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Show THE HASTERSON SHOOTING. Anna Prlndle Sentenced toStx Jloalbs' lmprlsonmeatr juiibe rowKiis' niLioitJiriiCY. Tlio .Imiieil I'lrmli IJallt; or lltr Unn In oMIII. Juit at Jtidi. Au Jerson was I about to adjouru hit court at 12:3.1, for the mull uoon reces., JuJje IVHerscame forward, with him beluic the young woman Autia l'rlndlr, against whom tho ewnil Jury nt the former term of th.ThlrJ District Court found au Indictment In-dictment charging her with shooting atHinford Ma-tenon, . silonn keener of Wet Temple slriel, on May 5th, 1531, with intent to murder. The ftccutcl Is a tall, ladylike person and waa neatly attired. Hho .leadul not guilty when previously arralgueiia but Judgo Powvra, addn.ilng Iho court, nowannouiiiolthalshedetlrej through hlui lo wlthJraw that plea aud to plead guilty to an aanlt with n deadly wrupou. Thlt, ho stated, the prosecution, In view of all the clrcum.taucts, were wlltliu to aire) t. Mlu 1'rlndlo had revolved uiAn this slcp after con.ultallun with lilm as her couuerl, though against his own withe.; f.r under Ihe prcullsr clrcuni.Uuciaor th.COM, If thelrue facta were dovrlojd before a Jury, ho doubted whither any Incite men roul I in, found tu Am.rlca, or In any nlher Isce where the Kngllsh linuage was sHkeu, who would convict her of any highrr ol!-ue than that of lusaiill and Utlrry. 'I hlscats had been Ihe sub-Jt-ituf great commeot III the local press. When the defendant committed thu rumaiilt tifion Ma.tirtou showasjiicatly airuravalril and grtatly dlstre.e.l lu mlpd. riieU.H nulttant district at-tnruey, at-tnruey, Mr. hlepl.ens, had known her longer than he (Judge 1'oveis) ha I, and would sreak uf her fa.voral.ly. Kor hhuielf. he had found MIm I'rlndle, slnielakllli' up her defeliae lutllla inatttr, lo t-u a girl of lior word lu uvrry regard. Oalugto tier womanly ftellugshebalsealeil Ills ll, as lit r counsel, and declined to allow lilni to stsle to the court the t xcceiling agta-vutlonwhldi agta-vutlonwhldi Induced her tn rommltthe act now charged against her. Hu kntw this, howeverthat rhu was 'more slimed arfalnttthan sinning." Ma-tt r-on was not Injured tuauy extent ex-tent the shooting produced n mere llrili wound, uhlth did not liy hlmup for any leugth ot ttDie, and woulj haru no Injurious effect U-oii his health. Hut rather than halo the whole affair af-fair veulllnted In court alio tiow came and lead guilty. Whatever Ihe r. la-tlons la-tlons were Utwceti thu parties Ml.t i'rlndlu would tint allow him to slato. Judgu Powirs next ex-plaluel ex-plaluel that tlio accused hi J been e imlng hir llvrllliood as a thoroughly lialned nurw, aud In this cattclly had won the esteem of those Willi whom .he had hem associated. Hut she wus now without money and, so toieak, frlendt alio, rjhe wu at rerrntuut for what she had ilonu at anyono could be, and her womanly lilalllleswereihowu bj thu fact that he was willing lo suffer Imprisonment Imprison-ment lathci than let her attorney re. late Ihe clri um.tanna of this i-aluful toso luoun court. Ulilt.il Htate. AMlsuint Dlatrlct Attorney Klephens sold tho prvsee..-tlon prvsee..-tlon dtd not wish to press for a hard teutence, nnd Mr. Klrlmor (who was t resent) shared In this view, hideed hi. thought It would bo well, under tho circumstances, fur the court to show as much leniency as jrotslble. Ho felt hliiiMirjuitincdlusuylug this. Mr. Hti phens also soke very favorably, cf hit uwn knowledge, of Mist I'rlndle's kindness and exi erltnc. as a nurse. Judu Anderson then directed the tlffcndaut lo stand up. ilosald It wus etlble that lii this i'at , llko tuauy iithtra of tho kind whore wrong had Ih-un iluno by melt though of coursu he did not know, nt none of thutlr-luuiitnntet thutlr-luuiitnntet hnd l-sen slatud that no moru Injury had been ilonu tn the mm than ho deserved. Hoinlrht have dnerMtl all Ihu Injury ho received, and jsjaslbly more; but that did not hi ru at j ar. It was uet t-s-sary, howevi r, In IberotaHs, for the I rotectlou of soolrty, that an exauit lo hhoul'l'l-e made or the accused. The shooting at Mterson was a very serliiut matter and might hate ended fatally, but It was pretty hard to till In a case of this wrt what ought tq be Jll honor, after piuilni; lor aino-mel.t. aino-mel.t. sent. Ill ed the ilefeudunt to His, nioutlit' linirHouiueiit. MIm Prludlo w -i much afToilid during Judge -.. r.uwU aud fully shed tiari. |