The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1915-05-07
JUDGE ASHFORD
DEALS LIGHTLY
|. .WITHGAAGsIERS
|! h 49, ia
lack sculIy Escapes Jail Term
and Gets Suspension Of
Sentence Instead
soGeS TOO sick -"
TO REMAIN N JAIL
McGrath laughs At Court and
Police and May Become Gen.
eral In Old Mexico
(Froni Wednesdays Adverti,scrjj


A suspended sentence for thirteen
mouths was given John A. Scully by
Judge Ashford yesterday, II being
stated in court that Scully intends leav'
ing the Territory, but the suspension
of sentence was not imposed conditional
on, Seully doing. So. ana.
/, That Scplly, one Of a ring Of = badger
game 7 desperadoes, would get or light
N. was understood for some time. He
was convicted on . charge Of second
degree rot berry by jury some months
ago with III. b, Lewis. SeuIly, was next
indicted with r. II, Boggs, u. .. Nc:
Grath and George "a. Bertl Bower on
. charge Of first degree robbery
Z The second charge against Seully
was dropped later, il being understood
that he would turn states evidence
against his pals u crime. This was
not necessary. as Boggs, MeGrath and
Bower pleaded guilty later to the re-
SSssa sSaFse e a second degree robbery
MeGrath walked away one night
from the city prison, and was SO abb
sent minded that, when the roll was
called yestetday in court be WAS not
present. Nor IS, II likely that Mr.. Me.
Grath will ever honor Judge Ashford q
court, or any other court in Hawaii,
with his presence. If rnmor Is to be
believed, MeGrath is said to be now
on his way to Mexico, where he may
become a revolutionary general. The
police, from the sheriff down, 10 the or.
binary man on the beat AL think Nc
Eyath . fsdsTawayo escape is the joke
OF the season. 4, ,ss;fEyg,
Bosgs' Nerves Are BsS y,
,Boggs was, sentenced yesterday to
not less than . week In Jail. The maxi,
NUNS under the iplsterpiiDate sentence
law, Is twenty years Just how soon
Mr.. ,Boggs will get ,out tof prison IL
probien,atieal.. he, Developer, suddeRly
5 complication. 5of illnesses after the
prison doors first closed on biz back,
he; facing inward; His Pbysieian ,aP-
pepred in c0nrt recently and told Judge
Ashford that confinement would be very
trying on Mr.. Boggs nerves Boggs
taay he .paroled, pardoned and restored
10 lciyil rights as soon as be has served
the, week ont and Psi,l the costs of the
court. which are tIifing N Amount.
Lewis Good for Two Years 4
4 Henry B. Lewis got 4 minimum of
two years in prison, the maximum in
his case being also twenty years. He
has, been healthy right through his re.
Gent prison experiences and has not
been in the hospital. 4 50 far as is
known there was only one charge
against him, and on this charge, re
duGed by the, trial jury, he was con
yicted. Pleas were made in Lewis
behalf YESTERDAY. His youth was pa,
raded in court and his manhood was
shown up. when the Prosecution made
Tered a chance to turn states evidence,
lut that he had refused 70 play the
traitor 70 his pals in crime, He got
not less than two years.
Three and a Half for Bower
Bert Bower was sent across by Judge
Ashford for not less than three years
and half, the maximum in his case
being also twenty years. No special
plea was made for Bower. -,
McGrath was not sentenced, SINCE
he is now at liberty, thanks to either
his own ingenuity or the assistance of
unknown friends, and not being pres.
cnt in court yesterday, no law provides
for his sentencing.
Were There Higher-ups7 t
With the exception Of McGrath, the
sentencing of the other members OF the
desperate gang of hold-up men brings
to close one of the most sensational
criminal cases in LOCAL annals. A pun
Der of Cinnamon were held up and
forced to disgorge hundreds Of dollars,
under the pretence that the gang was
within the inner circle of the opium
ringsters. That the whole story has
| not been brought out and that some
higher-ups remain undiscovered and IN
punished is common fumor. The plead.
ing guilty of the BUNCH is said TO have
Pnt the lid on other important deyel
Opments.