The Wilmington daily Republican., 1901-11-23
ONECENT
WALKERS
SENTENCE.
Remarked That There
Was No Justice to be
Had in This State.

William Walker. noted criminal, causs
eu quite sensation IN CourG ot General
Sessions yes erdny afternoon. WAikol
hau pleaed gun of entering the housa
OF John Evans, and carrying away soms
triIEets' lie vas given tho fun @ xt0nt OF
tiis law.
William Walker stand up" command
ell Chief Justice Lore. '5
| A, Walker Aro.s und held uD his right
| hand the chief Justice continued; You
have pleaded guilty to entering u house
III the nlght-'imc--'
| Il wish TO make Il statement" inters
! jec,ed Walker. He was permitted to
| eutering u house before q O'Clock in the
| evening and taking away some js wsIry. I
ala not plead guilty to entering In the
| n:ghs time.
Ctict Juslce Lore said Walker had
pleaded guilty to the indictment after ii
had Daeu rad TO him. and addsi that
berause oi his plea Of guilty. the charge
OF iarrenyhad been retired by the attorney
general
I'VE have your record hele, and you
seem % Es IN o.d hand in the business
continued the chief jus:ic scanning q
copy "t the philadslphla police records,
showing ihnt Walker had served two
years in the Eastern peniteniiary for bur
giAry. AMI a.4fr, had served eight years
for highway robbery.
aiker again requested permission to
speas IN his own behalf which was grant
cd. Il have hover stood befcrsa bar OF
justice IN delaware in a! my life, he
declared What may have done In othsr
plsce, Is outside this jurisdsction. Ihave
been wotking steadily at the Pulp works
a. Edge Nuor and A. the Pullman shope
nttcr coming To this city. ldsiy any ybody
IN tli's court room that havs been con
nee od With any crime in thi, state before
in n! my iiie ~
Then The chief JUS ice said: ''The sent
tnca OF tho ronrt Is that on Saturday. the
'wcniythira day OF November. you stand
one hour IN III" plilory. bs whipped with
lwen la-nes. p.ya fine Of 1909. and "
imprisoned for u term of len years.
Iha chief Justice did not finish, foe
Walker exclaimed, IN u voice that could
b" hoard above that of the court: l must
say rI!ht hero tha. there is no justice iu
this cnuit!' ~,
stop tnal, and stand up!" com handed
tha CHIEF Jn tics as several OF tho court
taches fastened tn the prisoners pen to
subduo Walker. The prisoner trem bling
risihiy, arose but made no further utter
ance
'!'e imprisoned for term of ten yeArs''
re. .i,nod the chief justice. aud pay the
costs OF this lroSrcL eiou. And you are
committed to the custody OF the trustees
o.! the New Gas 10 coun Y wOrkhou,0 un
III TINS sentence Is carried OUT
Walker, Sullsn a1d cres,rallen wa. lei
from ho room by n policeman. anu soon
was on his way 20 the wo! ioue He
and two other cuiprit.. chasd Cover.
dale aud Walter Thomas. both coiored.
viii be he II ST TO b, whipped at the
wurnhousa by Warden Mcserve. In
Scntal cling tbs two mon, tha court
demon ';ratcd that 1t had no doubt Of
ha right OF the warden to adminiItor
corporal pnui-h;rcnt under the work.
house law. instead ef tho sheriff.
CovJrdale and Thomas had p!oad
guilty to entering the hoase o. Tboinat
Kinney nt forter'sr and stealing some
rIothinH which was recOvtrel in this
city. Each was sentenced to stand one
hour III the pi.iorY, to be whipped with
twenty lashss olny aEdt bO imprisoned
ono year each. The whippings viii DO
bet ween the hours OF ii and ana under
Tho law must le pubic.
David. Or buck Cunningham was
trrnlgneu In the Afternoon on three
'hnrHs, and to each entered a plea OF not
guilty. He fali ho had no lawyer bus
expected to hay, one. At the request
# Attorney -Gencral Ward who desires
several Witnesses frum other cities who
W ednes lay morning. The first indict-
nent charge, Cunningham with stealing
Henty Sex brass Journals from the
Baltimore and Ohio railroad; the second
'hargcs him with stealing 100 pounds Of
copper from tie Brandywins springs
taiihay Company; and this third with
he tho cf iortyeight brass jouInnts
rom the Baltimore and Philadelphia
tail!O Dad Company.