The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-03-24

f-~r & go He murdered her fo- rsorsT.
got Fzgi and started 70 gamble Il away
sssr5cion fsiI upon hf-a and ~ T2s a.
rested given preliminary exam irstl0n
TSecernher 2 Of the same year. Bound ever
ard after 3 tr1zi. which lasted from Fefs-
uary s 70 February ~. TIE gury brought
r. TIE remarkable verdict q rIsns1suEh-
ter On Msrrh =. Is14. as vas sentenced
20 tire periterfiary Tor rsrso1 q twenty
years bus instead % going there took N
APPEAL. ard while e Wzs pending remain
- Brl the county 52iE. TIE supreme court
recently granted ksna r. rev trtat hecacse
one q TIE jurors showed by sis sxaTziFa-
tlor that D. was Gis1uaiffss6 70 serve. Suf
the court permitted him 20 remain as ore
% ''rwelve good u3sn ard true
Fruit Ripe for the G,elIows-
Wgliie Mason met death a. the hands
cf Charles SoFasfrorn Cd <0reEnkrer =
fssl $or3sfrom VAS arrested tad hfs
hearing seven days after fhe crime = as
committees. and on January :. lsZ ms
trial began. IL Ias1eG six DAYS an8 me
Jury rendered = verdict Of guilty 0f Frur-
der Ia the first degree On April = -
b. zas brought before the court and sen
fenced 70 hans. he a. once gave notf>s
q auNaAL and the supreme court. = nlch
pa ssed upon his case Harrh =. 1s4 more
than two years after the crime had been
committed. affirmed she decision o. the
lower court wkereWpou NQTg9str0sil as
sentenced 70 hang Izne =. iss4. The ae-
fendaurfE counsel then carried the case
into tne United States supreme court.
whore # IS now pemsilng- decision =
expected sometime this month and one
81 the principal points whi1h have been
raised by the defendant -. Can per
son BE- couyictea u a felony without nrst
bring indicted by a grand jury
james Murphy TWO Trials.
James Murphy has had two trials FOR
killing Phi Dave or the afternoon OF
July . lse and was convicted potn
times 80 n urder "a fhe Second degree
Ills preliminary hearing after his arrest
carre OF on Angus, 81 The same year.
and In the following Decf uter ne ha1
hls first trial The case went 20 he jury
December q four days after u began. ara
a verdict % murder Ia the second DE-
>ree vas returned
Fge was sentenced January u. lSS. 70
fifteen years in the penitentlary. bat gave
notice ~ appeal January 8, ls4. and the
supreme court ordered neN trial De-
cause error had crept in in the selection
81 a Jury The second trial commenced
February - ls.e. ard IN three DAYS Il
ended with the same result murder IN
the second degree. Judge huMe~ sen
tenced him again on March : 20 fifteen
nDunc 81 thzt ne viii take his case into
the supreme court a second time AuF-
phy Is The 0nly murderer who went 70 the
penTentlary after his first sentence. tut
THAI was because ne did not give no.ioe
q appeal for nearly year AFTER being
sentenced The time he served while
waiting for the disposal Of MS appeal VIII
nor he credited on his second sentence fc-
che reason that the first judgment % the
co-~g was reversed.
Willie Holmes Crime.
The crime 81 Willie Holmes. ore II the
men who escaped. but later was cap
tured consisted in numbering a man
named Russell az Franklin in January,
lsa His trial came of In March. .ss4.
and ne was convicted % murder in the
first degree. and on July 2, is'4 sen
fenced 20 be hanged. He appealed his case
and the supreme court VIII hear Il al the
May term. II ~ said that there Is likely
% be reversal Judge Moore. Of Spo-
kane, tried the ease. and there 81 said TO
De some irregularity IA his coming here,
she record Of the court failing TO sho@
that he had been requested by the judges
Of the county 70 SIX In the absence Of
Judge Hunes.
The Trio Of Bunco Men.
Louis Goodfriend. Mike Golden and
Frank Hart are the three bunko men who
robbed The Anvek sisters Of their uttle
iH June. 1884. for the crime. which was
committed May % Of that year. Judge
Humes sentenced them 70 seven years
each. and they appealed Goodfr!end and
Harris appeals are now pending. but the
supreme court a few weeks ago affirmed
the decision Of the lower court in Golden's
case. The trio were in the steel cage
when the jail delivery occurred. Hart
walked out and Is one u the four wh0 Is
stil a. large. Golden refused 70 80 oslt
because his old mother vIs!1s the jail
every day and re said e would break her
heart Y he had beoome a fugitive. Good
friend has hopes u securing n reversal
ln his ease ar the hands 81 the supreme
court. and for that reason deemed * hest
20 stay IN jail. lie has wife and family
IN san Francisco. and says that when he
gets out OF jail he intends 10 live a bet
ter lie
The Cold Brick ~windler.
Harvey knowltoH worked on a fake
gold brick on Wooding. the Aberdeen
banker. and got Two years for H. His
crime vas committed NOvemher -. Isq3.
but he was not captured until January.
1Sss. lie bad his trial in February and
was sentenced IN March He escaped
heavy punishment ~ telling OF an in
tended sail break lie appealed from the
sentence and his case was argued before
she supreme court several weeks ago. A
decision - looked for most any day.
HERMAN Awaiting Company.
Peter herman crtminaliy assaulted a
gin in November. iss3. and in March. isai.