Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-07-10
YOUTHFUL FORGER
is SENTENCED.
Ebert Denham Gets Eighteen
Months in State Prison.
PRISONER MAKES A SPEECH


E.bon Dtnham. alias n. Mcdowell,
who pleaded guilty on Saturday 20 the
crime Of forgwy. was ibis morning
sentenced By Judge Nurroil 10 eighteen
month"; In the State prison. The in-
tlrmation contained two counts. one
charged forgory and the other with
ltteHng and attempting 20 pnss
f1fgei instrument with intent 20 de-
fraud the Northern Pacific ENprcHH
eompany ont ~ 800 Dcnham wnH
given eighteen months on each count
but the court ordered that tho sonien-
cos nun concurrcnily which means that
Che prisoner. unless be- should BE- par
doned. viii serve bot eighteen months
Ia nll.
Before sentence was pronounced
Rguham cssnyud 90 make n speech. lio
said. ~ am vrry SORRY Tor what have
done. and luHAmuCh az l have pleaded
guilty trust the court Will Do lrnieut
with me. I viii promise 90 do better
Ia tho future Furthermore, ! DESIRE
the court tu take my nEe into consider
alton. I have luft turned seventeen
and In the years 90 come when I have
become r. man. I do not. your honor
want people 90 point their finger at mo
ana say there goes criminal
Attorney r. q. Christensen, who rep.
resented the defendant. was VI the upln.
Ion that the ends of Justice would be
best suueryed by committing Dcnhum
90 the state Industrial school The de-
PENDANT, hy hiH plea VI guilty had saved
the state the expense NJ trial Mr.
Christensen further stated that there
we've cNtouuntinE circumstance sur.
rounding tho THHa and Na fHIf asFIsNNN
in his own mind that when the defend
ant committed tho crime be- WIS iruur-
ant N what he was doing.
County Attorney Putnam said no
could not urquirsce in having the prla.
0uUr sent To tho reform school" II
was not bcnhamH nfHt ongnHc Tor be-
had Acknowledged bis guilt to "a Hlml-
Oar crime lu Colorado and Mr Putnam
believed that nt least another could BE-
lodged 90 the defendants door. The
prosecuting attorney was FIRMLY OF tho
opinion that the only way 60 success
fully reform such characters was to
send them 10 the "pon"
Judge NorclL Ia prunouncing iudg.
mont said be- very much disukrd 10
send Hu young q man 90 the state prla.
on. lie sincerely hoped The youthful
defendant would see the error uf his
way ana make resolve upon living ID
down. nenhnm promised the court no
Would ana Judge Norrcll nuid that N
the prisoners conduct and general be-
hnvior at the State prison turned out to
be good be would take pleasure In Sign
Ing his name 20 "a petition Tor PARDON.
penham,a home Is In LouiHvllle. Ken.
lucky. HIS parents are highly re-
tpociable peoife. his father being "a
Methodist preacher. Last week Den-
ham received "a letter from HIS father
In which he was advised TO tel th~
truth regardless OF the c0nnoquencen. %
Before being led on 10 prison Donhnm
inld q Now reporter that he ran
away from home last April. because h.
diHliked high school llfe. IT'S been "A
lesson 10 me-" though. he continued.
and a darned hard experience. / feei
that ] have dlHgrnccd my fathers good
name and broke my poor dear mother
heart. Lot me once reach home and
] never again Vlll run on"
benham "a bright young fellow FOR
hts years, well educated nnd nf good
appearance, Ito was taken out 10 IN,
'psn" this afternoon