St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-02-16
"SLIM" DUGAN' SSENTENCE
1T WILL PROBABLY Be PASSED UPON
HIM TO-DAY.
"YoRKEx" Is RELEASED.

He Told the Sheriff, Who CO..
graduated Him, to Go to Ha-
des-Dick Reed Will Also BE
Released Dugan Swears He
Is Innocent, But will Take
His Medicine Just the Same.
The old court house was practically
deserted yesterday, and the benches in
the criminal room were bare and empty.
During the early forenoon many people
came to the court house expecting 10
hear "Slim" Dugan. the convicted muir
derer, sentenced. They were disap-
pointed, however, for Judge Jamison
decided to take days rest before
sending Dugan to his final residing
place. Saltwater. 1t is likely he will
pronounce sentence today. 1t will be
llfer, and when the little crook enters
the iron gates of his prison he may bid
farewell forever to the free air and sun
shine. The jury which brought in the
verdict of guilty were not all of one
mind when they entered the little room
to consider the evidence. There were
several men who thought Dugan should
hang. and on the first ballot there were
eight who voted for verdict of muir
der in the first degree and three for
the second degree, one refraining from
voting. AS the verdict showed. COM
promise was effected, and to this Dugan
owes his life.
Yesterday the county Jail resembled a
place of public exhibition. Dugan was
The attraction, visitors being allowed to
come in and look at him. Naturally,
the convicted man objected to standing
as curiosity in cage, and he is not to
be blamed tor it, either. But he was
obliged to bear 1t, and he tell back OH
ScowlS and curses for relief. He
stoutly maintains his innocence, aud
says that some day the public will find
out he is not the man the state proved
him to be. That he will peach" how
ever, is out of the question. He has too
much nerve and bravado for that.
A detective asked him yesterday
afternoon If he could not give some
interesting information concerning the
murder if he were not the guilty person
and his only reply was:
I'm not saying a word, see! FIJI take
my medicine like man and 90 to prison
prepared to spend the rest of my life
hHSAO. ali L VIC SOl " Sdy uOWtfSI, Is
that Pm not the man who killed this
Harris"
The question of blood money now
comes up, and the query is, "Who will
get the reward for convicting Dugan?'
Undoubtedly Jim Sheridan the saloon
keeper is entitled to portion If not all
OF ii, for it has been understood all
along that he was assured large sum
of money if he would divulge the names
of Tie men who committed the crime
Whether Sheriff Eye is given any of the
reward money remains to be seen. As
an official of the county, whose duty is
to do exact Y what he has done. he is
not entitled 10 a cent of the reward.
Owing to the press of business and
the uncertainty of securing another
jury, the case of Joe White will go over
to the next term. In the meantime the
state will gather fresh evidence and
hopes to convict him more readily than
Dugan. He was arIaigned before Judge
Jahison ABOUT noon and notified of the
continuance OF his case. In the case of
"Yorkey' Lyons, or Chambers. County
Attorney Nye moved a nolle, as the
evidence In the case did not even estab-
llsh the fact of his being In the city at
the time of the murder. "Yorkey" was
accordingly released from custody. and
it did not take him long to shake the
dust of the court house from his feet.
He was in bad humor. and when Sheriff
Eye congratulated him on his release,
he replied:
"Oh, go to HI! Phi see that you get
we'll paid for this dirty work to me-
1t is said that "Yorkey" will sue
Sheriff Eye for false Imprisonment. The
case of Dick Reed, the other suspect.
was not settled yesterday, owing to the
absence of his attorney, but it is under
stood that hn will be discharged in day
or two. He will have another case
against the sheriff for false ilnprison-
ment.