The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-06-13

The Lat. st Chapter az the Resd-Eop7er
Tragedy 1t Wellington.

The case OF the state IS. Judge Reed, the
slayer of Isaac Hopper at " eilIngtou some
time ago. has been fully disposed Of 50 far
as the inferior courts are concerned. The
Winfield Courier gives the latest chapter
OF the tragedy as follows:
Today was set for the last act. as far as
the district court Is concerned, q the
| Reed murder case, the court oyerru.ed the
motion for q new trial yesterday aud this
morning sentenced the GefeniDnb 10
twelve years in the state peuitentiary.
| The court room WAS crowded II antjci-
/ patton of the event ard the proceedings
/ throughout were watched with great IN
/ terest by all present The county attorney
/ Of Sumner county, Mr.. Carver, with Mr..
/ Pollock, OF this city, represented the in
ter-su of the state, the defendant
| icing present il person and repre-
/ santed hy Colonel e. J. Peckhan,.
/ Judge Reed, when asked by the court II
I he had any legal cause TO show Why the
I Judgment OF the court should not be pro-
/ nounced at this tine in accordance with
/ the verdict Of the jury, addressed the
! court IN a ten minutes speech, protesting
| MS innocence Of the charge upon which
! he mas been convicted, and Insisting that
I his vindicaeion would appear IN the next
/ world. If not IN this. He was quite over
come with emotion at times, and WIFE
difficulty said what he had TO say.
I In concluding his remarks, Judge Reed
+ said:
Il have tried TO demean myself so as TO
i command the confidence and respect OF
/ those with whom | come IN contact /
+ have 10 words except those OF coumenda-
! tion for the treatment | have received at
/ the hands OF this court aud OF the jury,
which is a part OF 1t. | believe they have
acted honestly and candidly and with the
! sole desire TO do their duty. and the mis-
| take that has been made Is o1e OF the head
/ and not of the heart. As / said before,
| f6 drteen years ago | came to this country,
1 filed with ambition and courage; today
with that ambition gone and that courage
/ broken. | bow to receive with resignation
such action as the court shall see 1t 70
make knowing upon the IluaI day OF Iudg-
/ meut, Il not before, when appear before
/ the Great Judge, who Is able 10 search the
heart aud read the motives snd Thoughts
! ami intentions OF men, ! shall be heto
! guiltless or this charge. | have said per
( haps more than / ought 20 have sad. and
! will say nothing further except TO ask
/ your honor in administering that justice
/ which you deem to be right that you Will
/ temper judgment with mercy
I At the conclusion of Judge Reeds talk
! Colonel Peckham requested the court to
/ defer passing sentence until such time as
/ the transcript in the case could be per
! fected and the defendant admitted 20 bail
! by the supreme court pending decision
! OF his case in that court. 10
/ this objection WAS made BY the
state, and Judge Jackson de
! clined to postpone sentence TO any future
/ date, saying that in connection, however,
/ that if satisfactory arrangements could be
made between counsel III the case for the
defendant TO remain in jail here until bail
was fixed BY he"supreme court. instead
Of being taken to the peitentiary, that
this court would make no objection
The supreme court refuses TO entertain
application for bail until the appeals per-
fecred ID that court, hence the solicitation
Of the defendant and his counsel lest he De
taken 10 the peuitentiary pending prepara-
ton of his case for the supreme court.
The defendant was then sentenced TO
twelve years IN the state peDIEentlary and
was removed from the court room 10 the
Jail of the county where he will remain
until his bail i fixed by the supreme court.
In ali probability the amount or his baIi
will be $1,000 as that was the amount
fixed in the Patterson case by the supreme
court yesterday, the offense being the
same in both eases (murder in the second
degree, and the term of punishment also
the same, Wis. tw elye years. It was stated
by counsel that Judge Reed had arranged
to give bail as soon as the amount was
fixed upon, his father perfectlug arrange
ments 20 that effect.