The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-01-20
HOLDUP MEN 10
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JUDGE JOHN DAY SMITH WARNS
CRIMINALS.
Burglars and Highwaymen VIII Receive
as Severe Sentences as the Law Will
} Allow, Declares Court In Sentencing
Martin Ellison TO twenty-five Years.

Judge John Day Smith Of the dis
trict court today issued warning that
is almost an ultimatum to the criminal
element Of, Minneapolis, especially that
element that is inclined to press it's
demands on the public at the point of
gun. Martin Ellison, who pleaded
guilty to robbery in the first degree
for entering the butcher shop OF Charles
Sather on the evening of Dec. 70, when
he shot the owner and took $50 from
the till, was given a acknowledgements
sentence in the state penite military. In
sentencing him, Judge Smith said:
81 want to say-and i wish that
what I have to say could be heard by
every criminal, z or every man Grim
ainally inclined in this city-that il q
person is brought before me while ]
have charge Of the criminal branch OF
this court, and convicted OF breaking
into q dwelling house in the night, with
deadly weapon in his hands, or hold
ing up man in the street Or anywhere 7
else, at the point of a revolver, will
give him as severe sentence as the
law will allow AS has been stated, in
many states of the union, robbery in
the first degree is punishable by I'M
prisonment for life, and wish it were
so in this state. -
Ellison's crime was committed on
the same evening as was the Bader
murder. He was arrested a. few days
later and made no attempt to defend
himself. When brought before the
court for sentence he said that he had
worked at various trades from time to
time. A physician testified that the
prisoner was afflicted with tuberculosis
and heart trouble and his condition is
such that it is doubtful If he will live
to serve the whole of the twenty-five
year sentence. He is 20 years Of age
His father and mother appeared tc
plead his cause.
Sisters Letter Saves Him. "
Because of an innocent and childlike
letter written by his 11-year-old sister
and addressed to the court, Warner
Schiffman of St. Paul, charged witt
burglary in the third degree. was al
lowed a light sentence, after pleading
! guilty to lesser charge. Some tim.
Thompson, were found in the basemen
of Pike S drug store. Second avenue
and Fifth street, and were arrested TO-
burglary. Both stated to the cour
| that they were intoxicated at the tim
of the trouble and that they. ha'
crawled into the basement and gone t.
sleep. Both boys were allowed t
plead guilty to unlawful entry of
building and were given $40 or te'
days. sentences. slsS
| John Madden, Frank Stevens an
Frank Hanlow, found guilty Of gran
larceny in the second degree, were ser
fenced today. Madden was given fv
4 years at Saltwater and Stevens fou
i years and six months, the court Stain
+. that he 'purposely made the term short
or fbot Stevens miUht have an onnO1
tunity to get away from Made,
whom he judges the worst Of the tri'
Hanlow was given a refor1natory SCI
tence. III. .s.4
i Martin Collins. pleaded guilty
{ grand larceny ia the second degree an
aEwas sentenced to ninety Il days in stf
workhouse. He has wife and seve
children who have been deserted an
obliged to care for themselves.