The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-02
LATEST OAKLAND NEWS.
Walter Lambert Is Sentenced
to Five Years at San
Quentin.
WILL APPEAL THE CASE
Judge Frick Says There Is a Lesson
in the Prisoners Melancholy
Condition.


Court and once the king-pin politician OF
the Athens of the Pacific, will spend the
next five years in San Quentin
When he came up yesterday morning be-
fore Judge Prick for sentence his attorney
was not present, and an effort was made to
have the case postponed to future date,
but Judge Frick allowed Lambert until II
o'clock to find his legal adviser, and stated
that he would pass sentence at that hour,
attorney or no attorney. AT the noon
hour Attorney Brearty was present and
made motion for an arrest of judgment,
which was promptly denied. He then
argued motion for a new trial on the
ground of errors of the court in instructing
the jury and in ruling upon matters OF law
occurring during the trial, and upon the
further ground that the verdict was
contrary to law. He claimed there
was no proof that when Samuel
Mitchell drew his check for moneys turned
over to Lambert, that it was not q private
transaction. He commended that 1t was
not in evidence that it was public money.
He also argued that the fact that Lambert
/ had gone to the islands was only matter
S.f common report and not in evidence and
no proof of his guilt. He commended that
the District Attorney had said: why
don't the defendant take his medicine and
plead guilty? He can't escape the conSe-
Quences of the facts submitted to the jury
by sitting silent.
He asked. finally, that Lambert be COM
mitted as insane and sent where he could
be treated by competent physicians, rather
than to prison.
Judge Frick denied the motion and
passed sentence on Lambert in the follow
ing words: "A sad lesson may be taken
- i / -. r. II.
young man, as shown by the testimony OF
his physicians, as the result of vicious as
sociates and excessive indulgence in drink.
The element of vengeance has vanished
out OF our judicial system. The pur-
pose OF a sentence is for reforma-
ton and TO deter others from
committing crime. / shall not impose the
full extent of the law, but l shall inhict
such sentence as shall serve as warning
TO others who have the handling of public
money that its misappropriation shall not
so unpublished.
The judgment OF the law and the SEN
tence OF this court is that you, w. r.
Lambert, shall be taken hence and de
livered to the Warden OF San Quentin and
there imprisoned for five years"
He might as well have given me life,
said Lambert. as he dropped heavily into
his chair.
An appeal viii be taken to the Supreme
Court and another effort made to save
Lambert from prison.
Mrs4 Starr Is Insane.
Mary A. Starr, the widow of A. D. Starr,
the milling man, is hopelessly insane. At
the time of Mr.. Stars death he was sup
q posed to be worth over million dollars.
His wife who was in West Kirby, Eng
land, for her health at the time, was not
informed OF her husband demise on ac-
4 count OF her Feeble condition. Her friends
! supposed that there was a large fortune
y left her, and so decided to keep the mat
ter quiet until she had regained her health.
But upon investigation it was found that
the supposed millionaire had died almost
penniiesS.
The unfortunate woman did not get bet
ter, but nevertheless she was informed OF
her husbands death. The sad news
caused her to become hopelessly insane.
The deposition of L. a. Boggs, the person
with whom she has been staying in Eng
land, was read in court to-day, in which
j he SAYS Mrs. Starr has twice tried to com
init suicide and at one time she was placed
s IN an insane asylum at Liverpool g. K.
Johnson has applied for letters of admins
tration upon the estate, which is of little
value.
The City's Money Tie-Up.
City Treasurer Gilpin does not like the
way in which he has been abused by
. city's money rightly proportioned in the
various departments. He says that he
stated the situation Of affairs to the Council
last week, but they paid no attention
TO him. g..
When seen yesterday morning he said
"a man goes out of his Way to do favor
and the thanks he gets is abuse. 1t seems
to NE there is some one in this building
/ who is irving to do me up. The same man
tried it before election and is continuing
IL now. If there is any dereliction it is on
the part of the Council, who did not order
the transfer Of money last week.
81 10 not propose to be accused of dere-
Aclon oy any one, especially when 1t IS
not my fault that there is not money on
hand TO meet these demands. l told the
Finance Committee that there was $4,000
IN the Street Department fund and only 81
registered against it..
Cricket at Golden Gate.
The Bohemias and Pacifics played
lively game of cricket at Golden Gate Sun
day before a large crowd of spectators
w. II. Howard, a well-knoWn player from
British Columbia, assisted the latter team
very materially. The score was tie at "a.
The Pacifcs succeeded IN equallzlng their
opponents in the number of points by
,aorilliant catch which marked the iall OF
Nhe last wicket. Bohemia went to the bat
nrst and were disposed of for "a runs;
. OdeH H. Robertson. II, Bowhil 10, being
the only ones to make double figure
score. The Paciics went to the bat and
tied the score. Eleven runs were made by
each of the Theobald brothers. Wlseman
and Harbour did equally as well. The
score was tied by Brown of the Pacific
making heavy hit off Robertson's pitch.
Funeral of Mrs. HaIIahan.
The funeral of the late Mrs. Ellen Halla-
han took place yesterday morning from
the Church of the Immaculate Conception.
Father King conducted high mass, with
Father Slaven as deacon and Father Has
lin as sub-deacon. Beautiful floral pieces
were offered by Mrs. w. E. Dargie James
Brown, Colonel Bendel. Fred Becker, Mrs.
g. w. Wheaton, Mrs. Charles Webb How
ard, Mrs. Martin Kellogg and Mrss Austin
OF Golden Gate Park.
The interment was in st, Mary's Gene
terry. The pall-bearers were: Stephen Rice,
James Farley Captain Callahan John
Donohue, James Smith and Patrick Ma
honey.
Change of Street Hydrants.
By a resolution introduced by Council
man HeitmaR, the City Council last even
ing ordered the Contra Costa Water Com
pany to disconnect its mains from all
hydrants east of Broadway from that
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