The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-02-26

wI1Ie tnem nor give my consent tor
them to come ano find out whether |
was insane or not No doubt the mo-
tives of these men were humane, but it
was through the connivances of Jailor
Morris that they got into that jail"
During the further course of his re-
marks Prendergast several times COM
pared the martyrdom he was to suffer to
that suffered by Christ. He was evi-
IDENTIFY very nervous.
Just before Judge Brentano began the
delivery of his speech denying the mo-
ton for new trial, Attorney S. S.
Gregory filed motion in arrest of
judgment, which was overruled. He
then asked for 80 days in which to file
bill Of exceptions upon which to take
the case to the supreme court. This
was granted. Prendergast was SEN
fenced to hang subsequently in less than
80 days. 1t was stated, however that if
it became necessary the court could ex-
tend the time and fix new date for the
execution. 1t is probab BILE that the bill
of exceptions will be filed within 10
days.
The Sentence of the Court.
Prendergast was ordered to stand up
during the reading of the sentence.
Judge Brentano said:
Patrick Eugene Prendergast-ltr rarely
falls to the lot of the court to DISCHARGE
SO painful duty as devolves upon it in
this case. You stand at this bar con-
vlcted Of the crime of murder of fell
low being, and it is incumbent on me to
pronounce sentence on you. You have
had fair and impartial trial, and you
have been defended by counsel whose
zeal and devotion in your behalf merit
the highest praise and compel the ad-
miration of the court. l do not think
that l can fairly be subjected to the
criticism that l did not allow you the
widest latitude in the presentation of
evidence that in any way tended to es-
tablish the defense made for you, and
you were given the benefits of all pre-
sumptions which the law says you are
entitled to have. Despite all this, you
have been found guilty in accordance
with the we'll established principles of
law and evidence governing trials of
this kind.
"Possibly large part of this commu-
nifty would, for the sake of the reputa-
ton OF this great city, upon whom the
eyes of the world were at the time
| riveted, have been comforted if the YER
dict of the jury had established the fact
that your act was that of mentally
irresponsible person, but the result of
the trial denies people that comfort.
Not Insane Enough to Escape.
"The evidence did not establish that
you were acting under an insane delu-
sion which irresistiblv imnelled Won To
the commission Of an act which you did
not discern to be wrong and over which
you had not the power to exercise con-
troll.
The jury has found that when you
committed the act, you fully understood
1t, and its consequences, and that, you
might have controlled your actions if
you had so willed, and that your own
misguided will was the sole impulse to
the commission of the deed.
mo imaginary inspiration to do a
personal wrong under delusion or be-
lief that some great public benefit will
flow from it, when the nature of the act
done and its probable consequences, and
that the act is in itself wrong are known
TO the actor, can amount to that in
sanity which in law disarms it of Grim
inality.
To Hang March 23,
Situated as you are. would not say