The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-06-20

Five Years II the Peniteatiary
His Portion.


/ Z. Hccoomhs, ex-aesnt of ~ rslisf
comWttooo. vo1 oeusenced 70 ave years ot
Bard heoe IN - pos1ssnfafy a Washing-
30 ~ Ja4ee Humo in he criminal -
peftnsat q ~ enp1xioe court ysstsgday.
"a ne Sorenoou . m0tjon lne axEoss Of
Jooeement and neu tfiat was axeued BY
the couneo1. ard ths mosiDu denied y H.
ee0r& ~ l.O o'elock IL prisoner vas
oeoogos INTO - e0uTiEoom 70 recufve ssn-
Wnoe. h courtroom vAs Vel fised The
prSsonsf stood inside tie ran. awaiting hts
sensence utfh calm resignation He
eave eaoee attention - I'll that was
passing shout him. Cosond J. c.
Haines and r = Alhsetsou. his
counsel. stood hesids him. Colonel Haines
addfesssd The court. pleading eloquentiy
fof is mercy for bis client. While not Cd
mining hist 4cCoombs he'd abused the
coincidence repossd In him by the commit
-. be said thai the committee had placed
manv temptations In his way. The pFis-
oner, b said. vas advanced in years and .
esfppsA ~. D. Fsntoa. Who assisted The
proeecutjne attorney in the Trial Of Nc
Coomhs. concurred With the counsel ol The
prisoner In much that had bseu said. and
Joined him In moving the court 70 Ieni-
sncy- h committee bad invested Ne
Coomhs With moro authority than had
ben intended. Any sentence that the
court might impose would practically
terminate Tie prisoners acsivs career.
There Vas no occasioA Tor IN excessive sen
tence
Prssscutiae Attorney Carr followed. and
directed attention 70 the fact that too much
temptation had besn placed in the pfis-
oner's way by the committee. He referred
to the fact that the previous record OF the
prisoner was bad. Since coming 70 this
city his associates had been gamblers, and
his record previous 70 that had been sven
worse. He thought the sentence should
Be light. no sevsrer than necsssary 70 Vim
dictate TIE majesty II the Law.
The court then directed . few remarks 10
the prisoner. He said that he was In FUN
accord With the verdict Of the jury. and
believed that The prisoner Vas guilty. He
said hist his clsmepcy had been invoked
BY many professsd friends Of the prisoner.
whose friendship he felt he Vas not worthy
OF. The court was human. and had been
moved 10 extend to the prisoner al the
Ieniency possible With the gravity Of his
crime. He then sensenced him to
eve pears hard labor in the penitsntiary.
The prisoner gave the closest attention to
the judgment Of the court. He took his
sentsnce without . tremor. After judg-
ment had hem passsd upon him he shook
hands With bis counssl and also thanked
the attorneys Of the prosecution for their
remarks In his behalf
He was then conducted from the court
room By hAilia 10 his cell in the county
jail.
GEORGE rrnxEn PLEAps GUILTY.
George s. Turner. the accomplice of Nc
ccombs IN the endorsement Of relief
funds, upon arrsignment before Judge
Humes for obtaining money under false
pretenssa, pleaded guilty 10 thu charge and
W. sentonced to six months In The county
iail. The information charged him with
having check for I. W. Taylor on the re-
lief fund for SIS. representing himself 10 be
Taylor. and indorsing and csshinK the
check. Turner. whsn asked Il he had any
legal grounds Why sentence should not b
passed, replied that he had signed various
checks - charged. but did not know that
be vas doing anything wrong. He turned
the monsy over to McCoombs. from whom
he rsceived presents from time to time, but
supposed that Il vas for relief, - he had
lost everything In the are. Prosecuting
Attorney Carr said that the cas- was .
peculiar one. and moved the court for len
iency. He stated that McCoomhs had rep
resented to Turner that II was great favor
70 have him endorse the checks, a. his own
right hand wss crippled.
Turner's conduct, said the prosecuting
attorney, had not been that OF guilty
man. When arrested in New York city he
waived all the rights the laws Of that state
gave him In his situation, aud came back
willingly. The court thereupon imposed
upon him sentence Of ak months in the
county isil