The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-11-06
lark GETS FORTY YEARS
he Remaining Charge Against
Helen Forslund Dismissed,
and She Is Free.
Ills Testimony Undoubtedly Saved
Her From q Term In
Deer Lodge.
he Unexpected Arrival OF Helen's Sister
FROM South Minneapolis Prostrates
the Young Woman.

1t0 ShAS
From south Minneapolis Prostrates
the Young Woman.
Henry Clark, "a years old, goes 20 tne
enitentiary with a sentence OF forty years,
or holding up Conductor Richardson, In
elena, on the night Of Oct. z, 1881. Helen
kcrslund Ia Frustrated by a nervous shock
aused by the unexpected appearance OF her
later from Minneapolis. The good tina
,ws will, il Clark secures credit for all that
he laws allow, reduce his actual conflne-
aent to about Twenty-Five years. 1t re-
nsins to be demonstrated what KIND OF q
PRISONER he will make. The Judge ADVISED
hat his pistols be sold and that the money
10 applied to reimburse Ray for the money
aiken from him by Clark. It was also or
cred that Richardson have his watch re-
urned to him and that Ray secure his.
Jlark trembled visibly during the remarks
Il Judge Hunt, and he never took his eyes
III thu Judge during the whole time.
The county attorney made q statemsnt
a the court before Diminishing the
snaining charge against Helen Fors.
md, He said that the evidence would
end to show that within a very few min
,tes before GroRan was shot shs was about
be house she lived in, and ~ there was no
,erson but Clark seen by anyone at the
ime Of the orime the state was left with
he confessions already introduced. Inc
Eourt said he thought it there was no mole
Evidence to corroborate the confession tnan
had been introduced in the trial OF the
richardson robbery, the action OF the
.ounty attorney was advisable In view OF
he verdict of the jury in the case upon
which she wa tried. The judge said that
With the evidence of Mrs.. Wolf and Mr..
Vaughn il certainly WAS very doubtful
{ she was present with Clark and ne
bought that the jury believed it to be a
physical impossibility for tho woman to
nave left the house and reached the scene
BIZ the crime. The leave was granted there
ore to enter a nolle pros. w
The sheriff then brought Helen into
court. Her face was bright and she evil
IDENTIFY knew of some good news
"Stand up," said Judge Hunt. sne
promptly arose. "You were acquitted on
bne charge against you, and now upon the
statement and motion of the county attor-
nsy a mol pros is entered upon inc otnel
charge against you-thab is you are not to
be- prosecuted upon the second information.
do hope that you will go home to your
parents at once and that you will hence
forth lead a reputable and a stralght1or
ward life. You may CO." Hslen's eyes
twinkled, she smiled, made a DOW o. o.
wan. went out OF the court room, a fret
woman upon the world.
Judge Hunt in passing sentence on Ciarl
raid:
"The verdict Of the jury in your case wal
wholly responsive to the evidence adduces
on the trial and e%minently just. You CAM
M Helena with a supply OF weapons ant
ammunition. If you had sold Those plsto !
and cartridges and converted them INT,
money. YOU would have had means enough
TO ave enabled you and your co-defendan
to awe lived honest and reputable I'VE
until Won found a position where you coul'
make a livelihood like any other decen
man. But you preferred to sleep by da!
and to rob, and If necessary murder, you
defenceless fellow-man by night. AM
when YOU undertook that means OF llvell
hood, Clark, you did it at your peril, an
with a full knowledge Of the terrible conse.
hendsd. / say terrible consequences. be
cause at this time the dignity OF this gtate
the mace of her inhabitants and the safet
of this community demand that tn
court impose upon you a sentence :
be graduated according to tn
extent Of The danger OF y ethsr CRIME I'M go No s so
ample NAV be deferred from like violation
of Tie laws of tho state. For you individ
ually. there ia but little hope upon the ~
fornlatory theory of punishment. 10 max
a good man Of The highway robber an
would-be assassin is, l fear, beyond III
candid expectation of any thinking persol
-, ~,c{&ar how foJpivinO he NAV be or tn
weakness of his fellowman, or how zealou
he NAV he in believing in the reformatlo
or redemption OF n hardened criminal;
"You ale to be commended, though, 10
one single thing, Clark. When you cam
upon the witness stand and swore. upon tt
trial Of Helen Forslund, that she was nc
with you at the time of the Richardson rol
bery, whether you spoke the truth or spoil
falsely, the motive which prompted you
testify in her behalf must have sprung frol
II sense of loyalty to her and a wish
save her from a fate like yours. You ma
seduced that woman and brought her in
the fearful condition that confronted he
Or the other hand, she had, by her letter
YOU. led to your detection, and If You ha
harbored malice against her for Leading
your apprehension, n If you had swol
upon the witness stand that she WAS WI
YOU that night, | doubt not tnat tne 1u,
would nave believed your statement ar
"OAiS NM
crime of robbery.
$50 that YOU may always remember tn
the last words of your civil life were utter
for the sake of making some reparatlon
her whom you had dragged into the al
grace that surrounds her. Ii those wort
were true, it was but a simple act of justl
on your part, to be credited to you, ho'
ever. under the circumstances. Ii sou col
mitted perjury in u~ttering them 1T was do
with = motivs which a charitable world v
look kindly at. and for such perjury "
should not be too harshly criticised.
81 have underworld to fix YOUR senten
SO that you may ~outlive it, but if you d
YOU will BIO an old man, broken down. Al
will have but a few years left in which
try and live an honest life and retire
yourself. s.
ut ID the judgment of the law and t
sentence of the court that you, Henry
Clark, be confined at hard labor III t
state prison at Deer Lodge. in tho coun
of Deer Lodge, in the state OF Montana, I
the period of forty yea from to-day, a
that you be remanded to the custody OF 7
sheriff of the county of Lewis and Clarl
to he by him delivered to the proper stt
authorities for the enforcement of this &c
%tenCe."
SHE TS GOING HOME,