The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-11-13
A HARDENED CRIMINAL.
After Ten Days of Freedom He Is
Convicted at Galveston.
GETS TWENTY.THREE YEARS THIS TIME
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rs TwENTY.THREE YEARS THIS TIME

Galveston, Texas, November 12.-Lorenzo
McGrew. an cx-convlct. was sentenced for
twenty three years In the State penlten-
Iary today after having enjoyed only ten
days Of freedom. During the short period
Ia which he was free he INDUCED In bur
glRriziug and theft, the same thing, by the
way, that caused him 10 be sent 10 the
penitentiary the arst time, and the result
Is that he will again have 10 go to the pen
iteutiary for term much longer than the
hrst sentence, which he received little
over four years ago, McGrew was tried In
the criminal district court at Galveston on
November I. 1891, on the charges OF bur
glary and theft, and received a sentence
aggreEating four years and three months.
According 10 his own statement, he was
released from the penitentlary on Sep
TENDER 1e OF this year, and the frst crime
OF which he was convicted today was com
mltted on September 20 just four days
after his release. Only six days after this
time he was placed under arrest by Officer
Bee. and by this time he had committed
the other depredations which went TO make
up the crimes for whicA he received total
sentence OF twcutS three years, peculiar
feature about his case also is the fact that
an Of his theftS were small, the largest
amount OF booty obtained from any OF his
OF the plunder which he secured was cloth
ting and such things, which were only Of
comparatively small value sim he broke
Into houses to secure II and consequently
laid himself open 10 the charge Of burglary.
He VIII therefore spend about twenty seven
years II his life In the penitentiary for hay-
Ing secured only Few hundred dollars In
booty. The first cases on which he was
tried this morning were charges OF bur
| Elary, felony aud theft, In connection WITH
| the burglarizing Of the residence OF j. II e.
Galveston,
| Houston and Henderson Railway Nmpany.
| He was found guilty on both charges and
was sentenced TO ten years for burglary
and three years for theft The next case
against him was connected with the theft
! OF certain articles from the servants house
! al DR.. George II Lee. and In this case
| he was cony tied and given a sentence OF
! I'VE years The third charge against him
| was one growing out Of theft from the
passenger agent Of the Santa Fe. ON thi'
! charge he was also found guilty by the jury
| and the penalty Of ave years N the peniten
! tiary assessed against him. MeGrew con
siderable tact IN cross-e1amining the Wit
! nesses.
court this morning 90 the charge Of telonl
theft He was Indicted by the grand lur!
on the charge Of stealing $500 from zap
tain W. r.. Joues q The schooner LA beli
his sentence was three years in the penl
I'd Caesar. theft, nisdemeanOr; uOn
II. Radke, exhibiting a gaming tables re
Get for November -.
John Bird. exhibiting gaming tnoei Re
| set for November p
guilty. ,,..
) The grand jury returned SIX indictment
, TO-DAY. three Of which We're against PROS
!. paws, charging him with. two cases {
! BURGLARY and one Of theft felony Two
! Inc others were against Edwa MIe,
charging him wi.h burglary and with tnel
! $780, ard the other Indictment Wa
against Joseph Jackson. charging him vii
+ assault TO murder.