The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1915-12-10
YOUNG MEN ARE GIVEN
Doses SEES BY kATO COURT

From Saturdays Daily.
Dad" Chittenden: swell, ! have
my board paid for the next three
years"
Ralph Macbeth: II don't want any
stay Of proceedings. want to 90 to
the reformatory and have II over with
as soon as possible"
These are statements said 10 have
been made by the two young men
who were sentenced last night to the
reformatory.
Ralph r. Macbeth and Harry Chit
tenden were both sentenced TO the
state reformatory at ST. Cloud Tor an
indeterminate period. not to exceed
five years, by Judge ]. II. Quinn OF
the district court last evening.
The announcement that the court
was going to pass sentences at the
unusual hour of seven O'Clock at night
was quietly made by the judge yes
terday morning The news spread
rapidly. and the great interest that
the public has taken In both OF these
cases was again demonstrated by the
large crowd that gathered last night
outside the railing.
Ralph F. Macbeth's father and sis
ter were there and friends of the
family. Many were the acquaintance
OF both the young men. who listened
with GREATNESS interest. TO every
word that was spoken. by Judge, law
yers and prisoners.
Both Young Men Admonished.
Judgc Quinn admonished both
Young men to show by their conduct
while in the reformatory that they
meant to straishten up and make
men of themselves, and he was care
full 10 impress upon them the thought
that the time of their incarceration
would depend entirely on the way in
which they behaved. He told both
that the reformatory superintendent
had no desire 10 keep any OF the con-
v;cts I'm the institution any longer
than was absolutely necessary. The
sooner they gave satisfactory proof
that they intended TO live rs men
should the sooner they would be free.
Each OF the prisoners was asked
whether he would do his best to
straighten and lead a proper life. and
each unhesitatingly gave the Judge
his pledge that he would.
The whole proceeding went along
very quietly. There was no display
of emotion on the part Of anybody.
The prisoners were both calm and
respectful. Macbeth gave his an
swers TO The judge I'm very low tone
OF voice. when inquiries were made
as to his age. past life and habits.
County Attorney Firm.
Probably the most sensational
statement of the evening was made
by County Attorney ]. w. Schmitt,
speaking of Macbeth He declared
that the young man had a very bad
reputation i'm this community; that
he had the name of taking young
girls out in his automobile and mis-
handling them; and that II was
generally believed that he was d
menace to the community.
Macbeth and Chittenden were both
convicted in jury trials of assault In
the second degree. Macbeth had
been indicted on the charge of at
tempted rape on a girl by the name of
Mary Handy In the Chittenden case
the verdict found him guilty of just
what the indictment charged. He
threw a rock through a window OF a
Dan Patch passenger train, and in
jured a passenger.
Chttenden is the older of the two
men, and has by 70 the greater rec
ord for being the defendant in crimi-
nal court proceedings. Chittenden Is
twenty seven years old and Mac
beth is twenty-four. When Chitten-
den was before the Judge, the latter
asked him how many times, accord
ing to his recollection, he had been
arrested Chittenden said three or
four times. The judge replied that
he thought II was more like a dozen
or fifteen times. The Judge then pro-
duced a paper. which had on II the
following list of instances OF Chit
tenden being before court on criminal
charges:
Record Of chittenden.
June %, 1905, convicted of assault
in the third degree and fined.
May 9, 1906. convicted OF abusive
. language and fined.
Oct IS. 1907. convicted of assault
on ]. J. Chittenden, HIS father.
Jan. %. 1909, arrested on charge of
larceny In second degree on complaint
of Bill Jones:
Oct 10. 1910. arrested for assault
but not convicted.
May %. 1911, convicted Of dis
orderly conduct and fined.
June 6, 1912. arrested on the charge
of burglary in the third degree: plead
ed guilty TO larceny I'm the second
degree: sentenced June IL. 1912, to
the reformatory.
Dec. 2, 1915. convicted of assault In
the second degree. ...r
The memorandum that the judge
had prepared greatly refreshed Chit
tenden's recollection. When he was
reminded of his assault on his father
however, he said that was justified, as
his father had come home drunk and
was beating his mother Young
Chittendeu had admitted. however
that he AT times drank heavily. and
the judge said his fathers example
ought to be a sufficient warning to
him to stay away from saloons ant
drink, instead OF following right In
the fathers footsteps In thet respect
The Burglary Charge.
The judge dwelt at some length or