The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1901-11-02
Percy DeWolfe Sentenced to
a aTerm in the Penitentiary.
RECEIVED 1T cooLLY
Convicted Of Stealing Fifty Eorses--He viii
Ask for New Trial and Hopes
to Get It.

of the sheriff of Cascade county and
by him conveyed to the states prison
at Deer Lodge, there to be confined
for a period Of 10 years."
Such was the sentence pronounced
yesterday morning by Judge Leslie
in the district court upon Percy De-
Wolfe, convicted Of grand larceny.
The crime of which he had been
adjudged guilty was the stealing of
about so head of horses from ranch
rs across the Canadian. boundary
and causing them to be brought to
CASCADE county and disposed Of at
Great Falls. It is the heaviest sen-
tence that has been imposed at this
term of cour
The case has been one of interest
in all parts of the northern part of
the state owing to two facts: Percy
DeWolfe has been resident of nor
rn Montana for years. Although
young man as early as 1893 he was
found guilty of grand larceny COM
mitted in Fergus county and given a
sentence of one year in Deer Lodge
Sine, that time he has been arrested
charged with horse and cattle steal
ing numerous times, but has mana ed
to get out of the scrapes one way or
another. Owing to the charges that
have been made against him AMI the
numerous crimes that have been lail
at his door in all the counties in the
northern part of the state. he has
been considered a dangerous man by
the stock association, and for that
reason ii has bent it's efforts to assist
in his prosecution in the latter case.
In October. year ago. De Wolfe
was married to daughter of Henry
Powell. the wealthiest stOckman and
rancher of the Blackfeet reservation.
Through his father-in-law he had
been supplied with plenty of mears
| to get himself out of the scrapes ne
has got himself into. and there will!
be no more money forthcoming to
assist in the work of having the pres.
ent conviction set aside. Aside from
his wife, the best friends Percy De
Wolfe has are his father-in-law and
the members of the old mans fami v
| Just before sentence was pronOunc.
ed yes erday morning Attorney J. W
Freeman argued a motion before the
court for an arrest of sentence, which
was denied and the sentence pro
nOunced.
Th-e prisoner was as cool man as
any during the proceeding. From his
appearance there was nothing to in
dicate that he was the one In the
room most affected. He had nothing
to say, and when the term of incar
ceration was announced he sat down
When he was leaving the court room
to some friends he held up the fingers
and thumbs of both hands to indicate
what hal been given, but made NJ
further comment at the time.
Il A little later he said, II wonder
what struck the court that he iit
not put the other four years on. HI
might just as we'll It would not aavt
made any difference"
WHather or not this had any sig
cico-~, and whether he intended Il
make another attempt on hi
. life can only be conjectured
Perry De Wolfe is a differ
ent man from any other of the Grim
inals who have been convicted in tn
, Cascade county court. There is n
, outward expression at any time o
/ under any circumstances, to indica'
/ what may be in his mind So far a
i the face is concerned, to all appear
| ances. it ia generally blank. and S
1t was yesterday.
81 DO IL was Uu Tic udy uc was SOA
victed, when. a moment after he wa
: laughing and joking, he excused hin
/ self and went into the closet and too
> la dose of potassium with suicidal IL
. tent. Those who have him in charg
: are aware of this phase of his cha
+ acter, and not on account of any ou
: ward appearance will there be any r.
a Taxation of vigil.
1 n~v Nyn1fn q
4 reduce his term to six years and thre
!. months. Had he been committed fc
Q IA years, the limit. the good beha
9 ior term would have been eight yeal
e and three months.