The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-11-30
PLEAD GUILTY AND
ARE SENTENCED
Judge Norris Sends Two Men
to Federal Prison at Fort
LeayenWOrth.
STlNGING REBUKE IS
GIVEN REN SAILOR
Prisoner Holds Up Well, but
Wife Breaks Into Passion
Of Tears.

Two offenders against the laws Of
the United states had Justice mctcd ort
TO them in tfc United States distric,
court Monday morning by Judge Pace
Morris. They were Ren SaiLor. former.
~ u mail clerk, who was charged with
riding money from registered letters
aud was sentenced 10 thirteen mortbs
at the government prison at Fl. Leavcp.
worth, Kansas, aud A. l.. Williams.
charged with impcrsonating govern
mcnt license Inspector lie vas senl.
enccd to one year and two days AT the
government prison, and io pay = fine
Of 5000 Both men pleaded nuiIfy.
When 1T became known that both
luese prisoners would enter pleas of
guilty, special arrangements were made
10 prjng them before The court in order
'hat acntcncc might be passed. aud ,hcv
might begin their sentences as soon a,
posi- bic
SAILOR was the first 10 hear the iudg.
ment Of the court. Accompanied Nv
MS wife. c..hc sat near the nudge 5 bench
aud when he wns called upon TO plead
arose, trembling and ashcn pale. aud in
a low voice said. "Guiliy' Ii re.
CURED tremendous effort upon the
part OF hls wife TO restrain the tears.
but she managed TO do so until the pass
ing of the sentence. when She hurst
cut crying and became hysterical.
Singing Rebuke.
With the entering Of his plea. Sailor
stood erect while Judge Morris delv-
cred singing rcbukc 10 him. The
| court stated that as 4 general thing
! Lectures amounted to nothing. but in
! this case one might have a little Of
feet. Sailor was told that the court
had passed the light sentence Of tbjr
! teen months for two reasons, ono be
| ing the fact that the Young man has
been III .lail seven months. and the sec.
ond on account OF his wife and three lit.
! tie ones. The judge Informed The pris.
! oner that upon his release from prison
be must turn over q new leaf and he
GIN. life over again. declaring that the
STAIN he had placed upon the future Of
| his llttlc ones Was shameful and would
hurt them through all The years before
them.
1T is only by how yeu conduct your
self. declared tho court. "tLat this
hlemlsh can be IN any way erased from
them You have made the innocent
suffer. aud you should be heartily
ashamed Of yourself. -
Williams WAS then called before The
bar of justice and asked 10 plead He
Said guilty IN firm voire. but ow.
ing TO his youth he court stated that
the sentence TO be passed would be
moro i'll The naturc Of lesson To him
than punishment. Williams was then
sentenced 10 serve Que wear and two
| days and TO pay fine OF $500 Both
he and Sailor VIII he taken TO Fort
Leavenworth today by ono Of the Off
GERS connected with The United States
| marshal s oliice
Sailors Case.
Sailor was n mail clerk on The Ore
gon Short Line, between Ogden and
Nlalad, Idaho Registered letters were
missed from fine and time, while il is
claimed that others containing money
had been opened. the money extracted.
the letters rescalcd and passed on to
their destination. II required several
months of hard work upon the part OF
the railroad authorities and posiolIicr
inspectors before the trouble was traced
10 Sailor S ear. Letters were then mail
ed at Malad containing marked money.
and after the letters bad passed through
Sailors hands aj Ogden The money was
found 10 be missing from them. He
| Was arrested and searched and the
marked money found in his pockets.
He WIS indicted bv the United States
grand jury on three counts, and was
sentenced upon all three. The sentences
10 run concurrentlY.
Williams, who was arrested nearly
Two months ago and charged with Iu-
pcrsonatlng a government license m
SpcctoT, went about his work IN hare.
faced manner. He visited number OF
lodging houses In the city and demanded
of their keepers the payment of The
government tax on liquors. He threat
| enpd 10 coniiScafc thc ljouoT II the lax
was not paid. and was 80 slick IN his
line Of talk that he managed To secure
upwards OF 500 IN this mlnner before
he was caught. He was indicted upon
! four counts, sentenced upon each VIII
| thc sentences to run concurreptly.
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