The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1913-04-29
OPPE n HE |ME R
TERMS JUSTICE
DEAF AND DUMB
Human Tiger Fails to Stay
Sentence by Irnpassioned
Appeal to Judge
Sturtevant
tspeciai Dispatch to The cam

Especial Dispatch to The Cain
SAN RAFAEL, April 2s.-An impas-
stoned appeal to Superior Judge George
sturtevant by Attorney G. c. Ringolsky,
supplemented by bitter arraignment
of "the goddess OF justice. who is not
only blind, but deaf and dumb" by
Jacob oppenheimer. failed to stay the
passing Of re-sentence today on Op-
penheimer, known as the human
tiger" who was brought here yester-
day from Folsom prison to learn his
fate
Judge sturtevant. in sentencing
Oppenheimer. said;
II have but one coure to pursue. The
judgment heretofore rendered in this
case shall be carried into effect at
Folsom prison by the warden at II
o'clock, noon. on Friday. the 9th day of
June"
Following the objection of Ringolsky,
occupying three hours, in which he de-
clared that the statute under which Op-
penheimer was convicted was ex post
facto and retroactive in its operation.
he gave notice that he would appeal to
the supreme court of the state on the
ground that Judge Sturtevant refused
to rule on his motion for stay of SEN
tence.
Oppenheimer was told to stand.
Glancing over the crowded room, fold
ing his hands behind him and asking
for drink of water. the prisoner faced
the Judge.
IF the attorneys have finished" he
said. Il have something to say. I know
nothing of law, except that it is unjust
in. hundreds of cases The goddess of
justice is not only blind, but deaf and
dumb. Listen to this: Two men blew
up building full of people in Los An
geles. One got life and one got ii years.
"One man confessed to five murders
and six robberies. He was sent to
Folsom prison for life.
"A man in the street assaults another
Tree man with a deadly weapon His
maximum punishment is two years.
Here is my point: I happened to
be life termer when I assaulted
man with deadly weapon. The free
man for the same crime gets two years
and | get hanged. I ask you, is that
justice?"
Pointing his finger at the Judge and
the district attorney. and naming the
governor of the state, the Jury that
convicted him, the state legislature and
the mechanics who erected the scaffoid
upon which he will be executed, Open
heimer cried:
You are going to sentence me to be
hanged. judge. but / want to say that
you and those l have named will par
uclpate In the crime of my murder"
Oppenheimer, according to prison
records, is guilty of two murders COM
mitted during his Imprisonment. one
prior and one subsequent to the crime
Tor which he has been sentenced to
pay the death penalty. There are sew
era1 assaults upon guards and fellow
prisoners credited to him during his
confinement of nearly score Of years.
His first conviction was for robbery.
His term was heightened to life i'm
prisonment after his Staying of a guard
In San Quentin. Shortly after his re-
moval to Folsom prison he made sew
eral vicious assaults upon guards and
conyicts. necessitating his being placed
In solitary confinement
The second victim of his knife was
a fellow condemned man at Folsom
The crime was committed after OPP
penheimer had been sentenced to death
for an assault upon one of the Folsom
prison guards