Show I SENTENCE DAY IN IN FEDERAL COURT GOURT Tom Toni Rice Rica Indian Gets 18 Months More as a Warning WarIn Than Penalty HARD FOR COUNTERFEITERS l n Mill I lii Th Primer I mer 1 of lt OHM 1 Slur Toni Tom To Rice fl th the Indian InIn who wh wa was found fol guilty culy of nf manslaughter by b a aJa jury Ja In the tb l tates district court tur Friday afternoon was w sentenced to tn H U months month In I the tb Leaven worth penitentiary tl till by b Judge I Marshall this morning m Rice Ric hacked ba a fellow Indian In John Sties Rice J In II the Ihl head ea with an sin a ax mx at t the reset reser reservation r in Washington Waln county on Dec D 11 I of ot lost last yeas year YI The Tb light sentence im imposed posed caused tIU seine om comment In the fed federal le but It I 15 oral eral building this morning I presumed that Tom Torn while lla guilty of ot the ti act at of hacking ck th the Indian with wit an a ax a auner at it atthe t was under uner considerable provocation the tho time Moreover Xe the example of upholding the th authority of the l United URt blates at a the th Indian reservation will wi probably ply bly ba be achieved by b b the th conviction ov tion and md nd sentence nten e which It tt I is believed la ia I one o of r the main ml object sought apt tv to t tobe uc be I accomplished by th th the TWO TUH TO Frank Sprague and William Morgan lon un Indictment lt for ro making and aM a ut uttering t half dollars doll both bb pl plad ad d guilty ul to both counts count and a iid two wits Wil sentenced to tn serve tWI years yar In the Ih penitentiary at mt lt Leaven Leavenworth even ven worth on nn ech esh count the th sentences to torun torn who plead pleaded rut run rn concurrently Morgan pl ed guilty aul to the th charge h supplemented hi I his pIca hR by the tM slat M that he was wac guilty but thought the easiest It aulty bt to enter a apa way out of the tM difficulty was wan w plea pa a of o ti guilty Judge Marshall ahan sen sentenced n tented Morgan to t two to and md a halt half lorl years ye In tile tn at l Leaven Leavenworth L sven worth According tn to the tb Indictment counterfeit half dollars dollar dollarson Morgan hlf on May Mitchell at al the th l I Isle li theater in Ill inthis this city on tin the th of nf January thin tilia el no notoriety year yr Morgan also a achieved ehle some le as U u a witness In th the ease of ot the thet state Mate toly against 1 L K K if c convicted In t the Third L district t court of killing our Officer C V C C Riley Rie early etri 1 In October or IWI Morgan wa was a 5 cell Ml mate mateIn mt matein 10 Jail aih with Ith and In the Ih county I aa testified that he wrote r note n tot tor D kohl kell telling his hla brother to te bring ta Into the county y Jail ji to U emM Drie belt kell to escape ele TRIAL TRl Th The only cese remaining on o th t the crim criminal t tIn oly cae inal Th calendar for fol title Ihl term tr la m Judge JY In dr court I ii that of the t govern government v vt meat ment t against ct K D I charged Ms n vr 1 HJ erder M lit l Halt gilt I lle Lake ake City on o OtIS ot of which ano nt Inc mr I to he Is Ie alleged al to t have hw paa ed c on the 10 Continental National bank In Ic Inthis I this city Stapletons case Ca coma o up uJ Monday Mondy 1 11 M With the sentencing of o Tom Rice Rc Wih and Morgan folan a total of ot IS II sentences HIg for criminal offenses against the th United States Stala have hav been secured In iii the th Untied United States Stale court curl since United State stat UIt Atty Hiram E It Both Booth was waa Inducted Into office In ISO 11 Three Thre of or orth the sentences wore were wor to the th county Jail Ji the th other IS n were to l Only two tle acquittal on criminal charges c have hav been registered during that tha time thus the first one being bing the case cu of oC Chris a foreigner forr charged with wih taking from the tle money moey order ore not belonging to 10 him wa wan acquItted n b by a jury Jur on April 9 5 1907 11 The Tle second e nd acquittal waa wal wa that tot of Frank Krank ak Fillmore Hanson Hanen Halon former postmaster at who wh was acquitted of the charge of ot I burning the ptole and ant stealing let It letter ter ler from frn the Ihl building bv hy a Jury In th the federal court ourt on nn May y li 18 Four Fur cases have been appealed PId dur during ing tn the tho last It four years ear two Iwo by b the government and end two by parties to the th thau suits au It In to of the cases case tI the th govern government meat ment was wac upheld while two were wre de decided unfavorably to the th government hy by b the th circuIt court tour of r appeals appeal This Tl takes tak no of ot civil cases case elo tried In Inthe InI inthe the I he United states Plates flat court lurt Including vio violations yb lations of nt safety appliance sets acts aca by ly rail railroads railroads 1 roads rd on nn which charge han five convictions conviction have been made and other cases e |