The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-09-16

SAN FRANCISCO, September s.
Louis Glass. vice president of the
Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Com
pany. was yesterday sentenced by Su-
perior Judge Lawlor to serve five years
in the State Prison at San Quentin for
| the bribery of former Supervisor
Thomas F. Lonergan.
Glass rose at the command of the
court and heard the sentence with the
same fortitude that has marked him
throughout the trial.
For the first time since he formally
pleaded not guilty to the charge, Glass
addressed the court yesterday, and
then only to reiterate that he was
guiltless of the accusation. Motions
for new trial and in arrest of judg-
ment were denied. A stay of execu-
ton of thirty days was granted.
Promptly at 10 o'clock Glass. accom-
panied by Attorneys Delmas, Coogan
and McPike, appeared in court. Dis
rrict Attorney Langdon and Assistant
District Attorney O'Hara were already
at the table of the prosecution. Only
handful of the faithful followers of the
two trials was in court to witness the
final scene. Judge Lawlor appeared
from his chambers, assembled the bench,
and with no delay called the case of
the People of the State of California
versus Louis Glass.
Grass EaCUC TTrncNEENTr,
Glass was commanded to stand up.
He stood erect, squarely facing the
court, the tips of his fingers resting
lightly upon the back of the pew before
him. The court then recited the facts
of the arraignment, the trial and the
finding of the jury on August 80.
Concluding, counsel for the defend |
ant were asked if they had any motions
to interpose. Attorney Coogan prompt |
ly arose, while Glass resumed his seat. |
Coogan moved for a new trial on four |
statutory grounds-that the court had
misdirected the jury in matters of fact,
that the court had erred in ruling on
evidence, that the verdict was con- |
trary to law. and that the verdict was
contrary to the evidence. Judge Law!
lor promptly denied the motion.
Coogan then moved an arrest of
judgment on the statutory ground that
the facts STAGED in the indictment did
not constitute public offense. and
upon the further ground that the in
dictment, being the fruit of an illegally
grand jury, furnished no
basis for trial and conviction. That
motion was likewise denied.
DENIES GUILT IN COURT.
Glass was asked if he had any reply
to make. He rose:
ST have no reply, your Honor, to the
ruling, except to state that I am en-
tirely guiltless of this charge" He
seated himself again. Judge Lawlor
then went on with the sentence, read
ing the statutory section defining the
crime as one punishable by from one
to fourteen years in the State Prison.
In bestowing the sentence he was to
give, Judge Lawlor said he was influ-
enced by the age, sixty-two, of Glass.
That fact was counterbalanced to some
the court said, by the great
ness of the crime. All preliminary
matters being disposed of, the court
turned to the defendant.
Louis Glass, stand up" Glass rose
again, looking squarely at Judge Law
lor. 1T is the judgment of the law
and the sentence of the court that you
be confined In the State Prison at San
Quentin for the term Of five years"
GLASS SHOWS NO EMOTION.
Imperturbable as ever, Glass resumed
his seat. Delmas leaned over the pew
and shook his hand. The Judge left
the bench, Glass returned to the Gus
tody of the Sheriff, and the courtroom
was cleared.
To those who have watched Glass
closely, it is evident that the strain is
telling. The lines around his mouth
and beneath his eyes are more deeply
marked for the few days in the County
Jail. and his cheeks appear a bit more
sunken. But to the world he bears the
same proud exterior, scorning to per-
nit the morbid and the curious to be-
hold one single trace of weakening.
District Attorney Langdon said yes
terday that Glass would not be tried
on any of the other charges until the
Supreme Court had finally rendered its
opinion on the validity of the grand
jury.