Wichita eagle., 1889-09-12

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and when he finished be lifted their client
out of the debris and showed him in his
true light. He then closed and Judge
Foster turned his attention to some other
cases. The charge will be given to the
jury this morning
MISCELLANEOUS BUSINESS.
At the close of the evening session Dis
trict Attorney Perry arose and addressing
the court said that there was some de-
PENDANTS who he had ordered into court in
order that they might be dealt with. He
then called George Law, against whom an
indictment had been returned charging
him with the larceny Of two horses. The
offense was committed IN the Usage
Nation and the defendant has been con-
fined in Jail for over two years. Mr..
Perry said that in view OF the de-
PENDANTS long imprisonment he thought
the demands of justice had been
satisfied and he would therefore recon-
mend short sentence in jail. Judge Fos-
ter then sentenced Low to three months
in the county Jail. Mr. Miller, attorney
for Henry Thomas then arose and asked
the Judge that sentence might be passed
upon his client. He made very eloquent
plea in his behalf stating thar Thomas
had sold his home for the purpose of OBJ
tanning money to help him in this case
and that therefore left his wife and four
young children practically homeless and
with no one to provide for them if he was
taken away. Mr.. Miller asked the court
to pass a pecuniary sentence upon Thomas.
Judge Foster then told the prisoner to
stand up, and asked him if he had any
thing to say before sentence was passed.
Judge Foster then said that the attorney
was latoring under vain thought if he
was thinking pecuniary sentence would
be passed upon the prisoner. He contln-
ued and said that it panied him to pass
sentence upon man whose hair was
grey, but in view OF the enor-
nifty of the crime in the present
case and of the fact of the family which
the defendant has raised had turned out
to be criminals and that the young ones
who were being brought up might not
have the same influence brought to bear
upon them he would remove the father
from their path. He then dwelt upon the
fact that the home of the prisoner had
been rendezvous of the worst gang OF
criminals that had infested that country
and that the one before him had been in
strumental in the bands organization.
The prisoner was again told to stand up
and Judge Foster sentenced him to seven
years Imprisonment in the Kansas peni-
Tertiary
The following cases were disposed of
yesterday, they being mostly new lndlct-
ments brought in by the grand jury:
Annie Beard for selling liquor without a
stamp was fined 800
John Mclaughlin, Of Arkansas City,
was charged with introducing liquorin the
Usage country. He plead guilty and was
sentenced to SIX months in Jail.
VIM. Gregston plead not guilty to larceny
and was put under 500 bond.
Mack Kobb plead guilty to introducing
liquor in the Usage country. Said he was
only seventeen years old and this was first
offence. Sentenced 10 three months.
Mack Cooley plead guilty to horse steal
ing. Said it was his first offense and he
was persuaded to commit the crime by
cowboys. He also was only Il years of
age. The Judge sent him to Jail for six
months.
John Darnell plead not guilty to intro
ducing liquor in the Indian country.
Frank Courtney had two indictments
returned against him-introducing and
with being retail dealer of liquor IN Ok
lakoma country. To the latter charge he
plead guilty and WAS sentenced to fine of
500 and thirty days in jail.
Travelling Moon, an old Indian woman
and mother of Come-as-it-Rains, was ar
raigned as having aided abeJted III the
murder Of John Mcdonald, her daughter g
husband. She plead not guilty. 1t will
be remembered that the crime was com-
mitted on the night of August 10, 80, and
that Come-as-it Rains is charged with the
murder The latter charges her mother as
having persuaded her to commit the crime.
The two cases will probably be tried to-
gether.
All cases against Eliza Chonteau were
continued until next term. There are
about thirteen in all, the crime being the
larceny of horses and hogs.