Sacramento Daily Union, Volume 87, Number 67, 10 May 1894 — CARPENTER PLEADS GUILTY. [ARTICLE]

CARPENTER PLEADS GUILTY.

The Industrious Colonel Gets Six Months tor Vagrancy. To insure a speedy and just punishment to Colonel Carpeutor, wbo bad betrayed his Industrial followers, tbat notorious individual was takeu to tbe Police Court yesterday afternoon to answer to a charge of vagrancy sworn to by Sergeant R. Hobbs.

Were it not tbat the Sutter Fort army was to leave in tbe afteruoon Carpenter would bave been allowed to reinalu in tbe County Jail a while longer, but tbe police officials, leariug tbat he would demand a jury trial, decided to hasten matters, so that if any ot the men in the army wanted to testily against him thoy would not be delayed in getting out ofthe city. Carpenter pleaded guilty to tbe charge and explained in extenuation of bis actions that after baying been deposed from command of tbe army he thought it no more than right that he should appropriate enough money to remunerate him for bis labors iv its behalf.

City Attorney Brown asked bim if he kept all the promises he made alter he was released from his first arrest a week or two ago. Carpenter replied that up to tbe time of his arrest on Tuesday he bad been faithful to bis promises. His explanations of events occurring after Monday night's entertainment did not seem to be taken with much consideration by Justice Devine, and be sentenced Carpenter to six months' imprisonment in the County Jail. In a short time the commitment was mado out and Bailiff Hardy escorted tbe ex-Colonel to the County Jail, where he was immediately set to work breaking rock. THK PENITENTIARY READY. Assistant District Attorney J. C. Jones called at the Recoup-Union office last night and said he was amazed on hearing that the city Police Court officials do not consider they bave any case against Carpenter beyond that of vagrancy. Mr. Jones says all he wants is for some member of tbe Industrials to come in and swear to complaints against Carpenter, Logan, l'ayne and Savage, and a halfdozen witnesses to give their depositions, and be has no fear that they cannot each be sent to the penitentiary—or at least those in custody. He says three distinct acts of felony were committed by each, and that it would be an outrage on justice to permit them to go unpunished.