Show pEN LIFE S TCE LF NTNGE 1 1 1 Akron Rapist Tried and Convicted 1 Con-victed Yesterday I I WAS BROUGHT BACK TO AKRON 1j 1 j I Peck Pleaded Guilty Throw Himself I on tho Mercy of the Court Troops Were on Guard All the Way to tho r Courthouse No Demonstrations j Were Made Prisoner Taken Immediately ji Im-mediately t the State Penitentiary at Columbus Very Pew Akron People Knew What Hnd Transpired I I Akron 0 Auff 21 The train conveying I 4 con-veying the negro Peck ariiicV here at 330 p m A carriage was waiting at the railway station and PeckSvan quickly bundled Into It In three minutes min-utes the conrtho se4o reached and Peck was arraigned before Judge Nye The Indictment was read Peck stood up and pleaded guilty He declared ho had nothing to Kay oxcppt that he threw himself upon tho mercy of the court The court then sentenced Peck mtlhcn 8tntend to life Imprisonment the State penitentiary peni-tentiary Troops were on guard all the way to the courthouse There was I no demonstration whatever After Peck had been sentenced ho was at once taken In n closed carriage to tho Center Btreet crossing o1 the Cleveland Akron Columbus railway and placed on board the train In charge of Shcrlft Kelly and taken on the State penitentiary at Columbus So quickly and quietly was Peck brought Into the city sentenced and sent on to Columbus Colum-bus that very few people knew what had transpired and there was no crowd at the railway station cither when the train arrived or departed STIR AMONG SOLDIERS I JCW WHO SUnccu at uie rupiuiy driven carriage suspected that It contained I con-tained tho man the furious mob wanted to lynch There was a stir among the f soldiers crowding together In the courtroom court-room Judge D J Nyc ot Elyrla presided He arrived at Akron at noon today Two minutes after Peck reached the court Deputy Sheriff Ed Ilirschcy read the Indictment Peck stood up with t manacled hands Ho pleaded guilty In a firm voice Ills worn eyes shifted nervously about the rom Then he sat down and Prosecutor Wanamaker whispered with him briefly Then Judge Nyo said Mr Peck you have heard the Indictment read charging you with rape You have pleaded guilty Have you anything to say ur have nothing to say except that I throw myself pn the mercy ot the court replied Peck In crimes such as that to which you have pleaded guilty there Is but ona penal provided That Is Imprisonment Imprison-ment for life It Is the Judgment oC tho court that you be conllnod In the penitentiary for life You must pay the costs of these proceedings WANTED TO BE SHOT Just after leaving Cuyahoga Fails while the train was en route from Cleveland to Akron Peck begged Prlsonkeeper Washer to shoot him Instantly In-stantly In the event amob was await ing at Akron The plans made contemplated con-templated leaving the train at the Union station at Akron Pecks fright Increased as tho train neared Akron He begged piteously to be shot if a mob threatened Washer did not consent con-sent Little Rhoda Davidson died at the city hospital at 2 oclock this afternoon after-noon She was shot In the head while In her others i arms during the riots Wednesday night There was no trouble in the city dur ing the night the streets being prac tically deserted except by soldiers who patrolled all the thoroughfares In the business section The authorities nuthorltes have secured the names of about thirty thlrt of tho rioters and will undoubtedly take Into custody some of the leaders of the mob At a conference of city county and military officials today It was decided to retain the troops here until tomorrow morning at le st ALL SALOONS CLOSED Mayor Youngs order closing the sa loons Is being rigidly enforced Two saloonkeepers have been arrested for disobeying the order Temporary po lice headquarters have been opened at the Central lire station City prisoners are locked up in the county ntloners ja1 by special arrangement v Today the safe of the Engineers dis trict was opened amid the city hall ruins Its contents Including many valuable papers and records wore found in good order All the plats and profiles or tho city streets and Improve ments were destroyed however |