Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1886-05-20

Sent % Sing Sing for Nine Years and
Ten Months.

New YORK, May 2O-Aldcrman Jaehne was
this morning sentenced by Judge Barrett %
nine years and ten months in Sing Sing
The court OF oyer and tcrminer was nlled this
morning with large crowd OF spectators anx-
ious 20 hear JUDGE Barrett pronounce sentence
upon Jaehne. 9aehne was guarded by dep
uty sheriff. His lace WAS pale and has eyes had
weary look. After the judge had taken his
seat the district attorney moved for sentence
on the prisoner. Gen. Pryor. OF Iahne's coun-
sci, made motion TOR an arrest of Judgment
and for new trial, the latter upon two
grounds-firSt. jurisdiction OF tho jury i'm mat
tiers OF law, and because the verdict WAS cun-
trary To law and against the evidence. The
motions were both deulcd 10y Judge Barrett.
The counsel took an exception TO the denial 81
each motion. Jaehne then stood up for SEM
tence. and in reply To the usual questions, gave
his age as 36 years, and said that lac had
he had 20 say why judgment should not toe pro-
nounced against him according To- law. lie
made no reply, but kept his eyes liked upon
the ran IN front OF h:m
JUDGE BARRErT's REMARKS IN PASSING sKN-
TENCE.
Judge Barrett then sentenced the prisoner TO
nine years and ten months in state prison. lie
said the prisoner had been convicted alter falt
trial: that lac had had every advantage that a
defendant could have, and able counsel the
case was "A sad one. IL was a humiliating spec
taclc that "A man who was selected To public
Office in this city should have hcinously
betrayed his trust as the prisoner had. IL Was
humiliating To the people OF the city, state and
country that such "A spectacle should be pre-
scented in "A free government 81 could not he
l0inoNcu nj Tile spectacle oi your weeping Mlte
and broken-hcarted mother; but the saddest
thing OF all about your case IL the doubt which
peryaded many good and honest minds of your
conviction. There was not doubt of your
guilt. IL was universally conceded when tha
evidence was in that tue case against you was
clear, convincing and overwhelming. There
was no doubt OF your guilt, but there was a
doubt concerning the chances OF conNicting
you. The doubt arose because the people had
not sufficient faith In their common
laws; because they feared that crime
would, in the end, triumph over virtue.
Every good citizen should rejoice that all these
doubts have been dispellcd ana the lesson it
teaches Is "A good one. You have only had faith
in the supremacy OF evil and in the lmpossi-
bility OF working out good results, and YOU
have fathercd aud sustained the very Grim, Il
which you have been found guilty. The iaith
that you and those like YOU have cndcaNored 10
trample IN the mud Of corruption rises trlum-
phant over you while you have fallen "A dis
graced and diShonorcd man. The faith in evil
will not give way To that better and higher
faith that good mus triumph In the end Have
you forgotten the conviction OF Tweed, whose
power Was greater than ever yours was? Have
you forgotten the conviction al Genetg Have
you forgotten the conviction of Sergeant Crow
ley and oi Fish and Ward, or are only the mis-
carriages oi justice TO be rcmcmberedg The les
son II there. The people are not You, aud
those like you have thought, honey -cumbcd
through with corruption. There Is hope oi bet
ter things, and the people viii in the future
have more faith."
A TEMPORARY STAY OF PRoCEEDINGs.
Lawyer Newcomb, on ailidaVits made by
himself and Jaehne, containing the legal points
raised during the trial anu the exceptions
taken, secured from Judge Daniels a temporary
stay of proceedings. and AN order To show
cause why the stay should not bc made pcrma-
nent pending appeal. Argument viii bc heard
at 3 O'Clock this afternoon. Copies al the order
Were served on Sheriff Grant. District Attorney
MARITIME and Warden Finn. of the TomDs.
Jaehne Il in the custody OF the warden, who
assigned him To cell No. L on the second tier.
According TO the remission made tor good con-
duct, he Will actually have 10 serve years, Z