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Show FATE OFAJOOTPAD." J.rn Young, the Highwayman and Dos-parado, Dos-parado, Gets Eight Yean for Eefreshnionta. BOBBERY AS A FINE ART. And Its Devotee a Full Jeweled, Unalloyed, Un-alloyed, and Chronometer-Balanced Liars-It Liars-It was sentonce clay in the district court and the lobbies began tn till rapidly rap-idly after the sliding duors wont back into thoir sockets. United Sutes Attorney At-torney Criteblow was present., with avenejingjustico as his client, while a few members of the bar sat la.ily iu chairs awaiting an opportunity to launch a motion or demurrer in civil war. Jim Young, highwayman and gar-roter, gar-roter, who exemplifies the rolinement of frontier lawlessness, eaiue tripping in with the deputies and took a position iu front of the bench behind which wan Judge Xano. At a nignal from the baililT the prisoner rose and stood with sullen resignation before the judge into whose hauds fate and felony had now giveptbiui. His attorney, Kinney, who had made a desperate- fight in his be-half, be-half, whispered something in the convict's con-vict's ear and the desperado shook his Lead. "I've nothing further," said the lawyer law-yer addre-sing himself to the court. 'Has the prisoner?" "Noluen' to say, yer honor." replied Young, twilling his hat in a hand that few days ago had dispatched five murderous messenger! at Marshal l'oun,;. J , "Hew old are youV" continued the court. "I am 23." "Not older than that?"asked the court incredulously. "No older." "How long were you in Salt Lake leforu you got into trouble'" "Two days." "Where did you ship from?" "Omaha; I am a railroad man." "W hat were you employed atthoro?" "Well, I didn't do nothin' there." "And started in to the same laborious pursuits iu ion." lisped a lawyer in an undertone "What were you doing out here?" "Huntin' a job. I stopped at ( )gden. but the men were on a strike there and 1 came on here." "Kver arrested hcforeV" "No, your honor." "Who was the man with you on the occasion Of the robbery?" "No man was with me." "No one with you near Kagte gate?" "I dunno where that is." "The point where you waylaid and robbed Walker." The prisoner made no answer, when the court, who had found a hideous example ex-ample on his hands, continued: "The jury found you guilty and the evidence was very strong." "That's what they thought, hut they didn't prove it." , "You did aome shooting that night? "No, your honor, I did not." The prisoner was developing marvelous marvel-ous strength and avoirdupois as,a liar and the fact did not escape the attention atten-tion of the court. "Hut the ollicers swore you did that all the chambers of your gun were un-' un-' loaded?" "I did not, though they were mu-taken; mu-taken; my gun was full." The court declined to eitend the dialogue . between itself and the most formidible liar that was ever poised l.efore it any further and shutting up the catechism and proceeded to pronounce pro-nounce sentence. , "Kobbory and perjury" said the court "are among the most serious offenses iu tho calendar of crime. The man who goes forth to rob, goes forth to kill, and I'm disoosed to make n example of you. 1 will therefore your sentence at eight years in the penitentiary." Young's chin fell like the voice of a liass singer on the lower register and walked out iu company with the deputing who had come as a committee to receive him. He was (subsequently whirled away to tho pen where he will put up eight years for refreshments. His head is overhung by two more indictments in-dictments upon offenses similar to that upon which he has been convicted but 3n the event of good behavior they will probably bo canceled. |