People's Pilot, Volume 4, Number 45, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 May 1895 — Judge's Heart Is Softened. [ARTICLE]

Judge's Heart Is Softened.

St. Louis, Mo., May I.—ln the United States district court Judge Priest sentenced Ira G. Cook to four years in the Missouri penitentiary for counterfeiting. Judge Priest at first gave Cook seven years. Cook said that he had two little girls and his mother was also living. He drew from his pocket a letter from one of the girls and handed it to the judge. The girl is 10 years old and wrote that she hoped her father would soon be with them and said she and her little sister were going to write to the court to let their papa come home. Judge Priest read the letter and told Cook that his sentence was reduced to four years.