St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-06-28
PLACED BEHIND BARS.
James D. Fish, Ex-President Of the Ma
rine Bank at New York,
Sentenced.
The Full Penalty Of the Law Given Him,
Being Ten Years in Prison at
Auburn.
After Death the Mysterious Life of
Resident of Vicksburg is
Exposed.
Strange Crime of a Twe1ve-Year-Ol0
Girl--Trial of the Italian
Murderers.
Ex-Banker Fish Sentenced.


New YORK, June 27.--Ms. Fish came
into the court room at an early hour this
morning, accompanied NY his counsel,
Messrs. Clark and Stanley. He was dressed
in dark colored suit and h:a face wore it's
usual stolid expression. Judge Benedeck
entered the court room shortly after 10
o'clock. This was an hour earlier than the
court usually opened, and there were but
few persons present. AS soon as the judge
seated himself, Assistant District Attorney
Foster moved for sentence on the prisoner,
James D. Fish," Clerk Shields called
the name, and Fish. walked firmly
to the bar. He placed a hand on
the rail and lifted his eyes to the
judge, who wiped his glasses with a silk
handkerchief and said: James d. Fish, you
are charged by the grand jury with many
otfenseS against the laws of the United
States. After fair and impartial trial you
were found guilty of the misrepresentation
OF funds of the bank of which you were
president. You were also found guilty of
MAKING FALSE ENTRIES
IN the books of the bank while in that posi-
ton. The verdict of the Jury was that YOU
were guilty. The evidence clearly
showed that there could be no doubt as to
your guilt. A more shameful OF more
lawless abuse of the powers of presi-
dent OF national bank can scarcely be
imagined. IG is proper, therefore, that
full punishment should be meted out to
you, and in order that others may be de-
TERED from similar offenses, it is necessary
that the full penalty of the law may be pro-
-nounced on you. A merciful consideration
for your age forbidS cumulative sentence
The sentence of the court is that you shall
be confined in the prison at Auburn for ten
years.
Fish did not change color or alter his ex-
preston when he heard the Judgment. He
showed agitation in no way. He walked
from the court room leisurely and was re-
turned to his quarters in the Ludlow street
jail whence he will be taken to Auburn in a
day or two. The sentence Is not considered
to be severe. The cOmmutation for good
conduct will reduce the term to six years
and six months. Fish is now IS years old.
His Mystery Solved.
VIcKsBURG, Miss, June 27.-The de-
tails of a mysterious life have just tbeen re-
yealed to the public and to the wife
and children of Sergt. Alexander
Henry Of this city, whose death
occurred ON April 21 last.
His wife very recently discovered among
file OF papers left by Henry, a letter in
which is disclosed the history of his life,
which is now the all-absorbing topic of con-
versation among his relatives here, who
are numbered among the most respectable
people of the community. In the, letter
Henry divulges the fact that years ago, in
England, he killed man and that it had
preyed upon his mind His
parents, who were wealthy and
whose name was Hamilton, urged
his departure for America. He at first re-
fused to go, but finally consented to come
here. Upon reaching this country, the
war of the Rebellion being then in progress,
he Joined the federal army After the
war he planned the National cemetery here.
said to be the handsomest one Id
the United States, and was made its first
superintendent. He married an estimable
lady, Mrs. Cilhel, and when he died left an
interesting family, who, for the first
time, have become acquainted with his
rlife's queer history. In the letter
Henry cOunSels his wife to communicate
with his relatives in England, who will do
everything for her and her family, as they
are amply able to Go so. His right name
was Henry Hamilton.