The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1911-09-19
LEE MUST GO
TO PEN|7EN7|ARY
Judge WiCkham ReVOkGS SuspGn-
sion OF Sentence
And ReSentenCeS Lee To Three
Years In State Prison

they come into the court ana Drlng
with them the body of Michael T. Lee.
mo repsonse, your honor" reported
the bailiff,
Mr.. Frank Moore, one of the attor-
news in the trial of the case in which
Lee was convicted of the murder of
Charles E. Metcalf, addressed Judge
Wickham saying that he (Mr. Moore)
had had telephone message from
relative of Lee, who believed that Lee
would be in court Friday afternoon
Mr.. Moore asked the court to make
the entry in the case to show that SEN
tence had been suspended uncondi-
tionally and that Lee had been allowed
to depart from the court and from GUS
tody. This was evidently request in
line with one made week since,
when an effort was put forth to show
that as Lee had been allowed to go
his way the bondsmen should not be
held liable on the bond given, as was
claimed, to secure his attendance when
btS lhdlltl vi d DCM Llldl anu oCn-
tence was to be taken up. The court
declined to have any change made in
the entry, allowing it to stand show
ing only that sentence was pronounced
and suspended.
"The bond in this case is declared
forfeited" said the court, 'by reason
of Lees failure to appear here at this
time, and by reason of the failure of
his bondsmen to produce his body
here at this hour
AT this point Judge Wickham dis
cussed at some length the matter of
an unconditional suspension of SEN
tence He said that the term "uncon-
ditionar' does not mean that there
were no conditions between the court
and the convict
Judge Wickham said that it APP
peared during the trial of the case
that Lee had been criminally init
mate with a woman of the town-one
Daisy Howell The defendant, the
court said, was expressly given to un-
derstand that he must give up Daisy
Howell or that the suspension would
be revoked. The judge said that Lee
was a married man and had children,
and that this conduct with the Howell
woman was highly reprehensible at
any time or any place,
The testimony of Chief of Police
Clements, given some days ago, when
the motion was first called, was re-
called by the judge. According to
that testimony Lee paid no attention
to the courts admonition," said Judge
Wickham. mo additional evidence is
needed to establish this point" he
continued, "as have confidence in ex-
sheriff Clements. Lee has violated
one of the main conditions of suspen-
sion" The court made plain that he
has no patience with Lee in this vio-
lation particular "If the condition
had been that he abstain from drink
ing and he had been an inebriate and
unable to control an appetite for
liquor it might be different. In this
case he does it from choice and does
not attempt to control himself"
The Judge said that he believed
Prosecutor Cromleys statement that
Lee had been seen in Columbus with
the Howell woman. Here the prose-
cutor interjected that he had wit
nesses present to testify as to this.
1--WE don't need them,' said the Judge,
''Lee has been seen here, he has yio'
lated the moral law and the written
law"
"It follows" continued the court
"that there is but one thing to do
that is to set aside the suspension OF
sentence
Here Judge Wickham declared that
he was sorry that Lee was not in the
court room to hear what he had to say
The judge intimated that Lee would
be subjected to a faying such as nc
prisoner had ever received in this
court.
Lee was in Columbus Monday
night with Daisy Howell" remarked
Prosecutor Cromley
81 told Lee that he might expect
sentence to be enforced il he violated
the confidence reposed in him." sait
the court, who went on to say that HI
believed at the time sentence was