The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-10-28
CURSED THE JUDGE
Sentenced to States PriSOn
Williams Made a Scene.
Will SOON BE OUT ON THE HILL
Threatened to "Do Up" Judge Neterer
of Whatcom When Sentence
Was Pronounced.
WILL SOON BE OUT ON THE HILL

When D. Williams, notorious Grim
| inal of WhatcOm is safe behind the
| bars at the state penitentiary, Judge
Neterer who sentenced him to two
and a quarter years in the prison Tor
forgery. will feel relieved and safe at
least until the convict's term expires
| When the judge pronounced sentence
on Williams Monday afternoon at
| Whatcom, the man became feroclous
and threatened to do up" the judge
| and prosecuting attorney.
Muttering curses and looking like
| wild man he hunted around fol
some object to hurl at the judge and
continued his imprecations until he
was led to his cell to get ready fol-
the trip to Walla Walla. Had there
| been anything at hand it would have
| been hard to avert tragedy.
| At the same time Judge Neterer sen
| fenced On Wheeler to five years in
the prison on the same charge. Wheel
er took his medicine with better
grace and smiled when he was led
away. Both men are expected to ar
rive at the penitentiary some time
this week.
Boys Hard Fate.
A term of eight years each in the
penitentiary was the penalty dealt
out yesterday to Mis- Ross and John
| Mcdonald, the young highwaymen
| who were run down last week at Car
bonado by Deputy Sheriffs McCulloh
and Webb, after having terrorized the
neighborhood and robbed seven min
ers of small sums, amounting to $3.50
| in gold, besides watches, checks and
| other valuables, says the Tacoma
| Ledger. In the face of the overwhelm-
ing evidence collected by the deputies
| both men entered a plea of guilty
| hoping for a mitigation Of their SEN
tence. The particular crime for which
| Prosecutor Harvey elected to arraign
the men was the robbery Of Louis
| Monte. on October II, of the sum of
$3.50, in addition to check of the
Northwestern Improvement company
for $7245
There were mitigating circum-
stances in each case which moved
| Judge Smell to compassion, and he
| fixed lighter sentence than he might
! have considered the just dues of the
men if he had not heard their previous
history. The mother and sister OF
Ross and the aged parents and two
sisters of Mcdonald sat in a pathetic
circle within the railing Of the court
| room.
The courts questions developed
that Ross had a drunken father, who
had forced the boy to leave home
when he was 10 years old. After he
had got work in a Tacoma mill the
father insisted on drawing down his
wages, and this so discouraged the
went up to Fairfax to get work. Fail
! ing in that, he connived with Melon
aid, whom he had known before in
| Wyoming, to do a little robbing. When
asked to explain their reason for be
coming hfghwaymen, the young men
could give no satisfactory explanation
except that they were down on their
| luck.
| Judge Smell said that when he first
took up the consideration of the case
of Ross he was inclined TO give him
two years more than his partner, but
that after consulting all of the circum-
stances he wasdisposed to give them
| even terms of eight years each.
| The men received the sentence with
out apparent emotion, but on the way
back to the Jail Ross came very near
collapsing, and informed the officers
that he would never be able to endure
so long a term in the penitentiary.