The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-08-31
SENT TO JAIL UNJUSTLY.
GEORGE rOUNGS'S SISTER SAYS SHE
COMMITTED PERJURY

ne Served Sentence For Fourteen Years.
The Sister. Thinking She Wa. Dvt,.
mas confessed That He Was Jnnocsns
ana Ihat He Was the Victim of a Plot.
"oo'ERNEUR. n. y. Aug. 3O.-NearIy tan
'oars age. In the neighborine village OF Ma.
.olno "eorge loungs was arrested and sent
~ S'a.e prison. He was only % years. but
nau the confidence and esteem OF nj,
nome community. He had been married
, pnS re" weeks and was living happily with
ms pride. foungs had a fourteen vear.oId
-hargaret. and she charged him with
,.,o.n oh her evidence he was con.
''c'ed and sentenced to fourteen wears, i'm
p,,sonneht. He came out the other day. His
VIE mad disappeared. no one knows wba-.
meanwhile the sister had married and h,d
'akeh up her homo elsewhere few davs ,o.
S''e was taken III and believing her sicknsss 10
ni"',' more severe than ii really was sent
~ "cr prother. She begged him to forgive
Itr. revealing all the details OF the plot whch
sent MIN to prison. He forRaye her and .ha
Sen' Tor priest. the Rev. Michael ONeiI. n,
i"''s'e' anu made public confession in hi.
''e essence INC following is the document:
1888 Az. L. aug. IL.
l. Margaret Petrie. former,v yor, !.
lreey and voluntarily moke this .,st.
lts object Is to correct a great ,,ist,Lo te'
Z.
serious injury. and undo III. ini,,ti..
na>e caused my brother George Youpps aho,t
"'"' years ago. am not entirely 70 bj,m. To-
an '"e misery and hardships my moor brotbor
mas suffered theretrom I was onIv g..
io"rt"en years old ut the tjmc wbon ~
'"r'oen' TOOK place and was unable fully N r.-
" ~, 'he eHect OF my foolish and sinfuI Ar.
II" o''ers who hal n grudge against him and
WV wanted revenge. planned the story and
. ~ I,nta
r,,a ~, "S''pS'ahtiafe the same. They said
""ess dii they would kin me or cans. m.te
be imprisoned for two years o '"
rearing lest they would carry out .I.,.
threats consented to publish n most dr..d.
'h ana serious lie about my brother Tbo -.
Nmony which gave before the grand me-.
'"o"h ana subsequently ut tho trial at which
ne was convicted. had no foundation in foc,
~ was 'a'S" from beginning to end, as NV
or"'her never committed this crime or anv
o'her OF such nature with me Inn pov
dangerously sick and il is my sincere wish az
iar rs am able. 10 right the wrong and repair
IN" great injury have done him.
therefore | openly and publicly declara .nd
say that nv brother. George Youpes. nevar
committed this crime Ny evidence before thu
grand Jury and afterwards at the trial was
false and not true. Lam now sincerely sorry
Tor tho great sin then committed. I have
asked my brothers forgiveness II was fully
granted. and now from my sick bed declare
and publish everything said about him 10 be-
n lie ana nothing else. MARGARET PETR1E.
Witnesses: MICHAEL O'NEIL. p. DELoSs.
IL Ia now believed the woman will recover. II
Is not probable thar she will be prosecuted.
but every effort possible will be made to ae-
cure sufficient evidence aRainst the man who
she says was tho instIgator OF the plot He 10
n weIl-known citizen hero. Another man con.
cerned in the plot committed suicide.