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Show JUDGE SHOWS NO IRCYJOliN Mrs. Martin, Convicted of Dynamiting Dynamit-ing Home of Californian, Sent to Prison for Life. '' Counsel for Convicted Woman Fall to Secure Stay of Sentence on Their Plea That Woman Is Insane. Oakland, Cal. Mrs. Isabella J. Martin, who was convicted of conspiracy conspir-acy In tho dynamiting of tho homo cf Judgo Ogden In this city, wos sentenced sen-tenced on Saturday to 'Imprisonment for life. Tho Jury which tried Mrs. Martin occupied hut eight minutes In their deliberation, nnd Judge Wells took but nbout a minute passing sentence. When Mrs. Martin nppeared In court her couiiboI presented nn nfll-c'.nvll nfll-c'.nvll to tho court asking for a stay of judgment on the ground thnt she Is Insnno. Judge Wells responded that (hero wns no question In hit. mind as to her sanity, nnd that It hnd been fully evident In all the procedure of tho trial. Then, ordering Mrs. Martin to be nrrnlgned before him. he told her ho hnd no dcBlre to ndd to her humiliation, but that she had been given a fair trlnl, adjudged guilty, and tho sentence of the court wns thai "she should ho confined In the pent-lontlnry pent-lontlnry for tho remainder of her hlo." That Mrs. Martin was dntormlned to end her life as soon as tho opportunity oppor-tunity offered, became nppnrent In the -afternoon, when she wns seized with n severe fainting spell shortly after being sentenred to life imnrlsnnment from whleh she did not rallv for nearly near-ly nnd nn hmr nnd n half. Two snnll papers containing white imwders were found, one In a pocket of her coat nnd tho other beneath the corner of the bed In her cell. Thnt taken from her coat contnlned powdered glass. The contents of the other are believed to be strychnine. Mrs. Mnrtnln declared she wanted to die, declaring "he did not want to go to prison nnd disgrace her son. |