Bisbee daily review., 1918-01-10
TWO FORMER BISDFFE RESIDENTS
 SENTENCED ID LIFE IMPRISONMENT
 FOR MURDER CRAS. LOEB AT TUCSON
Louis Sundeen and Barney Schler Given Maximum Penalty Under the Law and Judge Pttee Regrets That He Cannot Give Sundeen More.

q q lpmrisOnmeat in the state penitentia. ry al Florence for the murder oi Charles Loeb at Pastime Park near TuesOn on December 23rd. Sundeen was a butcher and worked in most of the local markets here and also in the mines a few days. Schiller worked in the various mines here Of and on for about eighteen years and is quite well known
 In sentencing SCndeen. the first to come before him. Judge Pattee deplOr- ed his inability to impose a more se- were sentence. To SchiIler's plea for mercy, Judge Pattee declared that if the law allowed he would have made a distinction between his sentence and that of Sundeen-by making Sun deen's sentence heavier.
 Mistaken Sentiment
 In sentencing Sundeen. Judge Pat tee said:
 am sorry that the good people of this state mistakenly changed the rer- atty for offenses of this kind. r. vas done with feeling of mercy, but 1t was a mistake because no punishment IS adequate that IS now allowed by law fer such an cffense as you, upoa your own statement have been guilty or. But the law is as f IS, and [ can i'm pose only one penalty. The iudoe- ment of the court is that you are quii- Y of the crime of murder in the first degree and that you be punished there ter hy imprisonment in tne state pris- on at Florence for the term cf your natural fife, the term of Imprisonment to begin today"
 Alfred Pruitt, eO-defendant with Sundeen and Schiller. who had broken the agreement 10 plead guilty. waived his preliminary examination vesfel- day in the justice court and Was taken 10 the superior court. where he plead cd not guilty. his attorney. John E. Hughes, having withdrawn from the case On his plea of no funds. John D Mackay was appointed his attorney He will be given a trial
 Each Mans Confession
 The sentencing of Sundeen and Blaekie was marked by cold-blOOded confessions of both Sundeen and Blaekie before the court, which took some time Each sought to explain ms parlclp2uOn-
 Sundeen was sentenced first Judge Pattee. before a full court room called the man to receive his sentence and after reading the charge against hin told him that the decision of the court was that he had been guilty of murder in the first degree under the law He asked if he had anything to say
 The judge was compelled to raise his voice for the benefit of the prison l CT, who is slightly deaf
 Have you anything 10 say as 10 why this sentence should not be pro nOuneed2" inquired the judge.
 Robbery Was Motive
 Yes" said Sundeen slowly. -I have l want to explain the way it happened and to tell for what purpose we went there. We went there with the inren ton of robbing him
 Here Sundeen folded his arms. his hands being manacled-
 We had no intention of killing | him and l am not saving this to clear ! myself or blame anybody l was the first in the store I took two leaps | and was in the door and levele6 | down on him. Charlie l says .thrOw up your hands He srinued at me and I said. Throw them up.' and he only put his left hand under the bar He made me believe he was go- ing to shoot me through the bar. IL | ran through my mind he was going to shoot
 He paused for a moment of reool lection
 Calmly Recitss Story
 T shot him through the shoulder Il he continued calmly. and he holIe-ed l tried to shoot Him again in the shout der, but the shot went a Iittle tCo high and it went into his head
 He paused again for a moment and continued slowly and carefully.
 T went to the door where Rlackie was then and I said T killed him. Blackie said. Well. look around and see if you can find any monev-
 T looked and l did not see any mon ey- l was sorry had killed him. Il said. T am going Blackie said. Wait better look around for some money. No" l said, you can stick if you want to but l am going l was sorry I had killed the man I wanted 10 get away to get out to the machine
 Here an idea seemed to occur 10 him
 Planned 10 Tie Him
 There's something else I didn't speak of he began again We had a rope with us We were soing 10 tie up the man and then we were going 10 rob him After tat we were going 70 telephone from the city pretending 10 be at Pastime Park and tell the police 90 that the man would be put out of his misery soon
 There are several here in the house would like to put on the stand who tell as to what they heard me say before the"
 No said Judge Psttee. the law will not permit"
 There are certain things I have to | say" he broke in 'I am only 2S years old There might be something good | l can do yet There might be some | small good in me There is a person in the house who was in jail with me | wkc I thought was a criminal who | would tell how told him Of my plans I for the future if ] ever had another | chance. Remarks that it would be diff | ferent from this on. Remarks made