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Show CUILTY CARROTERS- The Footpad Has a Fatal Day Before the Petit Jury. Assistant District Attorney Critchlow landed on the garroter with "all fours" and pile driving effect late yesterday afternoon and there are now two vacancies va-cancies in tho nefarious circle. The case was that in which Joseph Shockel and Thomas Lee answered to an indictment in-dictment charging them with waylaying waylay-ing and robbing Alfred Nelson one dark night in May last. Tho prosecuting prosecut-ing witness who had the liveliest and most fertile recollection of the episodo testified that on tho night in question he was passing up the temple block whistling an old love tune when the heartless Lee shoved a six shooter under his alfactories and ordered him todisgorge. He was not allowed timo to do this, however, for tho footpad's confederate, whom the witness identified as Shackcl; went through his pockets, from which they took a watch and chain. Witness was ordered to move on under cover of the weapon, and while moving up the street met James Powers and two others to whom he recounted his experience with the avaricious gentry.. Pointing out tho "gentlemen" who had so kindly relieved him of his burdens, the party trailed them and Lee and Shackcl were turned over to Officer Donovan, who locked them up. The testimony testi-mony was corroborated by Mr. Morgan and others after which the defendants de-fendants made an abortive effort to establish es-tablish an alabi and tho case was submitted. sub-mitted. The jury after an absence of a few minutes returned a verdict of guilty guil-ty and sentence was set for tomorrow morning. The prisoners are very likely to receive re-ceive a long term as the genus footpad hrs been giving tho authorities a great deal of trouble in the past few months. Human life has not escaped their rapacious ra-pacious struggle for plunder, as was seen in the death of young Caine and the lesson on this occasion will be a severe one. |
