Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-07-12
!. CLOSING | SESSIONS
IS !lt'!: Week e Of .: District Court Occu.
pied Mostly With Criminal

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District court re.convened Wednes-
Day forenoon after On adjournment OF
three tharee days. The first case to be tried
Was that Of the State W. Isaac Emer-
.son, , indicted by the grand jury on the
charge of larceny In. the second de-
gree 1twas charged that on the 23rd
day Of ] January last Mr.. Emerson had
broken into the warehouse OF A. B.
.Hanscom on Benson avenue and that
ne had removed from there Z quantity
*ofcigars, snuffs and smoking tobac.
COS ageregating in value the sum OF
S80. The prosecution relied wholly
upon circumstantial evidence in con-
Meeting the defend ant with the crime
but this evidence proved both strong
and convincing. The story told by
tho defendant on the witness stand
WA both improbable and at times in
coherent and this fact materially
strengthened the states case. Atty.
Charles Johnson appeared for the de-
fend dant and 1t: 10 only doing justice to
him to say that he conducted the de.
tense in an able and efficient manner.
The jury brought in verdict of gull
nv after four hours deliberation.
Emerson was brought before Judge
Qvale Saturday forenoon to receive
BIZ sen'enoe, In response to inquiries
regarding himself he stated tnat he
was born in Maine 46 years ago and
that he had made this city his. home
Tor . number of years past. He has
been married twice and has seven
children. He has not been living with
his second wife for, some time past.
BE was employed as fireman on the
Great Northern from '86 to 90 but
since that time he has not. had any
stea dy employment and as he never
learned any trade he has been depend
ing upon odd jobs for his livelihood.
After stating that he had nothing to
say why, sentence should not be passed
upon him more than that he did not
think hehad received fair trial) the
court sentenced him to IA months at
hard labor In the state penitentiary
at Saltwater. He was taken to that
place Sunday morning in charge Of
Sheriff Lundquist. .~> -.
;. The next case to be called vas State
p. ! NJ tnnes0ta ys: James Hackers on,
indicted by the grand. jury on the
charge of illegal sale of liquor. The
sale WAS made on May 7th to Ford
Marshall and consisted of . pint ol
whiskey for which Fordie paid him
the sum of so cents. Hackerson took
the stand in his own behalf and he
tried long and hard to explain away
the sale. He admitted that he had re.
ceived the money from Fordie but
stated that the purchase had been
made by one of his "chums," . man
whose first name he thought was jack
but whose last name he was unable tc
recollect. When questioned more
closely in regard to the home, man.
ners and habits Cf this "chum" jim
became sadly mixed and excited and
it finally developed that he knew moth
ing about his "friend from Chicago
as he chose to call the chum in ques.
tion. Jim appeared flushed and ner'
vous while on the stand and he seemed
much relieved when the cross OK amin
alton was over. 1t will be remembered
that he was bound over to await the
action af the grand jury about two
months ago and not being able to fur.
nish the bail required he was confined
in jail. About elk weeks ago he wal
taken sick and since that time his con
dition has gradually been growing
worse In spite of the fact that he has
received the best of care. The attend
ing physician has diagnosed the case
40 tumor of the liver, most danger
Gus disease, and the patients condi'
tion at present 10 very bad.
The jury returned verdict Of "guil
ty' after only few minutes delber'
alton. Mr.. Hackerson was sentenced
Saturday forenoon. The court In
passing sentence said that he was in.
clined to be lenient with him on &C.
count of his phys condition and
he accordingly sentenced him to q
fine 0f AGO and 20 daya