The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-09-06
FIVE YEARS FOR
LOUIS GLASS
Judge LaWlOr Passes Sentence
Upon Convicted Telephone
Official.
COURT SCENE WAS DRAMATIC
Defendant Proclaims His Innocence
Attorneys Procure Arrest
OF Judgment.

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept 4.-"Five
years for Louis Glass" was the news
message that sped with incredible
rapidity to all parts of the city this
morning from the Temple Sheriff.
Israel, California and Webster streets
where was imposed the sentence that
brought to a dramatic close the sec
ond trial of the vice president and
former general manager of the Pa
cific Telephone & Telegraph COM
pany, convicted last week of the
crime of bribery; crime for which
the extreme punishment under the
law of this state is fourteen years.
Only small crowd, made up for the
most part of lawyers, witnessed the
imposing of sentence. When the
usual preliminary motions had been
cleared away, the court said:
Has the defendant any other le-
gal cause to show why Judgment
should not be pronounced upon
him?'
Asserted His Innocence.
Mr.. ,ass arose in the pew imme-
diately back of his counsel. His face
was very pale, but in his bearing
there was neither boldness nor cring-
ing. He might have been about to
address a board meeting for all the
emotion he betrayed. Looking the
Judge full in the face, he answered
in a voice that was clear and steady:
81 have no reply, your honor, eX
cept that | am entirely guitess of
this charge.
After a pause, Judge Lawlor turn
ed to the prosecution, saying:
Have the people any reason to
present at this time why judgment
should not now be pronounced?
mo, your honor, answered AS
sistant District Attorney O'Gara.
Remarks hy the Court.
There are two general considera-
tions, said the Judge pressing up
on the mind of the court in determin-
ing the measure of punishment in
this case The first turns upon the
situation of the defendant himself
A man well advanced in years, has
appeared in this court charged
for the first time with the commits
sion of public offense. The other
consideration is the nature of the
offense and the effect of such Grim
inal transgression upon the institu-
tions of the country itself. The GER
tainty rather than the extent CT the
punishment should control. Weigh
ing both of these considerations, |
have reached a conclusion as to the
measure of punishment which | feel
will be both just and fair under all
the circumstances presented.
Louis Glass, stand up.
Five Years in San Quentin.
Louis Glass, it is the Judgment of
the law and the sentence Of the
court that you be confined in the
state prison of the state of California
at San Quentin, for the term of five
years.
After his attorneys had appIed for
and been granted thirty-day arrest
of Judgment, within which they will
apply for bail and begin the prose-
cution of an appeal, Mr. Glass was
removed by the sheriff to the county
Jail, where he has been prisoner
ever since his conviction last week.
The crime for which Louis Glass
was today sentenced to San Quentin,
and of which he maintains his inn0-
cence, was the brbing of Supervisor
Thomas f. Lonergan, in the sum of
900 to vote against the applica-
tion of the Home Telephone company
for a franchise in this city.