Show joker lands beh nd the bars san francisco benjamin welling ton soule was sentenced to four vears years lit lil 1 sin quentin on saturday for sen bending ding threatening letters to rudolph president of 0 the first na lional bank and to other persons soule wrote anat unless aspre spreckels ackels sent him 3 he would cause his death ty means of a subtle poison when his case was called he entered a plea of guilta but fated that he gent sent the letters only as a joke his counsel pleading with the court to be lenient with the defendant |