The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-11-29
Three Desperate Criminals Sem
fenced in Court To-Day.
THREE NOTED CASES SETTLED.
the Court as He Leaves the Court
Room-One of the Men Killed an Old
Man, Another Killed His Wife with
Fiatiron-The other is a Crook with
a Had Record.

Daniel Sullivan. Timothy DALEY and
Owen Kirby, three persons convicted o
capital crimes at the September term OF
the court OF common pleas, were brought
before Judges Wilbur and Rogers thi'
morning to receive their sentence. Tn,
court room was crowded with interes tee
spectators when the court sat, soon after
9:'0 o'clock. The prisoners, who hat
b,el brought in from Cranston early this
morning, were then brought In one at a
time, the first TO receive the sentence oi
the court being Owen Kirbv convicted OF
highway robbery in East Providence, In
Knocking down "a man name Carpenter
and taking a ring from his finger and
some money from his pocket.
He was asked by the court IL he had
ANYTHING TO say, and he replied: "Ihave
nothing TO say, your honor. but l had
nothing to do with the robbery" The
judge remarked that the witnesses told "a
different story. Mr.. Conley, counsel for
Kirby, was sent for to see ir he had any
thing to say, and he made a strong plea
for leDiency, on the ground Of the meagre
testimony against Kirby in this particu-
lar case; and claiming that he should be
entitled to any doubt that might exist
He also appealed In behalf of the good
sanding of his parents aud relatives
Attorney General Burbank stated that
besides the ofense committed by this
man In obtaining money under false pre-
tences, for which he was fined SIS, there
We're three other indictments pending
against him, one for forgery, one for lar
ceny and one for larceny from the person
During the counsePs allusion to kirby's
GOOD connections the latter broke down
and wept bitterly. The court declared
that there was no question as to the cor
rectness OF the verdict rendered by the
jury. His counsel had pleaded for the
minimum sentence-fve years-but that
was wholly inadequate To expiate the
offense, and he was sentenced to ten
years in the State prison.
Kirby is q young fellow, but 90 years
Of age, and OF neat and rather progresses
1 x appearance, but he has bad record
and hard name.
Yankee Dan" Sullivan. convicted of
the murder of Anthony 5. Haswell, was
tnn brought in. He looks much better
than when he left the court room after
the verdict had been rendered against
him. His case was disposed OF in few
moments. and those were occupied by his
counsel, George j. West, in explaining
his position and the fact that nothing
had been done toward securing the con-
victed man u new trial. lie said that
Sullivan's relatives had not forwarded
the 500 necessary to procure the copy OF
the testimony in the case from the steno-
grapher, necessary TO "A submission of the
case to the higher COURT and that he had
urged the court to grant an order for
such a copy on the ground of the poverty
OF the defendant; but the court had con-
sidered that such a course would estab-
lish an undesirable precedent, and had
declined TO do so.
The court recognized Mr.. Vests posi-
tion, and relieved HIM from all intima-
tion of being in the least degree lax in
the matter. and referred to the course
left open for a new trial by filing peti.
tion within a.year. sullivan was then
sentenced to the State Prison for life.
AS he was led away he waved his hat
pleasantly to the court.
Timothy DALEY, convicted OF the mur-
der of his wife with a flatiron in this
city last June, was then brought before
the court. Lawyer Sheahan had nothing
to say in the face of the verdict, except
that he was convinced of the irresponsi-
bility of his client at tue time of the kill
ing Daley was sentenced to the State
Prison for life. Mr.. Sheahan will peti-
tion for a new trial.