, 1888-06-17
F FOR JOLIET.
Six Laramie County Convicts Leave
This Morning.
All Short Term Men Except Ever,
etts and Williams.
A Brief History of the Criminal
Careers of the Men.

Sheriff Sharpless leaves this morning
for the Joliet penitentiary with another
batch of Wyoming recruits to that great
institution.
The c%onvicts number six, and four of
them pleaded guilty to the indictments
returned by the grand jury. This occur
renee is unparalleled in the judicial history
of the county, and the people are to be
congratulated upon the fact that the
pangs of conscience caused the evil doors
to confess. BY adopting this course they
saved the county several thousand dollars.
The personnel OF the party which leaves
in charge of the sheriff this morning is
appended:
Ely Williams, a colored man, whose
inordinate desire to be known as a tough
citizen, has several times caused him to
be lodged in jail, is the long term man of
the party. Justice was melted out to
Williams in short order when he was once
in the tolls. Less than a month ago he
was arrested for ''holding up" one John
GIllen, on Seventeenth street. He was
arraigned last week and sentenced to
serve five years in the Illinois prison. At
the time of robbing Gillen, Williams was
under bonds to answer a similar charge.
The seat mate of the darkey on the
eastern trip will be VIM. Everetts, con-
victed of completely in the mysterious
Rice murder. Strenuous efforts have been
made to secure a new trial for this convict,
but without avail, and he will be an in
mate of Joliet for the ensuing four years.
1t will be remembered that more than
two years ago Richard Rice disappeared
from Fort Laramie very suddenly. Foul
play was suspected by the neighbors and
Everetts, Sanderson, Lewis and Mrs.
Jennie Berry were arrested, charged with
the murder. All we're indicted and three,
the woman, Everetts and Sanderson con-
victed of murder in the second degree.
Rice's body was subsequently found and
was in court during the trials of his al
legged murderers. Sanderson was taken
to Joliet three months ago and died soon
after his arrival there. Mrs. Berry is
still in the Laramie county Jail and Ever.
etts will be in Joliet in a few days. The
latter might have escaped at the time
Mccoy and his companions made theil
successful break for liberty, as he occu.
pied the same cell with the notorious des,
perado. Everetts is believed to have
been a moving spirit in the latest attempt
at a delivery.
WIN. Peters, Walter Gehm and Milton
Marring the remaining members of the
group ar. short term men, each having
received a sentence of thirteen months.
All pleaded guilty when arraigned.
Peters is a very ordinary forger. For a
few paltry dollars he signed the name of
Tom Burke, of Archer, to some orders.
He is q German and by many thought tc
be half witted. He made no attempt t
escape after committing the crime, and
was not arrested for several days after the
performance of his illegal acts.
Gehm and Waller are cowboys. Fancy
ing some saddles that we're stored in r. S
Van Tassel's barn a few miles east O
this city, they made a raid and secured
possession of the coveted property. TIT
pair came to Cheyenne on a freight train
disembarking near the quarantine yards
Mr.. Van Tassell had been apprised o
their movement by wire and he anC
Oscar Sharpless met and captured tn,
thieves near the Cheyenne & Burlington
rounehouse.
Milton Marring, whose name appear,
at the foot of the list is an unfortunat,
lad who until a few months since rod
over the ranges near Fort Laramie. One
day he solicited a loan from a fellow COW
boy, was given a $50 check and instructed
tO.proceed to Fort Laramie and convert The
paper into cash. He did so, filed himsel
with bad whisky, squandered the money
at gambling and fled. He was followed
and taken into custody at Sidney, Neb.
Sheriff Sharpless anticipates no troubl,
with his charges as the greater portion O
the journey is performed in daylight
Everetts and Williams are the only
unruly men in the lot and the,
will be heavily ironed and CAREFUL.
guarded.