The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-09-27
should not be pronounced against you.
Have you anything to say to the
Judge? Say yes or no.
Judge Addresses Prisoner.

JuuSe! Say yes VI uO.
Judge Addresses Prisoner.
The prisoner did not reply and JUS.
tice White, addressing the prisoner
said: '.In that behalf what you have
a right to say relates explicitly to the
subject in hand here at this time, and
for which the law provides, why SEN
tence should not be now pronounced
against you, and is defined by the
statute
"The first is that you may claim
that you arc insane.
.'The next is that you have good
cause to offer either in arrest of the
judgment about to be pronounced
against you or for new trial.
"These are the grounds specified
by the statute, on which you have a
right to speak at this time, and you
are at perfect liberty to do SO if you
WISH
He Wishes to Say Something.
The prisoner replied: Il have
nothing to say about that
The court said: "Are you ready?"
Mr.. Penney replied "yes."
"Have you anything to say asked
Justice White.
"Yes," replied the prisoner.
Il think he should be permitted to
make a statement in exculpation of
his act, if the court please" said
Judge Titus. The court replied:
"That will depend upon what his
statement is" Judge White then
said: "Have you, (speaking to Judge
Titus) anything to say in behalf of
the prisoner at this timer"
II have nothing to say within the
definition of what your honor has
read" replied the attorney, "but it
seems to me in order that the inno-
cent should not suffer by this defend
ants crime the court should permit
him to exculpate at least his father,
brother and sisters
From the court: Certainly if that
is the object of any statement he
wishes to make, proceed"
Had No AccompIices.
Then the prisoner said: There is
no one else but me. No one else told
me to do it and no one paid me to
do it."
Judge Titus repeated it as follows,
owing to the PRISONERS feeble voice:
s'He says no one had anything to do
with the commission of his crime but
himself; that his father or brother
or anyone else had anything to do
with, nor knew nothing about it,"
The prisoner continued: 81 was
not told anything about the crime
and l never thought about murder
until couple of days before ] com
mitted the crime"
Judge Titus again repeated as fol
lows: "He never told any one about
the crime and never intended to COM
nit it until couple of days before
it's commission"
Sentence Pronounced.
Then Justice White passed SEN
tence as follows:
"In taking the life of our beloved
president you committed crime
which shocked and outraged the
moral sense of the civilized world.
You have confessed that guilt and
after learning all that at this time
can be learned from the facts and
circumstances of the case, 12 good
jurors have pronounced you guilty
and have found you guilty of murder
in the first degree.
"You have said. according to the
testimony of creditable witnesses and
yourself that no other person aided
or abetted you in the commission of
this terrible act. God grant it may
be so. The penalty of the crime for
which you stand convicted is fixed
by the statute and it now becomes
my duty to pronounce this judgment
against you.
s'The sentence of the court is that
in the week beginning October %,
1901, at the place, in the manner and
by the means prescribed by law, you
suffer the punishment of death.
Remove the prisoner"
The crowd slowly filed out of the
room and court adjourned at 1926.
Death Warrant Signed.
The death warrant was signed by
Justice White and is addressed to
the agent and warden of Auburn state
prison, and directs him to execute
the sentence of the court within the
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