| Show MILTON HI LEE LEEIs Is 15 SENTENCED TO PRISON PAISON Gets Five Years for Having Counterfeit Dies Has Speech Milton IL Lee e who since his orre arrest t last spring b by tho the federal authorities on the tho charge chars of counterfeiting earn earned by his written confessions and dime novel newspaper r Interviews tho the title tWo gentleman gentle man bandit lt of or the th Sierras was this morning sentenced d b by Ju Judge ge John AMarshall A A. Marshall In the United States district court to ervo five to years In federal prison As the Ute old man Is no now 68 63 years ean old It Is believed that his sentence will ill practically mean life ilfe term Tho The char charge e to which ho lie pleaded guilty and ond was sentenced on was not counterfeiting counter counter- citing but that of ot having ln counterfeiting molds In his hIi possession pot The Indictment alleged tho the possession lon of two dies or molds made In reproduction of ot United Plates tatt 45 5 gold piece plc Tho The other coun count t charged hal d tho the making of or counterfeit coins This was dismasted by br th the tho court upon a motion o of tho the United States St. district at at- at torney I Had Speech Prepared I Only the tho fact tact that the th government had consented to withdraw one count of or the I Indictment and that his attorneys counseled counseled coun coun- a plea pIca of ot guilty guilt to the other in order to obtain a n. light sentence prevented Lee Leefrom Leefrom from delivering deJl a n. to the Jury JUO This address prepared carefully b by the old man during th the last three months for tor the tho occasion Is considered almost a masterpiece master master- piece for tor Jury pleading considering that thal ho tho author Is no lawyer laWer It 1 is IA well written written writ writ- ten and convincing cOD and might have proved pro effective o with a Jury jun according to o attorneys ant and others who rent read It tot fol- lowing the tho sentence After writing an eloquent Introduction In n which he asserted that he was engaged In n making cuff cure buttons out of S 5 gold and not spurious monc money Leo Lee has this to say cay The uThe detective Mr Goddard said I would have a mighty hard time making making- anyone believe I was aJ making cuff curt button but- but ton tons Why 1 Simply because the tho buttons were not attached I r was Wa molding when Then he e came camo In and nd he ho had hati counterfeiting on the brain and could sen see nothing he ho heW aw W It In m my walk and heard It In m my talk alk A And nd gentlemen I suppose ho smelled It In my m clothes Scientific Stuff Tho The pro prosecution p. had had out their lever ever and ha have o c tried I to pr pry tome rome guilt out of this raa But th their lr fulcrum rests on n a theoretical foundation and would not hold lold up the weight of ot lr lover lever Thc They have o lave but ono one f fact ct tl to work wont on and when that hat fact is h trIpped of It its Us criminal gar garments gar gar- ments mente In which they tuey clothed It they havo have not the semblance of or a n crime to present ent to o you OU The Tho prosecution started st. their loom oom and we e heard the click click of ot theli but where Is the thO warp and 1011 wool woo woolf ot of f c from which thc they have hac woven WO theIr heir fabric The Col evidence o In in m my cn case caso o is lik like tim th that tha simmers tRimmers to the tho tro tray trav- ler's lers view as he ha crosses crocs the desert rt sand lie Ho lo sees placid streams In the distance but upon approaching them the they are arc not In fn evidence e and arni only the tho delu delusion lon of an In Inflated inflated In- In imagination Now 0 gentlemen I T have not tried t te 1 prey upon your our Imagination I have hae not nt told you that beneath the everlasting c snows snoW that cro crown n the northern Alps the green grass gras waves wave the tho wild flowers bloom and that fairies weave thorn them th m Into garlands with which to deck c ck their brows brow I leave p that to tho prosecution It Is nh all have to offer otter The Thc attention I of or the tho court was waft called by hy District Attorney Ray to the fact that Lee Lec for the last thirty years ears has S spent Pent most of his time In prison serving cr various sentences s for train robbery and othel othea crimes |
