St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-03-03
SENTENCED TO TEN YEARS.
I'VE TERM THOMAS 0'8RIsN GETS Ar
STiLLWATER.
o'MALLY TO nEFoaMAToRY.

Judge Willis, in Sentencing
Il O'Brien, Reminds Him OF, the
!, Enormity ofthe Crime He Com
- mitted Upon Jacob Miller
u O'Mally's Sentence Made Light
So Because of Previous Record.
Thomas O'Brien was yesterday SEN
fenced by Judge Willis to the peniten.
tiary at Saltwater for ten years. Obi
Ell was convicted Of assault in the
second degree, and got theefull limit of
the law. He is the man who parti CT
pated in holding up Jacob Miller and
shooting him in the hand last Decem-
Der, when Mr.. Miller was on his way to
the Central Park church in company
with his wife, to attend evening services.
O'Brien stated that he is a native of st.
Paul. and is all uphOlsterer by trade.
He is twenty-nine years old. In passing
sentence Judge Willis called attention
to the gravity of the offense. ana OBJ
served that it was fortunate that the
man did not have to answer to the crime
of murder instead of mere assault. He
was reminded that he had made an
assault with dangerous weapon in the
night time, with the intention to commit
robbery. The presumption was that he
wanted money to squander on the
hYenas, the Taylor women. at whose
place he and others were found short
time after the highway robbery. The
court said that he would Impose
penalty that would be just punish
ment and at the same time warning to
others.
Walter O'Mally. who was convicted
OF participating i'll holding up Charles
M. Banker. an express driver. on the
night of Oct s last, at the corner of
Fourteenth and Jackson streets, was
sentenced to the state reformatory. He
is nineteen years old, and has no trade.
Seven persons who knew O'Mally were
examined by the court, and stated that
OfMally had been a locomotive fire.
man, and had been very industrious and
sober until few months ago. He was
never known to miss day Or to drink
or keep bad company. A few months
ago he was given leave of absence to go
home for few days. Instead of secur-
AIS paoS dO fiOldlcu tl0 Iul0o
of the company and took passage
on all engine with fireman and en-.
gineer with whom lie was acquainted
The train was freight, and, having
stopped at station, the engineer went
into the station to secure orders. While
there the fireman in charge, suppos-
ing he had received signal
to start the train, did so. expecting
tue engineer to jump on the train and
make his way to the engine. The signal
was false one. and the engineer did
hot get on the train. The train dis
patcher sent orders to the next station
to hold the train, and the engineer over
took his train with handcar. O'Mally
and his friend were discharged from
the railway service for this, and after
that he got to drinking. Judge Willis,
IL sentencing o. aially, expressed hope
that he would reform.
William BURDEN, the colored man
convicted of stealing clothing from the
Sansnme secondhand store, was given
reformatory sentence at the Saltwater
prison.
The Howard and Miller bank rob-
berry cases. as we'll as all other criminal
cases, were continued to the March
term of court, which opens next Mon
day.
The grand jury will convene Monday,
pursuant to adjournment. and consider
such cases as have accumulated III the
past few weeks.