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Show MAN WHO SHOT SOLON PUNISHED Prisoner Discharges Lawyer ' and Makes Dramatic Appeal Ap-peal for New Trial j WASHINGTON. Feb. 25. Chaiios I A. Orock. aged 2ft. who last March 5 I ahot and Wounded former Senator i Charles R Henderson of Nevada today to-day wus sentenced to 10 years' Imprisonment Im-prisonment hv Chief Justice McCoy In tho District of Colutnbli supreme I court. An appoc-l was noted and the accused was committed to Jail in dc-faul dc-faul of $13,000 ball. Senator Henderson was shot while In the en. ile office building, the bullet bul-let taking effect in his arm. The affair was said to have been the rc- ! suit of u grudge of lotiK standing , Grock having lu-l.l Senator Henderson responsible .for a financial rovers-i) hi encountered In a sheep ranch venture ven-ture in Canada and subsequent Inquiry In-quiry Into hi? sanity;. Grock disi hurged his attorney t the trial table toii.n and argued .1 motion for a new trial, claiming that hi conviction by a Jury of an assault to kill Senator Henderson was Illegal He accused his lawyer of collusion with the government prosecutor, declared de-clared that Chief of Detectives Grant had kidnaped him and kept hint In I the asylum for 3 3 days The accused also charged the- chief Justice with bias, asserting that the court had been Influenced by the fact that Senator Henderson once Introduced In-troduced .1 bill to increase the salary of the chief Justice. The defense at the trial had been insanity, but Dr. D. Percy Hlckllng. District of Columbia alienist, while stating that Grock was a paranoiac, declared hlni legally responsible for his actions. Grock had been confined con-fined In an insane asylum in Nevada some years ago. It was testified. |