Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-07-04

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| in the jury box, as if wondering what class
| and manner Of men they could be who could
arrive at such decision upon the facts as
presented in the trial There was a slight
pause before the proceedings were resumed.
When they were the clerk said: I" Gustave
Brownlow, stand up"
When the prisoner had risen to his, feet
these questions followed:
what isYour ager'
"Thirty-one:"
"Your place Of residenceHs
"No.- Fifth avenue"
ssWhat Is your occupationr'
Mr.: Brownlow paused for q moment,
then he responded: Is have. no business"
After that he was permitted to sit.down1
again. but In a moment more the judge,
who had been sitting with his eyes upon the
ceiling and q most distracted expression.
upon his face ordered him once, more TO-
stand.
APrisoner,'" said the court, "you have
been accused Of the most heinous of crimes
Of which 1T is possible to accuse any citizen.
You have had every opportunity to present
your side of the case in its most favorable
to do 50 can have no weight with this court
| In passing sentence Tor the crime of which
you have just been convicted Il Is not for
US to act as your defender. or TO extenuate
the circumstances ct the crime. It - our
part only to execute the orders of the law,
and in so doing I am obliged to consider
that this jury before whom you have been
tried is fully competent, as believe it was,
to determine with accuracy and justice the
truth of this terrible matter. The crime of
which you have been convicted is one that
can not be palliated by any circumstances,
and can not therefore permit either mercy
Or any other consideration to modify IN any
degree the penalty which the law provides
for murder. Nevertheless, L give you one
more opportunity to say If you have any
reason to offer why sentence of death should
not be passed upon you"
Mr.. Brownlow looked at the court for q
moment steadily and then said: AZ have
only this to say, that the result of this trial
is the most severe condemnation that could
possibly be made of the jury system"
Prisoner" said the Judge, steruly,
when he saw that-M Brownlow had moth
ing further to offer, s'you have persistentIy
aggravated your situation from beginning
to end. It would be impossible now, if it
ever had been, to exercise any discretion in
the matter OF regulating your sentence.
The sentence of the court is, therefore, that
there until Friday, the 21st OF January, and
that you be then taken from your cell and
hung by the neck until you are dead, and
may God have mercy upon your soul Gen
tlemen of the jury, You are discharged"
Mr. Brownlow received the sentence as he
had the verdict, without flinching, and to all
efforts of either friends or reporters to in
tercede In his behalf, or enter into CONVEX
sation with him, he simply asserted that he
had said what he had to say. But his friends
did not let the matter rest As the de-
fendant's course had precluded any posi-
bility Of securing . new trial, all they could
do was to try to secure executive Glenn
ency. A petition was circulated among the
influential and wealthy residents in the
city praying that his sentence be at least
committed until it should be definitely
proven that Mrs. Brownlow had died BY
violence. Various obstacles lay before the
success of this petition. Perhaps the great
est was that the incumbent of the 0uber-
natoriai chair was thorough9oing politi-
clan, and would fear to offend the general
public by extending to . rich man q favor
that might without special risk have been
granted to poor man
When Mr.. Brownlow had been taken to
the cell which he would occupy until he
should be put to death he called for the
services Of a lawyer, but not for the pur-
pose Of making q move for freedom. He
WOulQ uOt permit the lawyer 20 Talk
about that, but limited his services
strictly to putting his affairs into such
shape that there would be no possible
question of their disposition after his
death 1t was, perhaps, characteristic of the
man that in choosing his attorney he passed
over the eminent men in the profession
whom he personally knew and sent for Mr..
Henry Parker, the young lawyer assigned to
defend him oy the Judge, and whom Mr..
BroWulOW had rehufYed an <,nldfv ~,5
emphatically. The most important work for
Mr.. Parker was, of course, the drawing ND
of his strange clients will MS. Parker's
astonishment may, perhaps, be imagined
when Mr.. Browniow directed that all his
property without exception should be
given to "Mrs. Leonora Brownlow, INV
wife, when she shall return to her home -
Mr. Parker was made trustee for her with
q salary of five Thousand dollars yearly. to
be drawn from the estate until the ladv
should appear to clam the property.
The young lawyer protested in vain at his
clients extraordinary testament, pointing
out that it made him, Parker, actually the
heir to the property, for no one believed
that Ars- Brownlow was alive.
You are mistaken" responded Mr..
Browniow, quietly; al believe it.
30 the will was drawn as directed and
only Witnessed by officials of the jail But
II Parker went about his duties with .
strange feeling of oppression and doubt
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