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Show I DIAMOND'S SENTENCE. Stilt Ziot Sends Him To The Fen-IttJllary Fen-IttJllary For Wrce Years. ionrns w.n ion miiii.. Ilia fa Hill Sn-v lie Cnrrlfd In Ihr nrnlle lourl of the Territory. JuJge Ztno aat In clinmUra thbt roorntn;, and a few minute after (en o'clock, acttirdlng to prnvbin nrrangi-mei nrrangi-mei t, William .. Diamond, the all) rr of JM.rtcott, waa brought tip for ben' leuce. Tliedefeiidant waa exceedingly pi e an 1 m rvoiiainl aobbLtl riiiledly during the ubHratloua of lila 10 iiikI. Judge I'owera Mid ho dnlml toulTrr one or tiro remtrka before anntunco waa pronounced, yia Honor bvlug ijulte familiar with all the clrcum-lUurcao! clrcum-lUurcao! theiaii', It waiiiniacoaiary for hint In recall any of Diem noir. He wutolJ, however, by the defendant 'a brother, who waa prceent, aud lie hid alao bean Informed by Judge McUalin, UlamonJ'i uncle, wlimo ataleincnta liu ha t every reaaon lo believe, that thla joaugman, evr bIuco Iio lint lift, home, had been very klnJ to 1th aged lutentsand that lie hail ngularly Ktit lhamall tbn money he earned uver and atovo bla own actual eaiena. It waithlafiKtwhlih Inlucnl Ihofainl. lyto aend lila Lruthcr nndtilaunclu here to losk after htm In Ma trouble. The old father had alated lhat thla boy ha I leii no klud 10 Uiem that huMtlieauould nut Ixi left alouo at audi a time. riilaaeemrAl to Indicate, at any rate, that the defendaiit waa not a mail of criminal heart. Morn than that, he, aa hla attorney, could truthfully aay that throughout the w hole trial, from lila flmt aniuul nlauro with him, Diamond had lurnn hlmaell In a manly way, wHIiouttlio dl.playnf anylhlug approichlug bravado. He had alu extrtaeil hiinwlf extreme ly rorry for what he lia I ilono. I ndi ed ho(JuJge 1'owcra) hal belli grettly touched by Dlauioud'a bearing, aud aym(tlilinl wltll liliu aa lie aeldoin yiiiallilieil with another under euili clrtiimatauciai. Hla family elood well, aud ao had the defeudanl lilmaelf up tn the tlmo of thlaunfottunateoccurrence. Jlewaan memrero the Catholic cliuali, aud blillonoriirobably ricolli'CtidtheU-atI mony of lila former I llrat at New Iieilngton. Akel with regard to Dlamoad'a character, lie aald It could not be Utter that iioneknow hint but lo lore Jdm. That roomed to liri u brtn hla nirJ a,ll the way lliroujh. C'oun ael thought tbli waa aiav, therefore, in which the IJourt might will i itomi meny. He Ml deeply for the Uefeud-aht'eooro.dfathir Uefeud-aht'eooro.dfathir an I mither. Hu hid a letter from the f irmi r, a Jdreavnt totheton dlaolly after thu tragedy, an I It wie auch n commiinlcitlon ua to Ulng Unra to alin'iituiiyinau'a tAea.lt waaevldentlhat Diamond wua not n naturally bad man. JtiJgj l'owrri remlnJrd lila Honor of the Jury 'a re-rommaudatloii re-rommaudatloii of the defendant to mercy. He waa not proent, he aald, when the motion forn new trial waa overruled In thla cai, but lie under-atool under-atool that an excel Hon wai entered. Judge Kane etltt auch waa the caae, and, ujion learning that Judgtll'owira ba I nothing more to urge, told tho defendant de-fendant to aland up. "Have you Anything further to ray," inked hla Honor, "befiro eon-time eon-time la pronounced?" "Ibeiravouot," replied Iho defendant, defen-dant, "but," lie audtal altir a brhf tauie, 'I am aa Innocent aa ait unburn ihlld of wilfully killing him." Judgoiitie The lirctimataucoe u( thla homicide were viry ngravalid ludrcd. riicrewero opportuuitlea for delltxritlon after you ajbatantlally at. tackeiltlmt man without anv paute. Veur conduit waa extremal bad on thtoriAlon. Vouliad a fight with jour Mlow-uorkmau, )ou went out and returned, and the evl lencu aliowa clearly that )ou atill continued tlm iuatnl with him afur oxplanatloua were made. Vour employer lad directed that you rhould lay all from work for ft time, and that thoae men who had fauillle-t lo aupjart might lu kept on. You atill aeemed to have aeme grudgu ugaliiHt thla man. It la dlfllcult to reconcile your conduit with mere momentary paaalou. Thu Jury found you guilty of loluntary man alaiighler, butlnae aeldout fuund a cae ao aggravated lu aome reiecta aa thla. You atruck tho deieoaed right In the eye with a clilael, which went Into lila head aomo two and n half or three Inchea. I do not feel like glvl ng you thu ahorttat term ot 1m. Iirlaomuent Allowed hy law, but will tako Into consldirntlou nil the clrcumataui ea and jour prevlouagnod charattor, Thu robnhllltli-a are that jtiu tiemitiu migored and excited that morning, and while undir that ixclte ment you loiumlttml the act. btlll, your conduct cannot bu reconcileil on thu hyiolhiIa of n metu IrrealatlUu taaalou. Of cauraepynijuthyia projicr lu tittalncaaea; but thu Jaw proteila am lity by thu t xamplo of puiilahnient, and loutti mut euliirrv that puiiMi-ment puiiMi-ment In view ol Itaotjecl. Where the dltcrctlou la glveu Utwien one anl ten jenra, of courau tho court liaa a right lu lake Into couildinf tlon all tho clrcumatancea of tho Urfendanl'a jiait life, in aipeara In evidence, na well aa nil tho facta re lating to thu kllllug. Mere clenieucy, however, doca not tlong tothoLourt, but lo (he executive department. I will Hi your term at llireu yiara lu Iho penitentiary. Judie row era raid lliatua lie Inleu I-I'd I-I'd bi carry the cnan on apinnl Uforu tlieHupnme Court af tho Tirrltory, ho u ed Ihiru would bu uu oljio H)il tuhla liking a little moro limn the ututl time, Un dnya, to file hla n ceiitlom; Judge Zano Then nay thu llrat of May, Judge Towtra raid that would Milt hlamrnoioviry will. I he defendant waa tin ti removed In the cii.lody of Deputy United Htatia Maralial llj-non, and, latir.convejid lotho penitentiary, ' |
