The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-09-23
MURDERER GOES
UP FOR u YEARS
JOHN DEvINE, WHO STABBED
VIM. WALLACE. SENTENCED.
Prisoner Refuses toReveal Names Of
Family or Friends and Maintains
stolid Demeanor Gentlemanly burg
lar Who Robber Paegel Jewelry
Store Receives Five Year Sentence.

John Devine was sentenced to twelve
years at hard labor in the state peni-
tertiary by Judge F. G. Brooks today.
Devlne is the confessed slayer of Will
lam Wallace on a 500 train near Buff
faio, Mimi, on Aug. 25. He pleaded
guilty to manslaughter in the first de-
gree.
Without a tremor the prisoner walked
up to the bal. Of Justice. He is a big,
poorly dressed, laboring man and gave
no sign Of having any nerves. He
stolidly watched the. judge and answer
ed simply the questions put to him by
the court. He stated that he was 10
years old and his parents lived in Mis-
souri,, but that he would not give their
names nor those of any Of his relatives
or friends. When asked if there was
any reason why he should not be SEN
fenced, he answered.:
u guess not. I have made a state
ment. l don't remember much about
the stabbing, but I honestly thought
the man | stabbed was the man who
mad robbed me Of my watch few min
utes before. I never saw the man I
stabbed before and I didn't know his
name or anything about him.
County Attorney Cutting of Wright
county, was in court and stated that
while he deplored the crime and appre-
clated lts seriousness, he was very sor-
ry for the defendant. He said that De-
vine was very drunk at the time of the
hard working, dependable citizen, and
he thought the court should be lenient.
!, Judge Brooks expressed the hope that
the prisoner. realized the true signii-
cance OF his offense and that he would.
II ne lived, try to atone for his crime
James j.. Lane, one of the most gen
eelemanlX burglars who ever stood be-
Icfe enhepin county court, was SEN
FENCED to five years in the penitentiary.
H Hu1, toge5heT with l7-year-old Adrian
Hllyer, robbed the Paegel Jewelry com
pany g store. The older man confessed
ms crime, but tried to save his youth
ful confederate, who stood trial and
was convicted. In response to JUDGE
Brooks questions today Lane, with TIE
utmost Difference, Informed the court
lnat ne had been twice convicted of
burglary in California and had served
zen ana one-half years at San Quentin.
al, nave you ever been convicted of
other crlmes7' asked the court.
81 Never of any onther fe1onies. NAV
IT, please your homer" answered the
burglar. II have been up for vagraney
and few similar offenses in OhiosD -
tence the prisoner smiled, bowed no
lltely and with "thank you,'' turned
Tno "alheu fundamentally to his seat.
Lane is said 70 be one of the best
craftsmen in the country. His s speI
| c!alty is jewelry stores, and his par
ticglar delight is diamonds. There is
little B hope, of his reform, and Judge
Brooks said as much when he gave him
the maximum penalty for BURGLARY in
the third degree, on which charge he
! Adrian Hilyer was sent to the re-
form school. =,
T Robert o Day, who pleaded guilty to
robbery in the first degree, was sen
fenced to the reformatory The sen
ttence was a surprise, as he might have
pee peen sent to saltwater for forty years.
He is but % years old and has a good
record; He assisted Arthur Kenyon in
a holdup. ~ ~. :. : :
Nellie Jacobs was arraigned on a
charge Of grand larceny in the first
/ degree. She pleaded not guilty. SHer
trial was set for Oct. 10. Bail was
| fed at $500. - = -