The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1911-10-14
Inns. KNIGHT PLEADS GUILTY
Former Eureka Resident Sent to
Penitentiary for Criminal Op.
Grafton on Young Woman

B A stockton. California. dispatch Of
october 5 says: Quietly and when but
Paw had knowledge Of the prospective
nrooeedings, Mrs. s. E Knight. charged
With having performed a criminal op-
sration on Miss Emma Taylor. q 20
YEAR old girl, on August IA of this year
and with numerous other offenses OF
Guilar nature, was brought into court
Yesterday afternoon shortly after
o'clock. She entered plea Of guilty to
ths case 10 which Miss Taylor figured
!. principal witness, and was immedi-
ately sentenced to four and q hall
years in the penitentiary at San Quen-
tiu. She will be taken to San Quentin
next week.
Other Cases Disnissed
All of the other cases Of criminal
malpractice were dismissed against the
woman, and also charge of performing
criminal operation. preferred against
Lem Masters, young man who resided
4 with Mrs. Knight. was dismissed. |
Masters case was to come up for hear.
ling Saturday, while the hearing on a
second charge against Mrs. Knight was
Ito have come up tomorrow. District |
Attorney Foltz says that no other Of the
cases Of alleged criminal operation i'm. |
plicsting Mrs. knight would be heard.
He said that If any additional evidence
should be produced which would war.
rant charge OF murder being brought
that he would prosecute the case. but
ss yet he says that he is not in posses
sion Of evidence sufficient to warrant
such charge. Ii is believed that in.
fuence was brought to bear ON Mrs.
Knight to bring about her plea, by |
members Of families who would have
suffered disgrace in event of further ex-
posures being made through the trial Of
Mrs. Knight on other charges.
Sentence Le Passed
Judge Plummer in passing sentence
said: ''In passing sentence on the de.
fendant Of course the Court must take
into confederation all the circumstances.
know that by the plea OF guilty being
entered in this case it has saved the
county the expense OF prosecution. and
also saved the county. and a great many
Of its citizens. undoubtedly, from un-
pleasant notoriety. Notwithstanding
that, the circumstances of the offense
Of which you have pleaded guilty are
such that the Court would not be au-
thorized in making much Modification
OF sentence. however. / have con-
sdered that very carefully, and in view
OF the fact that the defendants plea OF
guilty does save great deal 10 the way
Of reputation to people in this county,
whose lives might otherwise be blasted,
and also in view of the fact that there
is an underlying cause which Lends TO
Just such things as we are now wit
Messing. aud that those causes are not
reached by this sentence. the COURT will
modify the punishment a few months.
Would CiOe Men the Limit
I'll l had before me the men who
have led to ths downfall of these girls
who have resorted to Mrs. Knight /
would unhesiiatingly give them the
limit In every case. OF course. upon
the other hand, the Court is aware OF
The fact that the defendant was being
paid for her services. and that gives 1t
mercenary aspect While that ought
not to be taken into consideration by
the Court. and sentence pronounced in
the way of vengeance, it yet is cir
cumstance which shows the intent and
pnrpose with which the act was com
mitted. 1t is also true that these acts
are not the result of sudden passion,
ont result from deliberatian and from
knowledge of all the circumstances con-
nected Herewith"
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