Salt Lake Telegram | 1924-05-06 | Page 1 | Shares Dishonor of Guilty Mate

Shares Dishonor Of Giulty Mate , .... NRW YORK, Msy . Mrs. Celia Cooney, bobbed hair bandit, and her husband snd partner In crime. Edward Cooney. .wer sentenced today to erv from tn to twenty years each In prison by County Judge Msrtln of Brooklyn. Both pleaded' SUIIty when arraigned ar-raigned upon their return from Jacksonville, fla. Tkey wer sr-reated sr-reated there just after th burial at flieir i-day-old baby. TO TWO PRISONS. Mr. Cpony was sentenced to Auburn prison and her husband to 8lng 8lng. They had pleaded guilty to a charge of assault and robbery. ' Th young woman, who waa arrested ar-rested In Jacksonville, n.. with Cooner on April St. held her head high as she walked Into the courtroom court-room to hear her sentence. Half an hour before shs had told th Jail warden ah hoped Judge Martin Mar-tin would be lenient and that she and her husband could be sent to the same prison. Cooney waa sullen and watches' hla wife rlnsely a the pair stood befor the Judge.- Judge Martin addressed hi remarks re-marks to th girl, saying: OTH DECLARED SANE. "t hav discussed your eas with you In my chamber and you hav told m about all th Job you committed. com-mitted. I hav had a commission Investigate tb mental condition of both of you. - Ton wer sane and you are san new. You must bo taught that such acta aa you committed com-mitted cannot bo committed. In this community and go unpunished. 1. send you both to prison for from ten to twenty years, you to Auburn and your husband to Sing Sing." ' Mrs. Cooney bit her lip, stood for a moment motionless and then turned slowly to glance at tha spertatora who filled the " little courtroom. Then,, preceding a deputy dep-uty sheriff, she walked as briskly out of the chamber aa ehe had eif-tered eif-tered a few minutes' before. Her husband followed. . , WILL "GO STRAIGHT. Judge Martin, - conferring with the couple in hla loom before going go-ing to the bench, bad drawn, from them the admission that they had participated In ten holdupe. The girl assured him that when she had done her time she would "go : straight." Cooney was allent,'but Indicated that he seconded his wife's resolution. When, the Judge- hsd left his chamber. Celia scribbled this note, which she sent to Judge Martin by an attendant: "To those girls who think they would like to aee their names In the paper as mine haa been, or think they would like to do what I have dope, let me say: 'Don't try to do H. Tov don't know what you suiter. . While 1 smile, my heart la breaking In ma. " i