The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-05-21
A NOTE OF WARNING
TO GENTLEMEN WHO HAVE A PRICE
FOR THEMSELVES.

Alderman Jaehne Gets About Ten Years
and Beautiful Address from the
Judge-Some Doubts Dispeiled as to the
de-Awakeness of Justice.
NEW YORK, May 2l-Henry W, Jaehne
was sentenced by Judge Barrett Thursday,
to nine years and ten months in states
prison Judge Barret took his seat in tha
court of oyer and terminer promptly at
$50 H. m. Down went his gavel and before
he pronounced sentence Gen. Pryor moved
for an arrest of Judgment and for a new
trial lie moved for new trial on the
ground that, first. that the evidence was in
5uincient in substance; second, that the
count in the indictment on which the tilal
was had was insufficient; third, that in law
no Judgment could be had on the indictment
OF verdict He moved for new trial on
the ground that the jury was misdirecJed
and that the verdict was against the weight
of the evidence.
Judge Barrett denied both motions, and
then proceeded to pass sentence, which was
stinging in Its utteranee, Jaehne standing
| while the judge spoke.
The following is the substance of Judge
| Barretts remarks when rronouncing SEN
| tence He spoke in low but distinct tones
| and said:
Mr. ,Jaehne, after fair and impartial
| trial YOU have been convicted. You have
had in your defense the aid of the man who
| is Justly reputed at the head of the criminal
| bar in this city. You had also another
counsel whose reputation is known in other
| lands as well as our own for throwing him
| self forward in the cause OF charity and
suffering.
| Yours is sad spectacle Your heinous
| betrayal of the public trust reposed in you
is indeed a sad spectacle not only to the
| people of this city, bus also 10 the entire
state 1t is also a melancholy thing to re-
member that you have an unhappy and
broken hearted mother But the saddest of
| all is that in the minds OF some honest
people there seems to have been doubt Of
your conviction There was never doubt
| as to your guilt The first doubt seems to
have arisen from lack of faith in the
efficiency of our jury system, the zeal OF
our public prosecutor and the efficiency
of our police These doubts will be
dispelled by your conviction 1t teaches
an Important lesson. The majority
of our people in public life have not their
prices. Let me again say at this point that
your offense was not technical bribery, but
a stupendous bribery for the furtherance of
a stupondous transaction.
Have the people of this city ceased to re-
member the fate of Tweed, of Genet, oi
Crowley, of Fish and of Ward The people
are not all honey eombed with corruption
According to the testimony in your case thf
two only honest men in the board were
sneered at by you as dudes Our worthy
sheriff, Grant, refused the profered bribe
and it is entirely immaterial, as was sug
> gested, whether they expected the reward
Grant to run for mayor aud OConnor fol
governor.
Appeals have been made to me to b
. merciful i'll your case. | am not unmlndin
of the sufferings OF your family. No undu
severity will be exercised toward you
have, therefore, instructed the sheriff not t
remove you Immediately to the state prison
You will sbe conveyed to the city prison
where you will have an opportunity to con
suit with your counsel i'll regard to tn
pending appeal in your case The sentenc
of this court is that you be confined at har
labor in the state prison ior the term OF min
years and ten months"
Alderman Jaehne stood with fiushe
countenance during the delivery of the ser
tence, and at its close sat down, surrounde
by his counsel, the deputies having him i
| charge and few of his friends He wa
then escorted from the coart
Judge Daniels of the supreme court ha
granted stay of proceedings in the case c
Alderman Jaehne.