The Minneapolis journal., 1905-10-07
.FIENDS SIGEI ,1,0NG
TERMS IN |. PRISON.
THREE MEN GIVEN AGGREGATE
OF TWENTYsTIIREE YEARS, Il
Lemuel Cannon, the Negro Who Imper-
81 sonated OFFICER to Accomplish Foul
Crime severely castigated by Judge
Brooks, who Expresses Regret That
Maximum Sentence rs Only fourteen
s<g Years. 49, ~. at'.asss sfa3s

8 Judge F.4lC Brooks to-day: gave SEN
fendants seeo eonveted eq rhTes treat at
ing young girls; In two Of the cases
the court stated that the law did % mot
allow him properly to punish the offsnd-
ers, and in the third, that of one Patter-
son, he said that. the. es.defendant,s age
was all that saved him from. receiving
the maximum penalty. . Lemuel Can.
non was given fourteen years, William
e: Patterson two years and, James Sut-
/ life seven years, -1.s.. - IN 4.
In sentencing .Lemuel Cannon, col
ored, Judge Brooks said: 81, $
The jury by their Verdict have found
YOU guilty OF The: 'criIne ssof debauching
a girl under the age Of consent, under
peculiarly aggravatingf circumstances;
that you pretended toa be a policeman
or detective and went through, the form
of arresting the girl, with her boy escort,
In a public park In the 4 city; that after
you had taken them. from the park you
directed the boy to- 60 home and there
upon took the, girlss to q secluded spot,
and, upon, the promise OF permitting her
to go home if she would comply with
your desires, accomplished your purpose.
| Any man, white sorsF black, Capable .sof
conceiving and cons}imna ting such. ;. a
crime is If allowed tn be. at large a
constant menace ste society. To permit
i you to. go free would imperiI the safety
1 Of every young girl who might enter a
4 park or go upon the .street:,asAs wild beast
4 Of the man-eating type set loose: lii one
Of our parks wouldahe less Dangerous 4
/ There does not appear stofbe any stat
| ute of this State, to meet any such case
as this. Except for your former conYic-
| tion " thes maximum penalty would 'sbe
seven years, With. thres former ;conYic:
tions of felonies,. the unaxlmum penalty
| is fourteen years. ,j7%@ I. -
Il you YOU had taken motley from this gir'
! under circumstances disclosed you might
under the law be consigned to states
prison for a. period ,otf eighty years
If you. should have committed the crime
Of forgery you might be sentenced fo1
the term Of, twenty years. IF you shoulG
have committed burglary the term o.
Imprisonment might, be ten years. And
mere larceny, burglary or robbery arr
in truth trivial offenses as compared witt
that Of taking by .fotee1 a girl from {
public park in the night time and com
pelling Her, thru, fear Iof imprisonraent
to submit her person ITO you. r.r. =.
For some slnscrutable reason. the jur.
which returned this. verdict saw fit T
recommend you to- 5the Ieniency Of .,th
court. The court has@done: its bestssGt
ascertain why. such, recommend ndation wa
made It may be that the jury misap
prehended the: punishraent that might 70
imposed or did. not understand tina
there Is no.. statute. off sthis state Whtc
!. affords an adequate 'pNnis ishm ent for, esuc
| a. .Cr1nl0.:fkse -E1f --ttS
/ : It may be that they had pityaforsYe,
: as indeed, the court has, and considere
you an T. unfortunat te PERSON, as nerhal
you area,i But the AAsstion which pr
sents ITSELF hefn1is ths,snecesaHy for PEI
tectfng society agsftnfisp' r. mar, capable
the 1eomtfiissionsef of sueassa-eSinasI siss.t
You were not"indtlced to, the ,erimesn {!
any sudden impulse Or passion, Or BY III
suggest,e ior. art tihee Of the sgirl sheyss
You hafnever, einsfact; seen the girtshe
, fore you took her from the park! SSS@ft
! were evidently prepared to debauch :
= Z this way any girl that you might find
the park, however xirtuousa or pure Z 81
4 1 might previously have. been. :: @,'ts
There is evidence tending to show TIL
. you had previously, acted the part sofsss
officer in like manner, at Minnehaha anpal
:, v and at Elliot park. # may be that tn
= is only one of several offenses Of III
|, character Of which yous are guilty. Man
s perhaps most, girls sagd N / m most, 2, pafen e
+ | would hesitate to face the publicity tn
= comes from the attempt to prosecute g
), guilty of such q crime .s..,.. {.
). You have now been convicted Of fe
distinct felonies ins' the courts :pf II
state; and there is. little hope for a.
: reformation in your case. It Is -evfde
5 that you are. a habitual criminal.
; any event, the very fact that you ha
l. committede this offense pand, shown 80
! disposition to commit others Of like cha
=; acter is of itself amplet.warrant forsfi
n posing In your case7 the maximum pc
I, atty. r.5a =; Sa1sG,ss .Sa+.El ~
+ ,Milous Marbu1, convicted of burgla
: in the third degree was sentenced
: five years tin in, the penit entiary, a
= Frank G. Crane, who. pleaded guilty
Io grand LARCENY. ii the secpHd degree, v
= :. Sentenced to the pehitentiary on the !:
t, formatory plan. .ts.4$s s,y..sfh "a =
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