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Show LELAND'S RESOLYE. lie His to Languish In the renllen tlirj for FIjMhq Hcsltu, iiur mix in: iiuM.sf mm. lie Marrlr. anil Comet lain P.nlttlloti of a Hum ol Moy. Reatc on the front liench when hunt iieea commiticeij In thu Third Dldllit court roomthlt nnriilng, wltha lutllllT lucloto altendancs UMU him, waa n well-drttacl, nervout louklng, pa'e fucnl yiaing fellow over whow heal lomo ta-euty.lirrn lummere had ne,l. He attracted mi piilhultr at lunllm until Unite I -Uit.i Ihtlrlct Altorney Varlau anne and men. Honed the name of Clnrlci l.e land, when all eye. wtro lniine.il alelr fcnnifiil iijion him. Hu It Hut (..cotlcallridlvllu!.! who, while tern liratlly c.nltnl In Iho prltonert' "rage" of tin luinlitl'a iinice, awaiting await-ing eenteuiv, about fuiiritttt tnonlltt iiice,mahletcape, and who.unilla fewdayaagii, managed lo elude the vigilance of hit punucr. The rtlc-tiloraof rtlc-tiloraof thodifcndant'aarrciit at i'orU Ittiil, ami tho bringing of him to thla city by l).ily Manhal Doyle, bn Wedneiday tilght, wetoulveb fully In Thunday'a Ni wa, and aro therefore frith In thetnlndtof ourreaden. The clurgo agahiKt Iitlatid waa that of hiking inn In Ibe purloining of a (u m of money from Iho ticket olllco at tho Union Paclllo iliiml, of which oireti.o he lo'ij ivmvlclud by a Jury al lha lime hu lied froid Junlce. rneruliju.ta tinge of ronuute aur rounding tho late, Inland having liiken untnhlm.ilfa nlfuand haln windfall of money during llin perlal tliathohoa beea away un "Freuch have." United Blat.4 DUtrlrt Attorney Varlan lUrleit tbo ball rolling by tilling till-ing that thu tltfeudant wat now lu court, and moved for Judzmeut. lailauil uat dlretltd to itaul ur, and waa atkr.1 whither he wlihed to lay aiijthlnj In hit de-ft de-ft ne. llo rt lied tnat he wolllJ like hla allnruty to makea alatemeut In lilt behalf. United HUl.t Atiltbint Dl.trlct Attorney At-torney Hit heua Hit n aald at the trlolof Leland Mr. Varlan protoAUUnl and tin dirciided. llwai a Joint Indictment for grand larceny. lIaud'a accom pllco pleu lil guilty, hla twtliuony U-ing U-ing that Inland liad uothltig whitever hi ill with the taking of tho money. There were two trial. At the flrtttiio Jurydlitgned. At the M-cuiid, more ovIJeuco wot obtalueil, and Ireland wai cunvlcted, Bllluugh the terllmouy iletrly ahow,etl lliAt llauJy, the ro ilefeudant, waa the ouo whoentureil the railroad nllUv. lu fact, hu wat met hy aomo of the wltueeeca on lea v. lug the Nee; but thero wat tut proof that Inland went Into tho ollku at all. It eeeiuod to be. tbe oplnlouuf the Jury, however, that ho vaa ataoclatod with tho other man In the rubbory, Inat much oa they ran uway lugelher. Thli cate, ald Mr. Hteiietii, had liecn written writ-ten al-uut cunt) Irrably In thu neui iFtpert, and It had lieett ittled tbit Leland ivaa wanted for n.eerhittcherf.-In n.eerhittcherf.-In Denrir. lu thli the defendaut had atiureil him there Wat no truth whatever. what-ever. Dei'ity Matihal I)jlo luformed him alto thai the police autborUlee at Porthiud, Oregon, alnijly wrote to IKuver lo know II Ihudefendaut ut wanted there, and the reply aunt to that Inquiry wai uo, but that be wot wanted In Utah. At the Hum Leland lift Portlaud hu waa not under am! for a crime, but held merely mere-ly at a wltntM, The difiuJant had tievir been convicted of any uf. fetitu before llili, and ho had declared tohlui that It wot hla Intention to try aud lend an honett life heuttfurward. Hapeared thai l,ifland wbw married on Ihei'lllli of !mt Dcwmlar, and then made a clian breatl of all hit Irana- RreoilouetohUwIfe, telling her Hint oui'aiit M give up hla former onto. clatloua, and that at ha waa about lo receive a turn or mouey from hla falber'a eitaie, they would go lo Canada and thero remain until audi time aa ho had eatablUhed n good mutation for hlniwlf. Then It wat hla Intention to lay hla ca.o before thu Uovvrnor or thla Ttrrltory, and. If poulble. obtain a rJoii. ilia iilji-ct In iicailug Ironi the mar ilial'a olllcu won to uvold tm prlwnuieiit lu tho iKUttentlary, The defetiduut'e comtanlon, who I leaded guilty, waa now tervlng a tirm of threu yean. Mr. Htephena, having a lid thla much, coufe.iod that hu itoo.1 now In a rather anouialout jioiUIoii, belngMr, VatUn'i luwlttaut at prime-cutlng prime-cutlng attorney aud alto coiiiim-1 fur Li laud. JuJgu An Jetton Did the co-defendant, Handy, tiitlfy that Hilt mini wat not aiding and ubettli g him, tvenir he did nut attunUy help to takuthe iiionty from the 011)11? Mr. Htlphent Ihu te.tln.10ny Wat that they ran uwuy Uigetner, and 1 rcturne ieuticmu of the money to getlur. Mr. Varlan They were found at Og-den Og-den with aoine o tuu prucetdtef thu robbery lu llulrporte-klini. Tliatwua IhevvldtiireatthuHixiii trial. Mr,BUihena iildtlml Leland waa a bright uud Intelltgiut youiij; man, niid prolably had 11 long life liefore him, llulmdliihlmthu innti rial for thu miking ofnKoiid citizen, nnlir hu gavounhlaold amoulatloiia might jet 1I0 well. Hu Implored the i-outt pot to lend him lithe iienlUnlltry for 11 long term, but to give him n cliuucn ol n-irlevlng n-irlevlng hla cliatacter. It npninrud that Leland wot confined In thu Jail and penitentiary awaiting trial, for n I erlod of eight nioutht, Irflani 1 knew nothing about Ihlt money being takon 1111III after the art viae committed until tiextduylu Og leu about two houn bufore I wa nrroFted. Iwo niloutet Uforu I icae.l from thu tnirihal'a ofllce I had no thought of doing bo, Thu opportunity fur tecaKi reente.l lliclf, nud 1 look ndvanlnge of It, 1 hope your honor will bo at hulent with mo as you cnti JinlgoAiidtnoiiHld tho defendant wuovldrntly ayoung man whowai canibla of making a good living hon iitly. vifemlait Hlncol hovo lieen amy Ihavullvttl an hniittt llfi, and told my wife that I Intended toqult tho life I had been leafllng that aa 1 had tome mouoy coinlug to 1110 I meant to ictlle down and had an hotittt life lu future. Julgo Anderioii laid tho punl.h utout priacribed for graud larceuy waa t not more than ten nor leia thin one Jrnt lu Iho la-nllentlary. Under all llieclrcumttaucea ho wiaill aeiitenrn htnilotiiiuyearand a hall'a Im rlaon luent only. I.i !hd iil.l "Thank.," and ctmiil qulUaiill.il e.1. |