St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-10-28
DlSGRACED THROUGH DRINK
An OLD VETERAN M KES A CONFESS
SION or HIS cRLNE
AND GETS A LIGHT SENTENCE

George Farrell Sentenced to Still
water for Five Years-R. p.
Stanton Pleads Guilty of For
gerry, and SO Does Alice Or.
mans Observation-Disclosures Court
Routine.
James Banks, bearded man Of forty :
eight, and who seemed 10 have fine
sense of his dishonor, pleaded guilty to
stealing a watch, cllail and cross from a
dwelling house into which he had gone
to sell piano polish. He made clear
statement TO the court. He had been a
soldier In the United States army. On
Aug. 20 last he was going about selling
his wares. He arrived at a house from
wI:ch there was no response when he
knocked. He opened screen door and
walked up stairs to where a second fam
i.y lived. There being no one at home
h. picked up watch lying on dresser,
and in leaving the house met the WOm-
an and child who lived there.
After he had walked block or two
boy ran after MIN and called him back.
He returned and admitted 10 the woman
that he had stolen the watch. She re-
fused TO accept it when he offered to
return tie stolen property. An officer
was called and he was lodged in Jail.
The man asked for mercy of the court.
and said that he had never committed
any previous otfeESe except getting
drunk. On the day in question he was
verging OH delirium tremens, and was
deeply sensible of the wrong he had
done.
Judge Kelly sentenced Banks to the
WorkhouSe for twelve months.
George Farrell, found guilty of par
tlcipating in the robbery of the laundry
OF Wah kee last summer, was sentenced
to five years at hard labor in the Still
wafer penitentiarY.
GUILTY AND AWAITING SENTENCE.
r. 2. Stanton pleaded guilty of pass
ing a forged check for SIS on his land
lady, Clara Sigmann. Sentence was de-
ferred until Monday to ascertain if the
reformatOry is not SO overcrOwded that
he cannot be sent to st. Cloud, other
wise the probabilities are that Judge
Kelly will comply with the request of
his attorney to sentence him to the
Saltwater prison under the refOrmatory
law of last winter. By that law no one
over twenty-one years old may be sent
TO the st. Cloud prison unless the report
for the calendar month shows that there
are vacant cells for confinement.
Frank VickIa.a boy of eighteen years,
pleaded guilty to all Indecent assault
upon Alice May Orman, rather good
looking young girl of seventeen years
of age. Vickia will be sentenced next
Thursday.
Edward Zirlezinski and his brother
Frank pleaded guilty of stealing some
clothing and a watch from the residence
of Elias Il. Stevenson while the family
was out of the city. The younger boy is
but fifteen years old, and he pleaded
guilty to petty larceny. The county at
tOrney stated that the older boy has
been convicted before, but was disposed
to ask the court to be lenlent with the
younger boy. Judge Kelly took the
matter under consideration until this
morning, when he will determine as to
whether the younger boy can be SELL
fenced to pay fine merely or not.
John Weber was tried yesterday on
an Indictment for participating in rob-
bling the Delaney saloon at the corner of
Fifth and Robert streets on June Z, and
carrying away silver cash register
worth 5000 and containing $50 in cash.
After being out over an hour the jury
returned with verdict of guilty.
A WISE WARNING.
John Nash, alias John Clark, was
brought into court to answer to the i'll
dictment for the alleged larceny of a
watch from the residence of j. NJ. Gil
man. The county attorney asked leave
to nolle the indictment for larceny,
saying that he relied on the statement
of James Flynn in the case. Nash had
been tried for the burglary of the same
house. and was acquitted. James Flynn
and William Bishop had pleaded guilty
to the burglary charge, and had been
sentenced. one to the reformatory and
the other TO the penitentiary.
In permitting the larceny case to be
nollied as to Nash, Judge Kelly said
that lie had formed the opinion that he
was as guilty as the other two boys, but
in discharging him, as the Jury had evil
IDENTIFY done on the other charge through
compassion, he wanted to remind him
that unless he should mend his ways he
would go to the devil as sure as the
morroW's sun shall rise OH the head of
his honor.
JUDICIAL JOTTINGS.
Judge Otis has filed decree in the
cause of John l.. Fox and Mary Fox
against Thomas Russell and others. 1t
is decided that lot 8 of block 5, Mining
er's addition, be partitioned. The
plaintiffs are entitled to a deed for a
half interest In the lot and lien on the
interests of the Russells for costs and
for S570.35, which is one-half of the
sum advanced as part payment on the
property.
Julia E. Merrick asks for decree of
divorce from Edward A. Merrick, whom
she accuses of adultery in st. Louis
with Mamie Sabini. The Merricks were
married at Hudson, Wis, in July, 1890.
She is thirty-one and he thirty-two
years old. The wife has considerable
amount of property owned before her
marriage which she desires to control
free of any rights by her husband.
Thomas Moore has sued the Burling-
ton Insurance company, of Burlington.
To-, to recover $1,000 due on policy of
insurance issued on electric motor and
elevator damaged by fire in building
at 2l4 NicOllet avenue, Minneapolis
The BoylSton Insurance company is
also sued by Moore on a policy for
$1,000.
In the personal injury case of Paul
Boyer against The Twin City Rapid
Transit Company the jury disagreed
and the case will be tried again.
Judge Brill's court is trying the cause
of henry r. p. Hamilton against G. b.
LaWton.
The case of Reuben Warner against
Joseph J. Brown ct al. still occupies the
time of Judge Egan and jury
The case of Carl E. Erickson against
Charles Armstrong went to the Jury
early in the afteanoon.