The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1907-05-07
MAYS ANO JONES
RECEIVE THEIR SENTENCE
FOR LAND.FRAUD CON-
.SPlRACY.
Mays Fined $1,000 and Serve Fonr
Months in Jail-Jonee Fined
$4,000 and Serve Eight
Months in Jail-Soren-
sons Bail Forfeited.

SON Ball Forfeited.
Portland, May 4.-Oregonian:
Shattered in health and weakened
mentally and physically, Franklin
Pierce Mays, ex-United States at
torney for Oregon and ex-state
senator from Multnomah county
convicted last summer of conspira.
cy in connection with the Blue
Mountain fo-est reserve land frauds,
came before United States Judge
William H. Hunt in the Federal
court yesterday and was sentenced
to serve four montha In the county
Jail and pay fine of $1,000. The
ordeal proved exceedingly trying
to Nays and be broke down and
wept when it was over.
When the bills of exception,
we're finally disposed Of Judge Hunt
announced that he was ready to
pass sentsnce upon Mays and his
convicted codefendants, Willard N.
Jones and George Sorenson. Jones
was sentenced first. Judge Hunt
! in imposing a Jail sentence of eight
months and $4,000 fine on the
former state legislator delivered a
stinging rebuke to the citiz ms in
general who have been guilty of
land frauds. Judge Hunt said that
the downfall of all Of them was due
to avarice. Reputable men.fhad
found it easy to make money by
securing government lands by the
methods used by the defendants.
Men who did these things be-
came soon careless in their meth.
ode" said Judge Hunt. Zone man
made money easy and then others
would enter into the same business.
Their moral sense finally became
so bluDted that they could not dis
tinguish right from wrong, ther
men of splendid reputation and
|good character were ruined and dis
lgraced for life."
/ While Judge Hunt was speaking
Jones stood motionless. He paled
a little under the scathing denun'
citation Of the court, but did not
finch or move a muscle when Judge
Hunt closed his rebuke by saying
1.-The sentence of the court Is that
you be confined in the Multnomat
county jail for a period of eight
months and pay fine of 50, 900. y
! When asked by the court wheth
er he had anything to say before
sentence was passed upon him,
Jones replied that be had not, but
that his attorney, S. B. Houston
would address the court in his be.
half. Attorney Houston pleaded
for laniency for his client and call
cd Judge Hunts attention to the
fact that Jones is already under
senteoee in another case.
! Mays, seated by his wife ano
brother, was present in the court
loom when sentence was imposed
upon Jones and it was plain thai
be was steeling himself to meet th,
inevitable ordeal. Attorney Fen
ton, during the morning session
had made motion for a new tria
and had submitted the motor
without argument. Judge Hum
took the matter under advisemen
until two o'clock. As he callsc
upon Mays to come forward Judgs
Hunt overruled the motion for tn,
new trial and announced that h'
was ready to pass sentence.
| Before this, DR.. W. 7. William
son, who has attended Mays fol
nearly a year, was placed on the
stand and testified as to the de
fendant's physical condition. Dr.
Williamson swore that on his las
examination Of Mays be had found
him to be little stronger physically
than he was last summer. He sale
that Mays was suffering from pres
entity and would never be wei
man again under any environment
Before Judge Hunt passed cen
tence upon Mays, be said 1t wal
hardly necessary for physician
to testify that the defendant was {
sick man, for it easily could b.
seen that such was the case. Mays
while the court was passing cen
tenc ), grasped the back of his chat
for support and when Judge Hun
finished speaking, seemed upon th'
verge Of collapse as he sank init
the chair. While Attorney Fentor
was pleadip 6 for stay Of execution
of the sentence until such TINS a
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