The record-union., 1896-10-20
A PROCURESS SENTENCED.
Mrs. Elliot Gets the Full Extent Of the
Law.
Five Years in Folsom Prison She
Creates Scene in
Court.

Mrs. Ann Elliott, alias Parker the
woman convicted last week of enticing
or Turing little girls to ruin at the hands
of debased men, caused a scene in
Judge Hinksons courtroom yesterday
while she was being sentenced
Her attorney, Charles T. Hughes
who had been appointed by the court
TO defend her-first moved for a new
trial on the ground that the court had
erred in allowing against the obiec-
ton of defendants counsel testimony
showing that she had committed other
crimes similar in nature to that upon
which the recent prosecution was
founded.
In overruling the motion, Judge Hink-
son said the doctrine seemed to be uni
versal that evidence of the commission
Of crimes of a similar character. all
though they might be indctible within
themselves was competent, for the pur-
pose of showing the intent of the per-
son accused Of a specific crime
1t was when the Judge told the woman
to stand up for the purpose of receiving
sentence that a full realization Of her
situation seemed to dawn on her, for.
instead of standing up, she threw her
self upon her knees and called on God
to witness her innocence, and begged
the court to spare her.
1t was the horror of the penitentiary
that brought tears to the cheeks of the
woman, not remOrSe for the ruin Of lit
tie girls whom she had decoyed to her
den and Of whose virtue she had made
barter with hobos and Cinnamon, so her
1.ar, 1f.f, To- L
Judge Hinkson said the facts devel-
oped at the trial of the woman called.
in his Judgment, for a few words to par
ents which might lead them to exer-
else more care as to the custody and
companionship Of their children. The
Society for the Prevention of Cruelty
to Children is doing noble work in this
city, and has developed other crimes
perpetrated on little girls This fact, he
said, should be a lesson to parents of
young girls and should make them more
watchful of their welfare
THE crime for which this woman has
been convicted" resumed the court,
lis of nature SO diabolical and fiend-
lsh that it is calculated to make ones
blood run cold. l have had two regrets in
this case-the first, that a woman could
be found so debased and so devoid of
all honor and human instinct as to take
advantage of little girls for the purpose
OF making money. The other regret
has been that the law did not give me
the right to place this woman and all
women of this character in a place
where young girls would be safe from
outrages at their hands"
He reminded the prisoner that it
was through no mercy to her that the
punishment he was about to infiict was
not more severe, as it was all the law
could not send her to prison for the
would permit. He regretted that he
remainder of her life.
When asked If she had anything to
say why sentence should not be pro-
nounced, the frenzied woman replied
that she wanted an opportunity to
charge the jury"
The judgment of the court is" said
Judge Hinkson, that you pay fine of
$1,000 and be confined in the State
Prison for the term of five years"
When Deputy Sheriff Schwilk at
tempted to remove Mrs. Elliott to the
Jail she refused to leave the courtroom,
declaring that the deputy was in the
conspiracy to send her to prison. She
demanded an opportunity to see a GER
tain lawyer, and amid her protests and
screams and demands for justice she
was hustled off to Jail
This morning the woman will be
taken to the Folsom Prison to serve out
Der sentence