Salt Lake Telegram | 1910-06-03 | Page 1 | Light Sentence is Concession to Wife

LIGHT SENTENCE IS CONCESSION TO WIFE CHICAGO Tune June 3 One 3 Ono hour in tho county jail was the tho the sentence imposed by hy United States District Judge Judg-e Landie Landis Lan Lan- die dis yesterday upon Nelson S. S Gilpin government clerk who pleaded guilty of robbing tho mails Judge o Landis said aid ho would not sentence sen tence tho the defendant to a 1 lon longer cr term because it might mean meau death to some someone someone one else Gilpin's wife is lying ill at a hospital hos lios- pital where her baby bo boy was born three weeks a ago age o. o In bis his char charge c Judge Landis said Tho The facts concerning tho the man and his lila family are arc such that if a severe se penalty is iK imposed it certainly would be barbarous I shall shaH not impose a which may mry mean menn the death of somo ono one else I shall sentence the tho prisoner to ono one hour in tho the county lail md 1 And HAnd then ho added turning to Gilpin C I 1 1 want you to go o down to the ho hospital pital as ns soon Roon as you reu can and tell your our wife just what happened