Los Angeles herald., 1907-04-06
PLEADS GUILTY To
BURGLARY CHARGE
JAIL BREAKER SENTENCED TO
EIGHT YEARS
Giant Negro Who Was Leading Spirit
In Attempt of Trio to Es.
cape viii Be Tried
Soon

| Frank Borne, one of the trio of des-
| peradoes who, led by the giant negro,
| Fleenor, attempted to break jail
Wednesday night, yesterday pleaded
guilty to a charge of burglary before
Judge Smith of department one of the
superior court and was sentenced to
eight years Imprisonment in state
prison at Folsom.
When Borne appeared in court yes
terday morning he carried his hand in
sling as a token of the marksman-
ship of Guard Oscar Norrell of the
county jail He appeared nervous, but
when his case was called he walked
quickly before Judge Smith.
cts no use taking up the time and
attention of the court, your honor" he
said. There is enough of that going
on. 1 am guilty of this burglary charge
against me and 1 want this over with
as soon as possible. 1 want to plead
guilty to the charge"
This is one of the men who tried to
break Jail, is it not?" asked Judge
Smith, and Borne's attorney asked that
that fact be not held against the pris-
oner.
Takes Two Years off
you have done manly. thing by
coming forward and admitting your
guilt" said Judge Smith. You have
done the best thing under the circum-
stances, and for that reason 1 will take
two years off the sentence which you
would have otherwise received had you
been found guilty by jury. You will
be confined in Folsom prison for the
next eight years"
Yesterday Fleenor, the giant negro
who was shot in the head by Guard
Norrell during the attempter Jail break,
had improved so much that his wound
was bothering him only slightly. The
bullet only broke the skin over his tenn
pie and scraped the skull bone, stun
ming him for the moment.
He will be taken before the court
next week for trial and precautions are
being taken now for his transportation
to and from the court to the county
jail.
Deputy Sheriff Jack Henry of the
criminal department will have imme-
diate charge of the negro. Henry is an
experienced officer, having had charge
of many desperadoes. His orders are
to cuff the negro's hands behind him
! instead of the usual way of cutting
them in front of him.
Prisoner Well Guarded
He will walk by the side of the negro
in his trips to and from the jail, while
another officer will walk directly be-
hind the dangerous prisoner with a re-
| VolVer in his coat pocket constantly
trained on the negros back. His or
ders are to shoot at the first move the
negro makes to get away. In court II
is not known just what precautions will
be taken. but Fleenor runs a long
chance of being compelled to wear
bracelets during the court session.
When Fleenor went into the county
jail he told Sheriff Hammel that he
would get him If he could. When the
Jail break failed and Hammel went In
| to see how the wounded negro was
feeling Fleenor grinned and stated that
he hoped he'd have better luck next
time.
The sheriff remarked; "Well you're
In here and your chief object is tC
get out, and no one can blame you a
bit. My chief object is to keep you
in here and 1 am doing my best in
that line"
Little pleasantries like that have beer
exchanged between the officer and mar
and no chances win be taken with
Fleenor.
Borne who was sentenced TO spend
eight years in Folsom penitentiary yes
terday. did not have a chance to see
Fleenor before going TO court Borne
viii be taken north today 70 begin his
sentence Yesterday morning when he