The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1885-10-17
HEAY GETS TWENTY YEARS.
The Laws Vengeance Upon Il Coward.
Iy DemOn-.-ReyieH OF the
Terrible Crime.

III tiit l4hh NEhN pc tAsft
after being out two hours, returned to the
court room at o'clock last evening with
"a verdict of guilty and fixed the penalty
at twenty years in the penitentiary. The
crime for which Wray has suffered such
an extreme penalty, but which is no less
severe than he is deserving of, was one Of
the most atrocious, foul and cowardly
that has ever been committed in Rock
Island county. When Wray was arrested
in the latter part Of last month, Il full &C :
count CT his ticndish act was given in the
ARGUS, but now that his extraordinary
sentence has awakened new interest in
thj. case, brief review is here given.
1t was on the sixth day of last May
that Wray, who lived in the lower end of
the couuty--in Drury township -man-
aged to enticc Ida Belle Garvin, the
eleven year old daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Peter Garyin, into ain old shanty
and there accomplished his deyiiish pur-
pose, and after repeating the outrage he
| tnbhtl Itlt ilIbffHt tliittl he hbts Ihlltl
! until she WAS nearly dead, and threatened
| to kill her on sight if She revealed what
had happened The girl then returned
home, and the next morning the mother
was Mortified Ia lind the childs clothes
stained with blood, when her suspicious
were aroused but could get nothing
frnt h., ,,T
the condition of her clothes Little by
lit e however She succeeded in cOaXing q
the matter out of the child but it was
not until early in September that she
learned enough to warrant Ways arrest
and he was captured ia Muscatinc and
brought to this city by Marshal Eckhart
last month, a special grand jury was
empanellcd to try his case, SO great was
the Indignation manifested against HIM.
Wray is % years of age and has lived
in Drury township ali his life, where he
has been II terror by his wild mode of
conducting himself He was an adopted
son of Supervisor Wray, but it is said
he came into this world witt "a stain upon
his character, having been born in one of
the notorious disrcputahle houses in the
lower end of the county twenty five
years ago.
A motion was made for new trial,
but Judge Smith refused to entertain ii
and sentenced Wray according to the
verdict this morning.
The attorneys for the defense then pc
titioncd that The prisoner be allowed to re-
main in the county jail for ten days in order
that supGrcelas may he granted from
the supreme court, and this the court
granted. When asked if he had anything
to say why sentence should not be passed
upon him, Wray protested his innocence.
OTHER SENTENCES.
Lnchan and Richards, convicted OF
court room last evening and each sen
fenced to one year in the penitcntiary in
compliance with the jurys verdict. The
prisoners manifested Indifference to their
penalty. Richards smoking ciglr as he
entered the court room.
Judge Smith set aside the sentence of
one year in the pcntcntiary in .he case
of Albert Ambcrg, committed for assault
to murder, and allowed a plea of guilty
to an assault to commit great bodily in
jury, to be entered, and scnteaced the de
PENDANT to three months in the county
jail, and pay fine Of S35 and costs: j.
Il. Case was sentenced to a year in the
penitcntiary on conviction of conccaling
stolen goods. The cases against J. II,
Gardner of embcZHlemcnt and forgery
were dismissed on motion of States Attor
ney Entriken, as the defendant is dying
Of consumption.
After disposing of a number of cases on
the civil docket, Judge Smith adjourned
the circuit court until Tuesday afternoon,
Nov g. mt . o'clock.