Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1909-10-27
District Court

week. The jury was out only a
few minutes and returned a verdict
finding the defendant guilty of
forgery and recommending that he
be sentenced to the state reforma-
tory.
The plea of temporary derange
ment or sudden loss of mental fac
uities did not impress the jury very
much, Notwithstanding the strenu-
Gus efforts of his attorney. Shell
ton, it is said, had a similar attack
Of forgetfulness before. His offense
this time was borrowing $40 from
the Peoples Bank and forging Zeal
Johnson's name on the note.
The Sun City burglary and rob-
berry cases were disposed of on
Wednesday of last week. The old
professional" who goes by the
name Of Chas. Chamberlain, plead
ed guilty to burglary and was Civ
en- an indeterminate sentence to
the state penitentiary ranging from
five to ten years. The younger
prisoner, Geo. Carey, went to trial.
He did not have an Attorney and
the court appointed F. F. Perry of
Kiowa to defend him. 1t did not
take long to dispose of the case:
The evidence was so strong that
there could be no doubt of Carey's
guilt. The following jury sat in
the case and returned a verdict
finding the young man guilty of
burglary and robbery as soon as a
ballot could be taken, after it was
submitted to them:
Geo. Mounsey T. NJ. Parr
John Cullison L. A. Draper
]. E. Circle Robt. Ruggles
Geo Mote d. W. Brown
G.. w. Rankin Conrad Baier
C. F. Harding A. a. Smith
The defendant had no witnesses
and did not testify in his own be-
half. Mr.. Perry did the best he
could, but being appointed to rep
resent his client on short notice,
ne was cup against" it so far sa
assisting him to any great extent
went. Carey's penalty runs from
5t9 IS years. He might have
saXcd something by pleading
guilty, as his senior partner in
crime did.
Chamberlain and Carey burglar
ized and robbed j. A. Bissantz's
store at Sun City in July, securing
about $40 in money, jewelry,
cutlery, etc. They were caught
soon after the robbery. Carey
was bitten by poisonous reptile
or insect while sleeping out on the
!, prairie and had to go to Lake City
for medical treatment. His actions
led to his arrest and enough was
found at the place he slept, and on
his person to establish his guilt.
Two days later Chamberlain was
found near Lake City with part
of the stolen goods, and this remoy-
ed all doubt of the guilt of both.
Carey came very near losing his
life by reason of being hurt. He
was poisoned very badly but by
careful treatment the poison was
all gotten out of his system. We
think Carey was a victim of Cir
cumstances. He told Sheriff
Mathews that he met up with
Chamberlain near Sun City and
that he was led into the crime by
Chamberlain. He stated that
when they got to the store and be-
fore breaking in, he weakened and
told Chamberlain that he would
have nothing to do with it and
Chamberlain forced him to "stay
on the job" threatening to use a
knife on him if he refused. Had
Carey gone to the prosecuting au-
thoritieS with his story, an investi-
cation made and the truth of it
established he might have come
out of it easier. The young mans
} mother lives in Michigan. She
= wrote letter to parties in this city
recently and it is quite pathetic.
Hode Hall, who was arrested a
few months ago for stealing a pair
of gloves from B. E. Wadsworth
of this place, and was also circum.
stantIally connected with the dis
appearance of a gold watch, plead
ed guilty to petit larceny and was
\ fined SIS and costs, amounting to
a total of $32.7o. Hall was
working for Mr.. Wadsworth at the
time. This is the case in which
the opposing counsel, County At
torney Field for the prosecution
and Samuel Griffin for the defense,
had quite a strenuous time-at the
seliminary hearing not long ago.
NE evidence against Hall was so
&nspg that, although he proclaim
ed his innocence for a season, he