arrested for obtaining money under false
pretenses, and being tried, was convicted.
He was sentenced yesterday to three years
in the penitentiary.
The charge against Charles W. Mason
was assault with intent to kill Jerome A.
Allen at Pine Bluffs, August Is last
November 20 he pleaded o guilty, but
yesterday pleaded guilty to an assault
with a deadly weapon. His sentence was
six months in the County Jail.
Colonel Luke Murrin, Chairman of the
Board of Penitentiary Commissioners,
asked for the re~-sentence of r. X. Paine.
Paine is a deaf-mute and was sentenced
to ten years imprisonment in the Lara
mic Penitentiary for an assault with in
tent to commit rape, He has served out
four years and six months OF his time and
to this is added four and a half months in
consideration Of his good behavior, Clerk
jeffrey wrote on a piece of paper what the
Court had to say and submitted 1t to
Paine. That gentleman wrote
in reply that everything was all
right and that he had nothing
to say. He was according sentenced for
the remainder Of his term to Joliet.
Sheriff Sharpless will remove the
prisoners in the course of q day or two to
Illinois,
NOTES.
Court adjourned until 10 O'Clock this
morning.
The Petit Jury was discharged until
necemher 90 at IN oiclock a m