The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1892-02-27
Given Their Medicine.

! The court cleaned up the criminal
calendar Tuesday evening; and We'd
neslay morning Judge Marshall gave
/ to each con demned individual his or
/ her dose of medicine which, in the
minds IF some people, is supposed to
cure the disease of sin or to eradicate
the desire to do evil.
OF the fifteen criminals tried eight
were found guilty of the crimes
charged. The first to be called were
John Uannon and his wife Jennie,
charged with keeping house of i'll
repute and of enticing young girls TO
lives of shame When asked if he had
anything to say why sentence should
not be passed upon him, Mr.. Harmon
thought he had and proceeded to make
a speech of considerable length, III
which he tried to show that he was a
sort of prosecuted wingless angel. lie
said that he had never done d mean
act in his life, and that if sent to pris-
on his once happy home would be
III u anu tiiil III oiiS "ohi'a bI
left to care for their little daughter,
who. by the way, is now, with the par
ent's consent, being brought up liz a
! house Of i'll fame. The Judge then
gave Mrs. Harmon chance to speak.
She first of all wanted 10 read an arti-
Gle which had been published in the
& II, but this was uSt a little more
than even the goodnatured Judge could
stand and she was called down" on
/ that point. She then proceeded to
abuse everybody who had not believed
! i'll her innocency and purity. After
she got through the Judge had the
floor and in his most impressive tones
read the guilty pair lesson which they
VIII not soon forget. He held up be
fore them the Nervousness Of the crimes
of which they had been convicted,
gave some good advice and made the
penalty as light as he could under the
circumstances He then sentenced
| them to two years in the penitentiary
each to have four days Of solitary con-
| fnement.
p. J. Murphy, accused OF many
thefts was found guilty on the one
particular count and was sent to Wau
pan for one year. \ sister Of the con-
demned man was with him all through
the trial and won many friends during
those few days Of her great distress.
! John Darby WAS charged with shoot
! ing Mr.. Fisher at East Superior with
the intent to do great bodily harm. By
! the evidence it was not quite clear
! whether Darby shot Fisher at all or
not Fisher was the man who had the
/ revolver ana first introduced the the.
cry Of shooting, when Darby proceeded
to take the revolver away from him,
and at least some of the witnesses
! thought it was during this scutIie that
Fisher was shot, but by whose hand
! could not be determined. The jury
found tie accused guilty of assault,
and the finding of the court was six
months III the county Jail or pay a fine
of 500. The probabilities are that
/ Darby's friends Will not allow him
to remain IN jail Hong, but VIII pay his
! cine and give him his liberty.
Owen Haley was charged with rob
! berry Owen stoutly denied the soft
impeachment, and goes TO prison for
one year IS Il white winged martyr for
an0ther'S crime.
/ The jury said John Robinson was
guilty Of stealing watch, and as
watches are very cheap now the Judge
only gave him six months in tie coun-
~ jail
John Casey and Albert IIonkhorst
were charged with highway robbery.
They made a strong fight for acquittal
but the jury thought the state had
! well sustained the charge made and
found them guilty. They each got two
years at Waupnn.
The cases tried since the criminals
were disposed of are Of civil charac
ter and of 20 particular interest To
the pubic.