The new North-west., 1897-02-26

custody of said mail, by the use of dan.
gerous weapons, as charged in the in
dictment."
The jury gave this verdict unanimously
on the first ballot, and the only punish
ment which could be assessed upon il
was confinement in the penitentiary for
life. Following the conviction of Gam
BILE, Sheldon and Wiley entered plea of
"guilty Of robbing the United States
mails, without putting in jeopardy the
life Of the carrier" which plea was ac-
cepted by the U. s. district attorney, and
the prisoners were remanded to Jail for
sentence on the following Saturday.
X 4 X
On Saturday evening, Dec. 18th, Wiley
was sentenced to ~ years and Sheldon
to 10 years in the penitentiary. 1t being
thought desirable at that time to send
Gamble to some eastern prison for safe
keeping, his sentence was not pronounced
until Tuesday, Dec. 18th, at which time
he was brought into court.
Judge VIM. j. Galbraith, who was the
presiding judge of this district at that
time, called Gamble up aud said: kHave
you anything to say, Marion Gamble, why
the sentence of the court should not be
pronounced upon you?"
"Yes, your honor, 1 have" replied
Gamble. He then began an impassioned
denunciation of the manner of his trial;
declared that he never committed the
robbery, and said that "his companions
had confessed to save their lives, knowing
that they could not get justice" The
court admonished him that he must con-
fine his remarks to his own case.
Gamble replied, 81 am going to talk as
long as you will let me" and again be-
gan TRADE about the injustice of his
trial, which he kept up until the judge
interrupted him by pronouncing his SEN
tence at hard labor for life in the U. S.
penitentiary at Deer Lodge.
81 thought you would sentence me be-
fore got through" said Gamble, and as
Sheriff McMaster led him from the bar
he half turned and hissed through his set
lips: "God help you if ever get out, old
man; that's my last words to you on this
earth!'
On Thursday, March 13, 1884, Warden
Creel and Under Sheriff McTague left
Deer Lodge with Gamble for Anamosa,
Iowa, where he was transferred by order
of the Department of Justice; and THE
New NORTHWEST of March II, in speak
ing of the departure of Gamble with the
officers, says: "His threat to Jud ge Gal
braith on being sentenced-'God help you,
old man, if ever get out'-and the inse-
curjty of the Montana prison, were prob
ably elements in the case that led to his
being sent to prison for life where
practically is inscribed above the portals:
Who enters here leaves hope behind"
"However, he has been or
dered to other quarters, and there proba-
bly, remains but one more episode in his
life to chronicle-the cessation of it,"
Now, according to the dispatch which
opens this somewhat lengthy resume of
the career of Marion Gamble in Montana,
his commuted sentence by President
Cleveland to IA years of actual imprison-
ment will expire on Dec. 1S of this year.
According to his age given at the time of
his sentence, he will be only about 40
when he walks out of prison free man
-an age when man should be in the
prime of life. The questions naturally
arise, What will be his future? Will his
long term of imprisonment be the means
of softening and changing his nature for
the better, or will he emerge from prison
with thirst for revenge burning deep
down in his heart, and seek to wreak ven
geance on the judge and jury that found
him guilty of bold crime and prescribed
the penalty?
Captain Henry King, chief editorial
writer on the paper, has succeeded the
late Joseph B. McCullagh as editor of the
st. Louis Globe e-Democrat. Captain King
has been in practical charge of the paper
for the last two years. No change will
be made in the policy or style of the
paper.
Senator Cameron, on Saturday last, in
troduced the following resolution in the
senate, which was agreed to: "Resolved,
That the senate of the United States, be-
ing mindful of the sympathy for the
United States expressed by the Greeks
at the time of their war for independence,
now extends like sympathy to the gov
ernment of Greece with its Intervention