Show FIVE YEARS FOR KAIGHN I Sentence Passed Upon Slayer Slay-er of W S Haynes I I LENIENCY OF COURT INVOKED II I I r Motion for New Trial Overruled Attorney At-torney Hoffman Made Strong Plea for Kalghn Speaking of Prisoners Youth His Confinement in County Jail Change In Sis Habits Etc i District Attorney Elchnor Satisfied With Sentence While Kaighns Attorneys V At-torneys Express Surprise i Five years at hard labor In the Slnlc V penitentiary la the sentence which wn pronounced by Judge Morse yesterday I afternoon upon Roy Knlghn for shoot ins of TVlllard S Hayncs at the Knuts i V ford hotel a year ago causing his death at the Holy Cross hospital about three weeks later Previous to the passlns of Ecntonco the court announced that he had given careful consideration to the grounds upon which counsel for the defense nsked for a new trial but found thai they were Insulllclcnl to warrant the granting of a new trial lie was therefore compelled to overrule V the motion PLEA FOR CLEMENCY V V Kalghn was then ordered to standup I stand-up to receive twntencc In reply to the I V customary question whether he had any Icgtl 1 reason to state why sentence V sen-tence should not he pasaccl upon him the defendant replied that he hud not Before the passing of sentence ALLot ney Frank Hoffman of counsel for the defense made a Btrorff plct for clemency clem-ency of tho court He reviewed the past history of tho boy and spoke of V his loving and affectionate disposition 3lo said that Mrs Lansing and Mrs Wilson with whom the motherless boy > hnd hoarded had regarded him with almost as great affection as 1C he had been one of their own children Both V had testified that In his early years V the boy had had a sweet and loving dls position and a gentle spirit and that he was a manly little fellow Could such a boy he asked be guilty of premeditated V pre-meditated crime In the words of Haynes himself when he was near to deaths door the boy was not to blame nnd why should a Jury gainsay tho V statement oC a man about to face his Inker Tho defendant had already V been In the county Jail for almost a year CHANGE IN HABITS The attorney Bald that he had close Jy watched his habits during that LImo nnd that he was able to elate truthfully truth-fully that the years Imprisonment had V brought about a great change In the hoya habits He had no longer any tasto for liquor or absinthe Cigarettes V ho had entirely discarded The change which had been wrought was patent In hln l eye and his demeanor His past had been blotted and he was palpably now not a pcrwm who should be incarcerated In-carcerated for an erring past Jj Ho stands hero sold Mr Hoffman In conclusion In tin fervor of his youth nnd appeals to your honor for leniency and that the lightest possible possi-ble sentence be Imposed upon him BOYS RELATIVES PRESENT Very few were present In court during dur-ing the proceedings The prisoner was brought Into court by Deputy Sheriff M Ed Naylor Col Kalghn Judge King f nnd Senator Brown were nlllo present V hut todf no part In the proceedings lira Kalghn and Miss Coates were also there Both Hoemed to realize the sc rlosnftss of the occasion but neither In any way gave evidence of being deeply affected at least BO far as a demonstration of tears was concerned Roy Kalghn seamed to be In a tense highstrung condition but perfectly V calm and collected V OPINIONS OF ATTORNEYS Talking of the sentence afterward District Attorney Elchnor paid that It was Just what he had expected the court to impose For his own part he I was well SatisfIed The attorneys for Kalghn on the other hand seemed to hold a very different opinion Judge 1 King said that he was both surprised and dlflappolntcd He had looked for a sentence of from one to two yoarn He said that the boys attorneys have not yr t decided whether or not to appeal ap-peal tho case to the Supreme court G They will consult together and come p to some decision as to what Is best to be dona under the circumstances |