Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1911-03-19
Sentences TRIO
TO PEN|TENT|ARY
'BUD" NEWMAN, NEGRO, GETS
SHORT TERM AT MALESTER.
TAYLOR Takes AN APPEAL
David Leach Took Bacon for Family's
Relief, lie says, And Must
spend Two Years.

Yesterday was sentence day in the
district court when Judge l.. NJ. Poe
passed finally in three OF the cases
In which verdict was returned by
the jury during a hearing of the Grim
inal docket Attorneys in each of the
three cases entered objections to the
sentence imposed which was for
mally oyerruled by the Judge and the
ruling.
bud" Newman, a negro implicated
In the shooting at Dawson which end
ed In the murder of Deputy Sheriff
Charles Stamper, was sentenced to
serve four months at McAlester. The
charge against Newman was assault
with intent to kill on another negro
with whom he had a difference re-
garding the winnings in a gambling
game. The evidence showed that
Newman acted on the defensive
throughout the feud which afterwards
resulted fatally and he was the tar
get for most of the bullets fired in
the fight.
A motion for a new trial was made
by the attorney representing Harry
Taylor who was found guilty last
week by Il district court jury and SEN
tenced to McAlester for three months.
The motion was overruled by Judge
Poe and the attorney filed exceptions
to the action In his appeal for a new
trial Five days were given in which
Taylor's attorney might file his APP
peal Taylor, alias Berkshire, was
formerly employed as a clerk in the
Tulsa hardware store, and as the ev-
ldence showed, was implicated with
two Others in systematic purloinng
of stock, and placing it for disposal
to his pals" The center Of distrl-
button was at Sapulpa, where Taylor
with his confederates We're found
cartlng box filled with part of the
plunder taken from the store by burg
lars.
A plea that II was his first time to
be placed under arrest did not save
David Leach charged with purloin-
ing meat from a refrigerator car on a
side track of the Midland Valley rail
road at jerks last fall. In accord
ance with the instructions of the Jury
which last week returned verdict
of guilty and left the sentence pend
ing the disposal by Judge Poe, SEN
tence was passed yesterday afternoon.
Leach was committed to the peniten-
tiary to serve two years, the minimum
sentence for the theft of six sides
OF bacon and several hams
Leach Is an example Of the novice
type Of criminal, who fail to stop and
consider the danger of tampering
with corporation with millions of
dollars In financial backing His crime
was clearly proven against him, but
many Of the cases preceding his in
the district court were Of more SER
ious nature yet the punishment rem
dered against the defendant was con-
slderably lighter. A powerful rail-
road corporation and a meat packing
company capitalized at several mil
lion were behind the prosecution to
see that the Individual daring to COM
nit a felony on their property was
given the extent Of the law
The attorney for Leach Informed
the court before sentence was passed
that the prisoner had never before
been In the custody of an officer until
this crime was committed. Leniency
was granted by Judge Poe and the
lowest possible sentence was given
the prisoner, Leach Is a young man
and claimed In this testimony that he |
broke into the car to get provisions
for his family.