Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-10-27
WILL SPEND LIFE in PRISON.
Arthur Young Admits That he Killed Edward
Smith-Denies Robbery.

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| have stated.
desire To say that before MIR Young
made this disclosure to me, [ had adj.
vised him that in my Judgment he had
no defense upon the theory that he was
not connected With the death of Smith
in some way. | advised him be rou q
not defend the Case an the ground that
he was absent, and that unless he had
some different statement of facts than
he had made, that is. that he knew
nothing about it, that in my Judgment
there VAS no defense for him and that
| he would have to have other counsel,
and ne finally disclosed these matters
to me, and my honest opinion is, your
| honor, and | want this to be upon the
record, because | do not want anybody
to say that / have not done my duty as
an attorney in this case-that [ very
much doubt whether he is guilty of
| murder in the first degree, in my iudg-
ment | have not advised him to plead
| guilty TO that charge and do not now
advise him to do so, but desire to say
that advised him that the penalty
was Imprisonment for life; and | also
asked him to take some time to con-
slider 1t and he said he had fully con-
sidered it. | also asked him if he did
not want his friends, his father or
mother or some one to come here and
counsel with him before he took this
step and he said he did not and | had
no other duty to perform, your honor,
than to accede to the desire and de-
mand of my client and present. the plea
In court which we now do and desire
to enter the plea of guilty to the charge
IN the information as filed. | felt a
very OroVp facnnO 81 hiiifu IL, fha ,,,otfa,.
and advised Mr.. Young very fully as
to what the evidence showed and tends
to establish, in my Judgment and opin-
ION. After hearing al the testimony
on the preliminary examination, and
his own statement, and making all
allowances, do not believe that he is
guilty OF any higher offense than MUIR
der III the second degree. Despite this,
he desired me to enter this plea for him
and at his command / do so.
L might state further, your honor,
that think it was three days we took
to consider this matter before we acted
upon it. On the second day | asked
Mr.. Chellis to listen to the talk and |
again fully advised him aGd asked him
to consider it another day which he did
do, and he is still of the same opinion,
so there is nothing more | have to say.
might simply add this, that | adj
vlsed MIR. Young that under the statute.
your honor had no discretion in the
matter except to sentence him to i'm
prisonment tor life, upon this plea
which mas been entered; that there was
nothing that could be said that would
mitigate the punishment IN the least
degree. | also advised him that in my
judgment it would decrease the chance
of ever Seing pardoned to enter plea
of guilty and | advised him fully of
everything that | knew of which would
effect his legal rights / did not advise
him one way or the other as to whether
he should take this step. | simply adj
vised him as to what the consequences
were.
The prisoners attorney was then
asked if he knew of any co4rcive force
that had been brought 20 bear on
Young to make that statement, and Mr..
Rosenberg stated that to his knowl-
edge no one had attempted to influence
the man, one way or the other. The only
reason for Young's action was that he
realized that trial of the case would
only result in the states favor, and that
he did not wish to be sentenced in the
presence of his parents, and therefore
he had resolved to confess at this time.
The prisoner was asked if ne had any
thing to say why sentence should not
be pronounced at once and he Sob
bingly answered that he had no state
ment to make.
The judge then imposed sentence,
stating that it was the Judgment of the
court that the prisoner, Arthur Young,
be punished for the crime charged in
the information, by being imprisoned
in the states prison at Waupun, for
the period of his natural life, at hard
labor, such sentence to begin at noon
on the 2lst of October, and the 9th of
August of each year to be spent in soil
tary confinement. The sheriff then
took charge of Young and next morn
ing at PAP he was taken to Waupun,
Fred Damon, accompany
ing the sheriff. The attorneys. the
reporters and few of the
jury men empaneled for the present
term of court were the only ones pres
ent when sentence was pronounced,
and the matter was kept as quiet as
possible to avoid public excitement
Young's statement of the murder is
generally accepted with spice of doubt
by the public. He may have killed
Co,ith hv a blouu from q rook ac ha oauc
or by that means rendered him uncon-
scious, but whether it was done in de-
Tending himself his actions following
the crime would not Indicate That he
did not shoot or rob him is also doubted,
especially the latter act. Only 80 was
found on Smiths person, hardly enough