Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1889-03-08
COURT. REPORT:|
What Was Done by the District
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Court.
'r'a'1I4I4|p|D''pfAd. d;d'It'!s'Io'lf ndaI|ais,
Id the Second Degree, and
pulowtof aa,r,yatIs',rj5In tle II
First Degree.

Monday afternoon the calendar of CASES
WAS calleA and II was found that. sever.
alhad been settled, = 20, some "; er e'i f.
missed ions failures To-, appear. and, thu
dates were fixed for the triia! RI others
Among the sttorneysSrp present were
Messrs Oscar Taylor, G.; Gay Stewart, D:
FL: Calhoun, ofSt ,Cloud;G. w. Fernald
u, 8, McClenaf,at, .and4.sDons ldson, o
Rrainef ID; &c. Willett, .ofs Motley;; r. 8
Clark, Of Royalton and also tho mem:
bera ofthe Little Fails bar. r.: r.. 80:
Most|ofthe c:iyil cases ,aa that we're tried
ware uhimportant, and thu" total yer.
diets re- dersd by, the juries UP to, las,
evening amounted loss than, 500.
Neither of the murder cases were tried
The case againlst Frank Flank Randall prom
isedto be an interesting one until. it was
found thAt h1ss relatives gould not raise.
the necessary money to push the case.
He wa4 indicted for RI murder III the 6rs>
degrees but owing. to his youthful AZ.
and otl}etcire,lnhsta noes be was allowe.,
to plesd guilty stoimurder ia,the second
degree On Wednesday he. appeared
before the court and was sentenced t"
state prison for life. Following is the
sentence: =
It is considered adjudged and deter
mined that you, Frank Randall, as a
punish nent for the crime of murder III
the second degree, of which you hav
been July convicte in this court, be
imprisoned and confined at hard laboi
in the state prison of this state, at Still
water, Minnesota, during the period OF
your natur raj life.
Albert Bplow was indicted. by the
grand Jury for stealing IL span Of horses
from Frank Eich on Nov. "a, 1888, and
olso for numbering Frank Eich on th.:
same date. He pleaded guilty t., the
charge of horse stealing, and asked for 4
lawyer with whom to consult before he
answered to the charge of murder.
The court appointed c. A. LlndberRh
The prisoner had no hope of acquittal
or a less than the seyereat sentence,
and did not desire a trial. He ap-
peured in court on Thursday and plead
cd guilty as sharged in the indictment
He was brought before Judge Searle to
day at ~ o'clock to receive his sentence
and in reply to the question whether he
had any reason to give why sentence
should not be passed on him, his attor-
ney read an affidavit that was signed BY
Bulow stating that he had been intoxi-
Gated for two days previous to his com
uniting the crime, that he had been ou
Of work and Was without friends o.,
money, that the revo;ver he carried
VAS for self protection while brakinx on
tho railroad: and was not purchased or
carried for the purpose of committing
crime, that he murdered the man in re-
Spouse to sudden and uncont reliable
impulse, that his mental condition that
caused his act was brought on by his in.
toxication and misfortunes. and thai
the crime was not premeditated. This
affidavit was followed by statene mt t'y
the attorney urging that the circum
stances warranted less severe sentence
than that of hanging. County Attorney
Lyon stated Chat his careful investiga-
tons had convinced him that the crime
was premedita,ed, and that in tho sur
roundinss there were no mitigating cir
cumstances. The judge then stated t.
he prisoner that W hat be knew Of the
case prevented him from crediting the
affidavit offered, and consequently he
could not grant the request for mercy
He then made the following remarks to
tho prisoner before sentencing him:
You have been indicted by the Grand
Jury Of this county of the crime Of muir
| der in the first degree in killing one
Frank. Eich in November last. To this
indictment you have plead guilty. l
know but little about the facts or cir
cumstances connected with the crime
beyond the facts disclosed by you and
Your plea Of guilty. Outside of the
facts connected with this case matters
have como to my knowledge that indi-
cate that your life to a certain extent
has been ono of crime. From your plea
| of guilty and all l know of this case I
must assume that it was case OF cold
bl"oded, foul and deliberate murde,
without any extenuating or mitigating
circumstances. 1t is crime which can
only be expiated by the highest penalty
known to the law. Experience of ages
has shown that crimes Of this magni
tude must he met with the severest
punishment. Under the laws of this
i tuf hof 81, 81,
being in the opinion of the Court nc
! the court has no discretion but to i'm
pose the death penalty. I am simply
one Of the series Of instruments provii
ed by law to enforce the laws of thu
state. That duty / am compelled t.
perform, unpleasant as it is.
| 1t seems proper that / should admon
ish you to turn aside from all Thoughts
IF escape from the fearful punishment
am about to impose and to devote tn,
short time you have to remain on eartl
to repentance and to preparation Il
meet that stern but Just God"
! The sentence imposed on Bulow w,
follows:
It is considered, aijuleed and deter
mined that you Albert Bulow, as
punishment for the crime OF murder il
the first degree, Of which you have bee
ronvirted in this court, be taken fror
hero to the County Jail Of this sal
County of Morrison, and there KEEP
in solitary confinement for the perio
IT ninety (9O) days, from this date; an,
that thereafter,~ at a9time to he fixed b
the Governor of the State of Minuesot
and designated by his, warrant, 70,
he taken from thence to the place O
execution, selected ny the Sheriff G
said County, and then and there hange
by the neck until you are dead. An
may God have mercy on vour soul.
The proceedings had but very it'll
effect on Bulow; and although his Ii
quivered and his eyes moistened slight
" once or twice, he quickly resume
his defiant air. He showed nothing {
remorse or penitence, and exhibited a
the nerve that might be expected {
about the only man in the state VIII
voluntarily made plea i'll court tina
made his execution certain.
BY letters received from other local!
/ ties the officers are convinced that 81
low had stolen at least four other team
before he committed the abo7e crime
Il Following is list of the cases on tn
calendar and the disposition made {
Them: "-- r--' ~
. CONTINUED cAsEa
Moses L4fond vs. Nehemtsh P. Clarke. .
Lhdbergh, attorney for PLAINTIFF: Taylor. ca
noun Rhodes attorneys for defendant. To l
tried before Judge Baker,.
3 VIM. Butler Estate vs.. George swindell--IA
aud Faet.-c. A. Lindberyh for plaintiff. A.
| Blanchard for defendant Settled