Los Angeles herald., 1906-08-28

neys attempted to impeach her tes-
timony.
When all the testimony had been
taken Judge Smith made the following
statements:
Judge Believes Witness
II have considered this testimony
carefully I believe this woman, Mrs
Hummer, Is truthful woman. Her
daughter, Mrs Gertrude Willcott, was
married woman, yet she was going
out good deal with this man Lane
and that woman, that mother, from the
testimony produced i'm this later hear
ing, had about all she could do to keep
peace i'm the family.
IT believe this man Lane went out
of this court room and made those re-
marks. / believe he went to that Mrs
Wtllcott and made his brags I believe
he made those same brags to a trusty
in the county Jail.
Such statements are a stab to the
very foundation of society and of this
court. If that condition should be true
God save this land. When this young
man was brought before me for sem
tence there was no record of any other
Improper actions committed by him.
Il wanted TO do the right thing by
this boy as / saw flt. We have many
young men on probation, about twenty
at the present time, and from the re-
port of the probation officer, all are
doing more than well.
II wanted to give this young man
such chance to reform, to blot out the
past with good deeds of the future
ana 1 wanted him to escape the stain
of the felon's garb.
SO l said to him that I wanted him
10 keep out of bad company and yet
nave not the slightest doubt that
he went out Of this court room straight
to the home of that girl and made his
boasts. That shows what his mental
makeup was.
Violated Parole
IT won't rest under any such imputa-
tion. / explained to him how careful
ne must be of his actions and yet he
Immediately hurried out to violate his
parole by his remarks about this court.
There are always some people in a
community so depraved so absolutely
rotten at heart that when they hear
such things they hurry forth and cast
such stories on the wings of the wind
to make others believe any remarks
of that character about court or q
public officer
II am satisfied that this young man
made those remarks"
Il didn't do 1t, your honor" shouted
Lane from where he sat, surrounded by
officers. The mans bravado had for
saken him for the first time during the
trouble and his face worked hard as
the penitentiary doors stared him in
the face. For liberty had been given
him, and the load of horror and re-
morse, If such there was, had been
lifted from him for just moment and
he had been free. And like a great
pail his fate was surely overtaking
him.
Beside him his old father sobbed soft
~. Nights Of sleeplessness for the
boys behavior had been that old mans
portion, life spent in trying to get
a little ahead for his son. and all for
what was then taking place before him
and there was not person in the
court room who was not sorry for the
father.
Sentenced to Prison
So when the court finished his talk.
the young man slouched forward with
MS head sunk well between his shoul-
ders and his eyes cleaning evilly from
beneath his brows.
This court, in trying to make a man
of you, put you on probation" said
Judge Smith. You promptly broke
that probation and it is now the order
OF this court that that probation be set
aside and that you be sent to the state
prison at San Quentin and there serve
hve years Imprisonment
The mans only reply was a muttered
curse as he turned and snarled at the
woman whose testimony had sent him
to the penitentiary. Then he was hus-
tied from the court room and sent to
the county Jail to await transportation
north.