The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-02-15
SASSED THE COURT
HORSE THIEF FORD'S DISGRACEFUL
SCENE IN DISTRICT COURT.
Many Men Sentenced for Their Grim
inal DOings-Een Bailey Gets a
Ripping up for Injurious Non
Professional Conduct A
Good Record for Term.

'The sentence of this court is" said
Judge Reed,s yesterday, addressing J. j.
| Ford alias Siegler. ''that you be confined
| in the penitentiary of the state with hard
labor for period of seven years"
! "Is that all you can give me, ludgeF'
said Ford.
Eyes. SIR"
"You would give me twenty years if you
could,' replied Ford with some obscene
| remarks.
"Yes, sir, with great pleasure said the
| judge "Penitentiaries are made for such
wretches as you"
Here the prisoner burst into furious,
vile and obscene fit OF Indignation and
promised the judge to get even with him.
The court was crowded and everybody
became excited, but the judge who re-
tanned his dignity. 1t looked for time as
if those present would throw the prisoner
out the window, and were surprised why
the judge did not step off the bench and
take vengence on the wretch.
The judge in his own thoughts prob
ably wished;he could descend from his
own exalted position long enough to make
him sorry for his remarks, but he re-
Ldlucu ulo COVAuCSo dut SOuSAoCACu VIC
characterless source Of the vile epithets
hurled at him.
1t was shocking display of the crimi-
nal and depraved nature of Forde, and an
excellent justification of the wisdom of
the sentence pronounced upon him. Forde
was found guilty of stealing horses, and
the evidence showed that he is habitual
horse thief.
Yesterday was sentence day in the court,
the criminal term having ended on the 10th
after lasting exactly month. 1t
was a very successful term and the court
and its officers are to be congratulated
The jury was fair. intelligent and inn
partial one and in all cases the results
were justified by the evidence. One very
noticeable result of the capacity of this
jury was the large percentage of convic-
tions. The following is list of the cases
tried and the sentences imposed:
Edward Clark, for criminal libel, fined
S. and costs.
Preston Cornelius. stealing a buggy,
sentenced to sixty days in Jail.
Robert Clark. fourteen years old, sem
tsnced to the reform school for burglary
and larceny.
A. j. Stcne, stealing chickens, sentenced
to eighteen months in the penitentiary.
George Smith, alias Taylor, larceny, |
sentenced to five years in the peniten.
tiary.
E. A. Barnaby, selling whisky. sentence
postponed till Saturday.
Ula Fitzhugh, grand larceny, two years I
and six months in the penitentiary.
Nellie Stewart, stealing a flannel under
shirt, sentence deferred till Saturday.
L. p. Thompkinson, obtaining money |
under false pretense, one year in the peni-
William Huff, petty larceny, sixty days
in Jail.
Ed Briley, stealing hogs, sentence; defer
red till Saturday.
George Caldwell, grand larceny, eighteen
months in the penitentiary.
Caldwell WAS charged with stealing a
Knights Templar coat from Dr. Boyd and
it was found in his possession and there
fore he was easily convicted. A few days
ago he sent for Ben Bailey and
said to him Mr. Bailey
want you to make talk to the court in
my behalf when am sentenced"
Have you any money!" said Ben.
Eyes, So" said Caldwell.
Fork it over" said Ben, "and l am
your huckleberry."
Ben did become his huckleberry but he
wished he hadn't when Judge
Reed got through with him. Judge Reed
found out that Bailey had taken the
money for such an unprofessional pur-
pose and scored him for it. He said that
such practice was injurious alike to the
profession and to the cause of justice
Ben took his medicine, compared the
amount of coal and flour the = would buy
and the soreness caused by the judges
and found the comparison in his
'avor and consequently satisfied.