The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-06-08
To the Charge of Assault With Intent
To Rob.
SENTENCED TO REFORMATORY
The Boys wept. the Court wept, and There
Was a Display of Emotion All Over
the Court Room--Boys VIII Stay
at Mansfield TIL They
Arc Reformed,
Are Reformeu


tence Robert McLain and Evan Wallace
stood before Judge McCarty Tuesday
morning to receive sentence for their
youthful misconduct. The court had
been apprised Of the fact that the young
men desired to end the suspense they
were in and cancel their crimes by the
performance Of sentence and the case on
trial between the Diamond Portland
Cement Co. and the Bonnot company
was laid over long enough to dispose
Of the criminal matters.
Wallace was the first to be brought in.
The prosecutor said that he had man
ifested desire to plead guilty to the
charge Of assault with intent to rob.
The prisoner said he did so desire and
the court then heard the attorneys for
the defendant. Both Mr.. Collins and
Mr.. Boutwell, spoke in his behalf and
the young man shook with emotion and
tears streamed down his cheeks as they
made their pleas for mercy. The court
sentenced him to the reformatory at
Mansfield to remain until the authorities
believes he is reformed. Wallace's wife
and little babe were in the court room
when the case was disposed Of.
All morning Robert McLain had been
In consultation with his attorneys, Mr..
Welty and Mr.. Jeffers. At 10 o'clock he
came into court and said he was will
ing to plead guilty to the charge against
him. McLain has always denied that he
helped in the assault. He said he was
with the boys that did 1t but had not
assisted and had no part in 1t. Mr..
Welty referred to this and said that they
that the circumstances in the case were
such that while the boy might not be
morally guilty he was so cdose at the
time Of the offense as might cause him
to be legally liable and for this reason
his counsel had urged him to enter a
plea Of guilty. Mr.. Welty spoke feel
ingly of the boy and his family. Young
McLain was entirely at the mercy Of his
emotions and even the court was moved
to wipe away tear in his behalf. Mr..
Jeffers also made plea to the court for
the lad and he was then asked to stand
up for sentence.
Judge McCarty was very visible af-
fected by the fact that he was compelled
to pass sentence on the son Of his old
co-laborer at the bar and he declared
at the opening of his remarks to the
boy that If his entire duties consisted in
sitting on the bench to sentence boys to
the reformatory he would resign before
ToT otv
sentenced to the Mansfield reformatory
till discharged. TIL brother and sisters
of the young man were in court at the
time and the scene was a pathetic one
that presented itself at the table where
the prisoner sat as he was sentenced.
kid" Murphy was brought over from
Mansfield reformatory to testify in
these cases. Murphy was to identify a
revolver supposed to belong to McLain,
which was found just after the assault
in the rear of the Melbourne hotel.
JUDGE TAYLoR's COURT.
Judge Taylor got into a trial Monday
afternoon. The case of Jacob S. Crow
VS. James Sprankle as administrator OF
Rudolph Sprankle was called and plac-
ed before Judge Taylor's jury. This
is the first appearance of the No. jury
this term. The members who are sit
ting are as follows:
L. C. Lacy, Dan J. Leuber, Sam w.
Sponseller, Clayton Holl, John Schu-
macher, Frank Elson, Webster Lonis,
Geo. Rex, Abraham b. Snyder, Jonas
Schuyler, Lewis Liable, Solomon Lilly.
The suit is for s759. The plaintiff
claims this sum for nursing Rudolph
Grow during his last illness and for a
balance on an account. Sterling and
Putnam represent the plaintiff and
Grant and Agler the defendant.
DENY THE BILL.
Prosecutor Day, on behalf of the
county commission ers. on Monday filed
an answer In the suit brought by ex-
Fireman r. N. Ball to collect $3.50 which
he claims as back pay. The answer
sets out that Ball had received all the
pay he ever worked for and that there
is nothing due him at all.