Salt Lake Tribune | 1914-03-08 | Page 16 | Maximum Sentence Imposed on Pirate

I MAXIMUM SENTENCE IMPOSED ON PIRATE 8 AN" FRANCESCO, March 7. Five years in San Quentin ivas the Bcntcnco imposed today on Captain A. D. Jfcl-con, Jfcl-con, tbo pirate who nttcmped to bold up the atcainer Willamette, comrr.andod hv Captain Charles Reiner, off eoat of lxrs Anreles counfv on December 31, 191S. In tho opinion of Judgo Dool-inff Dool-inff of tbo United States district court, ho was lucky not to got more. As it tvir, the court pavo tbo maximum penalty pen-alty under tho law. JTelson invrfded the cabin of Captain Reiner, frrotcufjuoly disfruiaed in a ruxrv wijr and false whfukere and armed with an automatic pisiol and a revolver. Captain Cap-tain Rcinor tougbt him all over tho cabin until help camo. Ono ebot wns flred. but Reiner escaped unwounded and wived $2000, the ship's payroll. Xelson was convicted of assault with a deadly weapon with intent to, do crcnt bodilv injury, one of tho minor counts in the indictment against him.