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Show HAY BROWN SCREAMS AS HEARSD00H Sent to Penitentiary for Five Tears for Helping in Girl's Ruin. WAS A MEMBER OF WHITE SLAVE GANG First Woman in West Convicted Con-victed Under Government Crusade on This Vice. "It la ordered and adjudged that you b imprlaonad ia th Kansas state penitentiary at Leavenworth, Kan., for term of nva years and lis month." At Jndg Page Morris spok these word ia th federal court thla moraine. May T.. Brawn cimglrterf of haying violated th "whit alar" law, tank into a chair pal and trembling. A mlnut later, a ah waa being led from tha courtroom to th marshal's art rate office, bar arraami could be heard la vary part of th federal bnild-, bnild-, inf. S ' For aearly a half hour the woman alternated al-ternated between screams and sobs and refused to be comforted. When the case was called for sentence this morning W. E Rvdalch, counsel for the woman, aroae and mad an eloquent elo-quent plea for mercy. He declared that the woman had been more tinned against than sinning, and that in his opinioa a light sentence would serve. The prisoner waa asked to stand up, and ia answer to a question from the court, said that ah was 38 years old. Ai this point sh commenced to sob. Judge Horns said that h was pua-aled pua-aled to know just what to do in her caae, but declared that in his opinion there was little difference between her and her partner. Herbert Gould, who was yesterday sentenced to seven years and six months in th government prison nt Leavenworth. Judge Morris said that while he might be inclined to be merciful because of her arx, he must not forget his duty aa a judge. He said a hoped that when she had served her sentenca sh would be a better woman. Her lis Wa Heavy. He again expressed th opinioa that her offense was aearly as great aa that of Gould 'a, after which sentence waa passed. May E. Brown ia aaid to b the first woman eonvieted under the "white slave" law ia the west. With Her hart Gould aad Raymond Thompson, ah waa charged with having takea evanteen-year-old Cora Frohra from this eity to Poeatello, Ida., for immoral purposes. Th jury retarned a verdict of guilty in tha esse of th woman and Gould and a verdict of not guilty ia the ease of Thompson. During the bearing of the case testimony was given that th woman had beea married mar-ried aad had a twelve-year-old soa. The reason that th womaa was sent to tha Kansaa state prisoa instead of to tha govararaent prison at Leavenworth Leaven-worth ia because there are ao previa ion at th government prison for women. Gould, William Beigel aad tha Browa womaa will be taken eait within a day or tw. |