The Red Cloud chief., 1884-05-17

~tchaei Riiey, . Tramp, Convicted NJ Man.
dor Having Aided in C.us,n,
."e Death OF n Chicago & Alton Brake.
man. sentenced to Tea Years II, the P.ni.
Tertiary.
CHICAGO. ILL.,, May q.
Michae Riley, implicated with Richard
haiey, charged with murder in having
caused the death of Zacharias Brown. A
brakeman on the Chicago & Alton Rail.
road was tried yesterday before Judge
Williamson. The testimony was all in BY
zen Clock, and the prisoner had testified
IN MS W behalf, denying that he had
thrown the missile which had caused
tne poor brahemal's death. Mr.. 8
Irude, on behalf OF the rrosecu.;o,
.iaiiileua conviction for mansiaughter, and
u1uhIH stated that I conviction of muir.
oNi uhutr me evidence would be too Sc
we're. Inc defendant, Riley, threw the
.sone "tiich mt the deceased, Brown, on
uie heia, Il caused him TO fall from the
car Ia the ground beneath, where be was
run over and killed. This act did not
nave In IL the element OF malice or DELHI
GRAFTON that stamps the murderer, but
was none the less the act of a reckless,
'ANtNn. "iOSC Iull> lliaicUl
should he Imprisonment in the p~eni,en-
tlary fora good long term OF years.
MI Irude then reviewed the evidence
at length, and closed by say
ing: "Acfuit this man and YOU pro-
ciaim 10 the hundreds of railroad men
whose duties bring them in close contact
Win the tramp and ya-abond that the
law viii not afford them projections; that
theIr lives are va!ueless in a iury'S esti-
NATION. To the tramp yoU issue procIa-
NATION: 10 on; murder, rob, and rape,
Tor a Cook County Jury sanctions your
act>- Ion cannot conceive with what
FapidIty your verdict in a case like this
travels. Every brakeman of the 4,Ju1
which form an association in ihiSc city will
learn 1t in twelve hours after its reudi.
tlon. livery tramp now Uagiug warfare
against society Will learn il in about the
same length OF time, for there l. an odd
Fellowship and community OF interest
among tramps. The moral effect OF a
verdict Il 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 locking through
the lame and smoke OF c-i1oe->Iricken Gin.
cInnati. JuSticc-in>ultinG yerdictS made
The temple OF Justice 80 obnoxious that
the people arose in their burneC
1t to the ground"
MIR. Longnecker made = strong argu-
ment in behalf of his client, claiming
that there WAS hut one Witness who
swore that his client threw the sten.
which caused the death of Brown, aud
that this witness WAS ap s~ccO;uplice.
Mr.. Anthony closed the case by read
ing the law 10 the Jury and asking for 4
conviction of mansisuChter, after which
the court read the instructions TO tie
Jury, who, after being out two
hours, rendered a verdict OF guilty and
fixed the term OF imprisonment al ten
years in the Prniteniiarv-
Th- vigor with which offenders who
commit these d~epredation> OLE the Chi
49, < Alton Road are prosecuted will
induce the THE! AND tramp TO avoid il.
NiCe-Pre>ident Mcmillan * an unrelent-
ing prosecutor, Il through his efforts
the Brighton rioters now Wear conyIcts'
Clothes in the btidewcll. where they are
working out long sentences, and the man
Riley Will tramp 40 more for ten years to
come 1t least.