The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-09-14
Jury Decides Against christopher
Hillberg.
WAS OUT BUT II MINUTES
DEFENDANT TOOK JUDGMENT
SMILINGLY.
His Bond Raised From $500 to
$1,000 and Judge Norrell Will
Sentence Him On Saturday-Pen-
atty Is From One to Five Years
In the Neutrality-suspicious. Cases

| Christopher Hilberg was yesterday
found guilty of betraying and running
the life of Annie Ward, young girl
who worked for a time in the defend
ants family. 1t took the jury just
twelve minutes to reach verdict. The
penalty is from one to five years in the
penitentiary, and Hilberg will be SEN
fenced on Saturday by Judge Norrell.
The defendant took the finding of the
jury calmly, even jovially. He smiled
when the verdict was announced, and
chatted smilingly with friends on his
way down to the sheriff's office. 1t was
at first thought that he would be re-
quired to go to jail pending sentence,
as his bond was raised from $500 to
81, 900. Late in the afternoon, however,
his father found bondsmen, and he was
allowed to depart.
1t was stated that the defendants at
torney, Daniel Harrington, will appeal
the case to the supreme court, if his
motion for a new trial, which is to be
made, is denied. He paved the way for
an appeal by frequent exceptions to the
courts rulings during the trial.
Three Years For Brown.
Golden Brown was yesterday sem
fenced to serve three years in the peni-
tertiary for escaping from prison.
Brown is up against it,, to use a
street phrase. He still has a burglary
case pending against him, in which his
alleged confederate has already been
convicted. Brown had nothing to say
when sentence was pronounced yester
day morning.
Judge Norrell received a letter from
the prisoner, in which he told the story
of his life. He made plea for len
iency, claiming that he desired now to
lead an honest life. He was induced
to escape from prison, he said, by the
hope of helping his aged and INDECENT
mother. Brown said when the war
broke out he tried to enlist, but was
barred on account of physical disable
ity. Then he went to work at Saitair,
having sold his barber shop at Rich
field, and in July of that year he fell
from grace. In September following
he was sentenced to prison for three
years for tapping the Saltair TILL
Judge Norrell received also the fol-
lowing communication from Warden
Dow:
''Sir-In connection with the enclosed
communication from Prisoner Golden
Brown, would state he was first re-
ceived at this institution Feb. II, 1898,
on charge of burglary; he was at this
time only 16 years old, and was COM
ullll6O W TIE ISlOii tSCilOOls again Oll
Sept. IA, 1895, he was sentenced to eigh-
teen months for burglary, and was re-
leased Sept. %. 1896. Sept. 10, 1885, your
honor imposed a sentence of three
years, which he is now serving, and OF
which you are cognizant.'
Nichols On Trial.
The case against De Witt Nichols,
who is charged with breaking into Ride
out & Crapo's store at Draper, was
called at the conclusion OF the Hilberg
trial. Nichols is a respectable looking
young white man, and strongly denies;
any completely in the affair. His hear
ing will probably occupy all of this
morning.
Frank Lyons, charged with grand
larceny, was given until Friday to
plead. He is charged with stealing
horse from Eugene Green last Deem
ber
Henry Tremaine withdrew his plea of
not guilty, entered some time ago in
burglary case and pleaded guilty. He
broke into the Hanson Produce COM
pany's store May Is, 1898 The defend
ant will be sentenced Friday.