Show TEARS SOfTEN LAWYERS LAWYER'S HE HEART RT Assistant County Attorney Haigh Is Moved to Leniency Len Len- Leniency Through 1 Weeping of Tillie Williams Tillie Williams and her tears softened the heart of Assistant County Attorney David David Haigh Tillie shed a few tears tears tears' as she entered a plea of not guilty to toa a charge of grand larceny before Jud Judge e Diehl She shed a few more as she undertook t to ty J cross examine cross examine each of the States State's witnesses esses and still m more ro las as she conducted the direct examination of her own witnesses When all of the testimony was was was' in m in Tillie was weeping with a flow of tears which threatened to flood the court court- room It was too much for the Assistant Assistant Assist J ant County Attorney and he asked to have a few minutes conversation with her I The Assistant County Attorney tried to be stern but the tho attempt was a fail fail- ure He told told Tillie that she was up it that there little against was question question ques ques- tion bon but that the court would bind her i over to the District court to answer to the charge of grand rand larceny ny and asked I Ithe her if she was willing to plead guilty guilt to a lesser char charge e and take a county county jail sentence Trough Through h her tears Tillie I said that she was willing though she avowed by all that was good and holy that she was not guilty Oh dear oh my I that awful county jail cried Tillie as she shed a afew afew afew few more tears The court took a recess for five minutes to allow Tillie to compose her hero self The tears had done their work on the Assistant County Attorney though there was no one present but who felt that he lie had done a kindness to the defendant When the court took up the matter again Tillie pleaded leaded guilty to the charge of petty larceny larceny The court ourt promptly sentenced sentenced sen sen- her to six months in the county jail Tillie was arrested last Tuesday night by Sergeant Hempel and Officer Seager on the char charge e of having robbed Juan Leon Leo a Mexican sheepherder of 45 in the Lone Star saloon on West Temple street |