San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-11-18
JOE MCDONALD
RECEIVES TEN YEARS FOR AR.
son IN The FIRST CASE.
There are Eight en- Cases Yet to BE
Tried-Be Takes ic Cody and
Expresses Himself.

burglary. came to close in Judge
Noonan's court yesterday afternoon
at 4 O'Clock and the jury was charged
and sent to their apartment. to de-
eide as to whether or not the defend-
ant was guilty. The court room was
crowded with citizens to the last and
much. comment was made on the
various testimonies and arguments
offered by the attorneys. At O'Clock
the jury returned to the court room
and the clerk read the verdict as
follows:
I'VE. the jury in the case of the
State vs. Joseph NJ Donald, charged
with arson, find detendsn guilty and
sentence him to ten years inprison
ment in the penitep tlsry
M. OPPENHEIMER, Foreman"
Every eye In the court room wss
fixed on the defendant as he was
quietly sitting In front of the Judge,
aud not a sign OF disappointment WAS
manifested on his part. He was seen
to wipe his eyes once during the
critical m Iment but this was not
caused from tears When asked by
reporter for the LIGHT regarding the
punishment, etc he said:
Ten years don't amount to much"
What do you think will be done
with you in the other eighteen
Gu ses, !" asked the reporter.
II have nothing to say. / Intend
to p'ead not guilty In every case"
II in a
during the time the Hartman house
was burned on BurlesOn street?'
"I don't care to cay. L will not
make any statement In any OF the
casesn
He talked freely of the happy
times he has enjoyed in San AntOnlp,
say ing he was educated at st. Mary's
college. When speaking of his sister,
he tor the first time showed signs OF
grief aud seemed to be hesrt broken
when the subject OF his family was
brought up
The sheriff then placed the iron
around his wrist and he was escOur-
ted to the jail, followed by masses of
excited meU.
THE SECOND CASE. -
At $50 o'clock the secory- case
of the State VS.. McDG.iatd came
up. The jury was selected by
Attorneys Psschs; and Walling,
and after beng sworn the pros
ecuting attorney read the indlct-
ment, sts:iug that the defendant
wac charged with burning the house
OF David Menk at San Pedro springs
on the afternoon OF July 22ud, the day
the arrest of the fire bug was made
Sarah Miller was the first witness
and her testimony was as follows:
Nancy Peterson was with me on
July %, when The house WAS turned.
[ was passing and saw Mcdonald
come out of the window. Don't know
whose house 1t was. saw q bed IN
side the house on fire. | first saw
this man coming out of the window.
1t was only q short time after | saw
him climb out of the window, when L
saw the bed on fire. / was not far
from him when | saw him L tried to
raise the alarm but no one heard me.
The defendant heard me because he
turned around, looked, and then went
on. Officer Schum Acner came aud |
told him had seen the man. | de.
scribed him to the officer. II got on
his horse aud went in tue direc ion
that the defendant went, North
Flores street.
Nancy Peterson was then sworn and
said:
IL was at Sarah MilIer's house on
the 22nd of July. L SAW Mcdonald
coming away from the house that was
burned. [ saw the fire. We cried
a HI ha nj
200 yards away. That is the very
man (pointing to McDOnald)."
Officer Anton Schumacher was the
next witness. His testimony was the
same as given yesterday. He said
that when he went to the house and
received information from the cniOred
woman he picked no piece OF wood
that had been cut out of the shutter
of the window entered; that when he
cought Mcdonald he found on him
chisel; that he fitted the tool to the
cut 10 ade in the wood and 1t fiG exact~
ly. He further said that he found in
his pocket fireman's badge belong
ing TO Julius Krisch: that he had on
Mr.. Krisch's coat.
Mr.. Menk, the prosecuting witness,
was placed on the stand. He identi-
fed a coat and vest, a revolver. flute,
scarf-pin and several other articles,
which had been stolen on the day of
the fire.
The case was submitted without ar.
gument and the jury was cautioned
and sent to the room at IL O'Clock.
At12 O'Clock they returned and the
following verdict was read by the
clerk:
1--WE the jury in the case of the
State VS.. Joseph Mcdonald, charged
with arson on the 22Id day of July,
find defendan tguilty sndssntenoe
himto 10 years 10 the psnietentl9ry
Mcdonald again displayed cool