The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-03-22
ON SENTENCE DAY.

q ONE had waited nearly a year. others for several
y months others for but a few weeks. The JAN
" was Old and inside and outside looked much as
~ did ln $780, when J built. Iiainps HNeu IL On
account or the ro0my corridor, Wheie meg WeI1 -
mitted 90 lounge in the daytime. and because the
prisoners cooked their food. The raw materials
Tor the meals were passed into me jan through
Htle window IN an iron door, aAa 'te men 'o'l-
cooking The cells were placed above the cOrrldef,
and at night the sheriff came and locked as IN until
morning We numbered, all told nineteen men SHII
boys, sixteen of whom court prisoners VINO had
stood their trials and waiting their sentences
The remaining three including RuueTIcA -l0Il.o"u
and myself. had had their punishment meted out lo
them by the wisdom of the local magistrate aho were
Ruderlck and ! had been unfortunate enough 10
fan asleep iu boXcar in the local railroad yaIls,
and the magistrate before whom we were piousH[
had been inspired to- make example of u.s. Il
want you men 20 learn 10 sleep where civilized peo-
pie sleep" De explained. 1T is possible that YOU
need "a little training 90 get into the habit again,
and shall send you over 90 the sheTlm Tor month
Ir you behave yourselves YOU VIII hnd him an
agreeable host" We behaved ourselves and found
the sheriff agreeable host; but he took the most
Interest I'M what he called the 'transients-the men
whom Justice had weighed in her balance and found
wanting tO "a degree which she had not yet taken oI
scented "a subject of speculation and mystery when
did not and n return for the interest they gave
Kim the sheriff offered them Hun little courtesies,
minds of their coming ordeal some of them were
culprits Of long standing, men who mad taken thelr
"stretchers.' they called their terms n prison,
knew what his next "stTetcheT' was 10 De. some
and all of them, men and lads, were to retire from
the world for a certain perod-but how long, The
limit that each OF them could get was Wen known,
lhe l.mlL
Prisoners the world over feel that the fact that
they have been caught at all is punishment, ana
Iustides them n expecting a compromise With tne
Judge who ls 90 sentence theu W detection llselI Is
q punishment, any further discipline ought 10 DC
measured according TO the disappointment and cha
grin which the detection has cost. This is IRA
tonal but AL men are irrational according 20 their
Justice iu the person of the 'Od man. would De
willing 10 compr0risa on this basis that kept the
men on "a strain. Morning, noon and night the con-
slant word was. What Will the "uld man dot Inc
drst thing we heard even before the sheriff had
rs out for the day the call from cell TO cell OF
THE be sentenced that they were twelve hours
nearer the appointed time Even during me hlsnl
who had beeI waiting longest. One night We heafd
am old man OF seventy. who might have been the
grandfather OF nearly an of us, cry out M ms steep.
Make lt year Juase' Jual an even sS"-' - 49,
threw into the words all the pleading ana pdliloa
that he could have commanded had he been awake.
Al last tne morning came Htl.H US & go
take off her baUIage. and the sheriff told MS wards
that they must hold themselves ready TO go to the
courtroom al any moment he was Hol SUI "t'SSt-
them but De cautioned them 10 be- quick In respond
ing when 10 came. Every one fusneu 10 ms cen 10
gat his clothes I'm order. Want the old man 10 see
me in my bcsr. said. and the others followed MIN
up 90 the cell gallery and began to overhaul ulgiI
Of a patched waistcoat or frayed neckue as women
do the most delicate hnery. How'd you think
m old manu like this?" a called "Bony' said,
rof5frp mn a coat
Get ii srerilized Bony: it's fun Of graybacks. tn
old manT give You de limit If they get TO paradln
around the courtroom another remarked, not un-
HOWE you'se think this white ragn take?"
queried stu another. dubbed jet Eyes exhibiting
boiled" shirt which ne had kept under his pillow
Tor weeks for fear 10 would be- "swiped.'
Keep 30 10 swing in, sammy advised MS cell
mate cts too good JUS 10 get TWO years H. Put IL
in a safety vault tll croakin time comes.
In hour they had all put on their oest ana IL
dress rehearsal in the corridor was ln order One ol
the oldest prisoners appointed Judge, ana lHe
men lined mn i'm front Of him. This play and IN
a measure comedy. but not wholly so. The cuIprlts
expected catch from the mock Judge and the mock
sentence some omen of what lAelr Iate was 20 Dy.
The Judge carried of his part with impressive dignity
and severe eyebrow He had borrowed "a clean coll
lar and a sly-bue ucckte for the occasion; he had
absolutely refused tO oicate except i'm costume Inc
men practiced attitude. and gestures "Hlsn 'H7y CA
pected 10 use with effect later in the day.
Hungry" he said, in a voice which was proper
tc the majesty the law 10 The man at the mead OF
The line you was caught I'M de act WASH youF NOW
that means bungin'. BOkes what knows their pusl-
ness don't get pnched in de- act But youse setun'
rT5 FTrr,r, w. sU know that You must be nearly
fifty. DE law says that for what you done oush
last that long. You.se got many diseases you Sc
Eoiu' 90 cr0ak before a great while. Now, II am
riEht t0 give "a man life for oungIn, dh that Wldl
III fud be- if ] gave YOU what De law says I'm goln
to die outside Youse good for about two years yet
r you take care Yourself So sentence you HUN
cry to- eighteen months 10 de penitehlaIy-
Thank Sc yer honor said Hungry bowling a"k-
wardly
''' Silence i'm de- COURT" cried Ehadamanthus, with
t,r,.rlanr majesty Bring up dc next prisoner
he was "a boy Of eighteen. called Eddie who had
been convicted, iu company with am older companion
of burglary. 49,. ...,.,.-- .t.r,,,,
out too fast. Youse too young 20 do cAmh. II ]
spnwvou 90 de peuteutiary you'd learn good deal,
but you'd get your head turned ialNn Win ne men,
an you'd tackle too biz jobs for your years an eA-