The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1897-10-09
SOLITARY CONFINEMENT.
Bons Sentenced 10 Hard Labor and SOLITARY
Confinement for Life a

train. BOn- had received his sentence.
The prisoner was brought into the court
room securely hand cuiicd. This WIS
the first time TINT lac had heen made 60
wenr the sliackes aud he objected streu-
uously to allowing the sheriff Co put
them onto him. His objections cut no
figure, however. Tor sheriff Waite had
resolved lo hlkc nn chances. IL will bc
remembered that Bons burned his coat
aud shoes some time ago but these had
been rrplnccd by new ones. Prosecuting
attorney Handy read the charge 10 him
and when the Judge nskc,l him for his
plea he replied guilty" There was no
noticeable effect upnn the prisoner ns he
acknowledged his awful crime and he
seemed io be in a hurry tu got IL over
with Judge Stone asked thu sheriff to
take the prisoner into his private room
where he had brief interview with him
On returning to the bench, the JUDGE a,ia
ed That the Witnesses who hnd been
secreted in he jail bc sworn that he
might have q clearer idea oF the crime
| 'fLe indge wished TO find out more par
ticulntly II any threats had been nude
or Inducements held out To the prisoner
IN order Ia secure the confessions. NJ
| Il. MrGee WAS the first witness sworn
and ho told what he had heard the pris-
oner say lirst emphasizing the fact That
the confession WIS voluntary upon the
part Of the prisoner lIons listened in.
tcntly 10 the witness ns this was the
lint intmntion that hc hnl had oi any
one ovcrhcaring him or OF the true char.
acter oi the detective. j. III Parks was
also called and he told substantially
the snme ~ Mr. Mc(cc Mr.. Parks
went more into details md Bons. rcaliz
ing the hcniousness of Some oi the state
ments that the witness had heard him
make, denied making them but OF
course that don't effect the truth of the
witness. The judge having, satisfied
himself ns to the crime and the methods
rcsortcd to IN order to obtain confess.
ion, asked the prisoner il lie had any
thing further tp sly lie replied in the
negative. In his preliminary remnrks
the Judge said tlnt he doubted II the
prisoner rca lizrd the cnormiiy of his
crime that he could say nothing 90
him that would m any way bring TO his
mind u realization 81 The blow he had
struck when lac took an innocent girls
life and therefore lac would read him no
lecture upon the subject. lie then
sentenced the prisoner tosolitary cuulin-
mcnt at hard labor in the branch prison
at Marquette for lie. The prisoner was
then removed from the court room.
II is admitted on all hand, that the
sentence pronounced upon Bons lay
Judge Stone is one thnt will bring with
IL more OF Il punishment than any mode
Of torture TINT could have been vested
upon the pl isuner at the time The crime
was committed. lie was given the full
extent oi the law The prisonerIcceivcd
his sentence without any visible sign
of an effect being mndc upon him by IL.
! llis mir wns that of curiosity rather
tlian SERIOUSNESS IL was expected from
the outset that lac would receive
severe sentence aud the feeling OF this
community is one of tisiaction over
the result.
The mother Of the prisoner came up
from Norway on the morning passenger
and was present at the trial She was
at the Iul door at noon aud asked per
mission Of the sheriff to see her son,
Bons had told Mr.. Waite not to ndmit
l,er but the sheriff granted the woman
admission To the jail She upbraided
her aon for the disgrace he had brought
upon tue family aud wccpcd sadly as
she behed him for lurt time. She was
tbcr oi Peters, Who was also CRYING.
Finally Bons broke down and Nept
bitterly
IL was commonly supposed that Bons
would be taken To Marquette by way
Of Escnnaba, but sheriff Wuilc did not
court the uotiicty that would be given
tho prisoner alOng the route 50 went by
way al Sagola Bons was lohdcd into
"A rig NJ The jnil early Tuesday morning
and the sheriff accompanied by under
sheriff Tromblcg aud Nose JRndeaGX,
drove across the country with him.
Tromblry md Waite accompanied the
prisoner tu Marquette while JnndcrnuX
attended to the team at Sagoh. Bons
wns very tnlkttiyc until he was londcd
into hack ut Marquette curoute Tor
the prison. Ills tongue Ccscrted him
then and very few wolds escaped him
a terwards.
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