The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-07-12
THE REMARKABLE CASE
Of 5 W. 0gie, Who Has Served
Eighteen Years Of
ANILLEGAL LIFE SENTENCE FOR MURDER
here Were Thirteen Men on the Grand
Jury Which Indicted Him for
Double Murder.

The cnse Of s W. osle who Is at pres
eh' prisoner at the police station Is d
very strange one Il Is SO unusual In fact
'nut recountng az II can not fail to he
OF interest.
convicted Of the murder Of two men.
sentenced ia the penitentlary FOR life, re
""sed after eighteen years. aud resrn
Fenced for term Of fve years is sum
mary OF the Inst half of ogles life. He Is
~ years old, but despite the fact that
- ot MS 40 years Of experience have been
l"N'eu IN close confinement he could pns4
anywhere Tor 30
was on March J. 1851, the day that
y""'es a. GARFIELD WIS inauguratcd prcsl
uunt OF the United States. that William
w" Amen sans brothers. were fonnd
'e"'' win their life blood stainlng The
TcNns ' ''u"'' 10
TWO years afterwards s. W. ogle. =.
','.S on was arrested. tried and convict
eu Iur me killing and sentenced to serve
nlHe years In the pcnilcntIary The
60" Jury returned an indictment against
Eie Tor murder In the FIRST degree nud
th' jury that tried the ca.e nsscssod ,6e
"ELest penalty for second dcprrr n,nrdcr
Iho evidence on which Tho oon,.l,,,..
WIZ secured was circunstantIoI II ,v3s
p,uNen mat y W Oclc and his hrotber
,iifgrrIty' young rncIlm H. had had a
niNCuiN with the Sans brothers In no
gatg 10 the ownership nf ycnrling Nh.
NJ ,T,ns W"H common Won thos DAYS Oglr's
in connortIn, 'rIGSteI ON charge of theft
c"NrHu IN the Ogle brothers drove
N"' Very long after the yearlng enisoj ,
vi, w. sums brothers were found dead. rs
w. W described. and many months nfter
ne killing young Oeln WIS irrnsted d, az, AK
CuiIAcd win tha crime he was couvirfrd
ana sent 10 Huutsyllp Tor the form of bis
huiIlai nc ana remniuel Inside the wills
einpl"yed as machinist. until lust Fehru.
,o, A its being an inmate Of the pcnltcniurv
Hlter than most mon livn In confinement
Vg|,; through the luvcst he ition or friends
en- Tue outside, discovered thar the grand
jury which Indicted him. v.rs rnninoqcI 80
thirteen mon Instead of the lawfni ny,Iy 81
he at once Instituted haheaS cornrs nro
c'nulhgS ana on February a. last tho
ebburI OF criminal appeals ordered his DIS
'ArrGe from the pentCniiary
rue prisoner was not given bis iihertv
however He WAS detained insidp the walls
until taken In custody hv the shorI0 Of
nm county, who conveyed him to- inns
horo
,osle was again ndlotod for murder hut
this time, iustcrd Of being Indicted Jointly
two indictments were returncl against him
one for the murder of William Sans aud
me other Tor the murder Of Allen Sans
thre days and nights ana wac raporte
Q" stand eigh, for acQuirtal and folr for
conviction 4 verdict was finally r..
turned. finding tho defendant guilty of
murder in the second dogr>1 aud asscss-
Ing bis punishment az five years con6ul-
mont IN the penitenttlrr, the minimum pun
lshmeut for tho oneuse This verdict was
on appeal, affirmed los the court Of Grim
lnal appeals The trial of Oglc for IN,
billing Of William SIMS is set for Octo lcr.
ShcnT SgttCrhold of Hill county VIII
leave this morning for Huntsville having
Oglc in custody.
The prisoner ,saa man Of IN diligence and
his long Years ~ prison lifa have not de-
tNctcd from hi3apparcn refinement
reporter for Tie Post obtained the
above account of his rather eNtraordiuuy
csse from tho prisouer himself at tho
police station Inst night
TiU county five weeks at the time Of the
over having been wronefullv convictel, but
trivug him of his liberty lleglllg for
him the time Oh the tive years sentence
which now ooutrcuts him.
Aftcr the other case pending against hlm
is disposed o. Ogle hopes through his
friends, 10 reach the governor with peti
tiou for c'eWcucc
The ease has been "a noted one from Its
inception ln the courts down n the present
time. and the prisoner Is Of the opinion
that there has bccu much unnecessary
prejudice against him,