Orleans Independent Standard

Rough on Rascals. In Brooklyn on the 22nd inst., Judge Troy sentenced Gus. Tristram, a notorious thief and burglar, to twenty years service in the state prison at Sing Sing, for stealing $300 worth of silver ware. In 1863 Tristram led the gang that robbed the Adams Express of $200,000 on the New Haven Railroad, for which exploit he served five years in the Connecticut state prison. If there were more such sentences as that given by Judge Troy we imagine crime would be more at a discount than it appears to be now. One thing is certain, criminals would be where they could "do the state some service," instead of preying upon its citizens. The opponents of capital punishment might think differently. Tristram was formerly a man of wealth and good standing, but high living brought him to poverty, and preferring stealing to hard work he took up the profession of a burglar, got caught, and now must work.