Show JEY Y ENGER ENGERs Is s TO PRISON lA Iii o of Outraging Ht Lake Girl on Nober No- No IW ber 14 Last Year II TO URGE R YEAR 20 TERM I g Man Pales Under athing thing Arraignment Prosecutor Rogers I FREDERICK L. L BAGBY b bint ng bitterly with tears roll- roll p his cheeks a a sudden flush i ger r overspreading his face y Wenger convicted of as- as upon a young girl and sen- sen ll an Indeterminate term in cate tate prison arose in Judge mis mS S. S Marks Marks' court Thursday ng glared at District AttorA tA A. A A Rogers cursed and mut- mut hope you get killed ing his hat down over his face ilU Wenger reluctant- reluctant lowed oed a deputy sheriff out of jur on the first leg of uey ey to the penitentiary with ledge that the court is go- go to the state board that he be confined Int in at t penal institutions for not 1 iari tw twenty j years ears ther cir the district attorney nor ou ourt t heard he-ard the remarks of e c enough to dis- dis It sn sh e words and aM he If f he prosecutor was passed Ut at official notice except by byr t r Attaches and spectators who ne near near i him iger i F. F accompanied by his torne Y William the court for sentence large harge of rape on which he found guilty recently His Hisel el eld d' d moved rno f for a new ne t Ihen the ca case e was called caned the 0 overruled e the motion of fe- fe 19 g of the case on the ground ii b has kas not based upon Warranting a new trial ED BY PROSECUTOR Igor err r was then called called for foil sen- sen District Attorney Rogers t tf that he had a re to the court He red red re- re d the history of the PU po pointing nung out how this young l had Q been found guilty by a an innocent young oung rom roS the street In an auto to el olm spot on an outlying road babe with the help of a cornn corn corn- n Brinkman had ev dence Indicated compelled for fr e to submit to a criminal minal It district d strict attorney declared th that t th h line was one which called for forgest West gest punishment regardless JS u uth Nith of the defendant said than 21 years ears of age The c tor said that the evidence on page 4 4 WESLEY WENGER L GOES TO PRISON CURSES LAWYER Continued from rom page e 1 showed that this young man and his companion had been in the habit of enticing young ung girls Into their machine driving them to lonely spots on the Redwood road and forcing them to submit to heinous assaults He informed the court that he thought the tle aggravated nature lre of this case called calle for Ifor at least twenty years ears In iii the state prison and antI he recommended that the court make such a recommendation to the board of pardons HEARS SENTENCE Wenger sat listening to the words of ot the prosecutor with bowed head and frequent sighs Judge Marks Marls in passing sentence said Since the dawn of ot history the virtue of womanhood has been held sacred by men even by the savage tribes The sacredness of the virtue of women has been Jealously jealously jealously Jeal jeal- guarded by men throughout time as history will show sho The court then referred to the well known Shakespearean quotation quotation quota quota- tion relative to the thief who steals a purse stealing trash but him who filches I a good name taking that which him not but leaves leaves' the loser poor 1005 Indeed In In this case said the court this young ol worn woman n was as robbed of ot more than her good name name her ner vir vir- ir tue The basis of civilization is the home and the foundation of t f the home Is the virtue of ot woman FAVORS LONG TERM The court takes Into tion the youth of ot young oung man but the court heartily approves of the suggestion 0 of of the district at at- at torne torney Th The court believes that this defendant should be he con confined tIned to the state prison for tor twenty years year and the court advises him lim now that It will will- make snake this recommendation to the board of pardons The court then passe passed sentence upon Ye Wenger ger of ot an indeterminate term of ot not less than five years yean and a recommendation that It be twenty years Wenger turned from the bar o of the court to his seat Buried Burled his head in his hands and sobbed aloud Then as If a sudden flash of ff anger angen ang ang- er en aroused him he stood up looked straight at the district attorney who wha was addressing the court gourt on a a technical matter concerning the sentence sentence sentence sen sen- tence and muttered the imprecation above Deputy Deput Sheriff J. J V. W. James led him from the courtroom and to the Bounty Jail to await commitment to the state prison STORY OF ASSAULT Wenger enger was found guilty guilt of ot having having haying hav hay ing assaulted the young oung girl on November November November No No- vember 4 1925 after h he and Brinkman Brinkman Brinkman Brink- Brink man had picked up four girls on the street in n the southeastern section section sec see tion o of the city and nd driven them up uptown town The evidence showed that they had c caused used the victim to take a fI seat between them in the front seat of the car and when they let the other girls gills out at Second South and Main they the kept her in the car carand carand carand and drove awa away The girl related on the witness stand how they had driven her to a lonel lonely spot on the Redwood road and there forced her herto herto herto to submit to assault Wenger enger was wae tried twice the jury In the first case disagreeing be because because he- he cause one Juror held out against the other seven On he the second trial Wenger Ven was found guilty b by bythe bythe the Jury Later his alleged partner partner- In the crime Brinkman was tried and also found guilty He is yet et to tobe tobe tobe be sentenced |