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Letter to Editor
October 13, 1913
El Paso Herald
El Paso, El Paso County, Texas
What is this article about?
In a letter to the El Paso Herald dated Oct. 12, 1913, from Van Horn, Tex., Mrs. Agnes L. Orner denies agreeing to plead guilty to a crime, insisting she is innocent and will fight. The editor notes it was an attorney's unaccepted proposal for a 15-year sentence.
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Mrs. Orner Would Not Plead Guilty
Van Horn, Tex., Oct. 12, 1913.
Editor El Paso Herald:
I would like you to take back the statement that I would plead guilty to the crime if the court would give me 15 years.
I have never said I would (and never will) plead guilty to a crime I never did.
I will fight to a finish.
Mrs. Agnes L. Orner.
(The Herald did not say that Mrs. Orner had agreed to plead guilty.
It said that a proposition had been made by one of her attorneys to ascertain if the court would accept a plea of guilty with a 15 year penalty.
The court refused.
Mrs. Orner may not have been cognizant of the offer and could have refused to accept her attorney's advice if the court had accepted the proposal.
-Editor).
Van Horn, Tex., Oct. 12, 1913.
Editor El Paso Herald:
I would like you to take back the statement that I would plead guilty to the crime if the court would give me 15 years.
I have never said I would (and never will) plead guilty to a crime I never did.
I will fight to a finish.
Mrs. Agnes L. Orner.
(The Herald did not say that Mrs. Orner had agreed to plead guilty.
It said that a proposition had been made by one of her attorneys to ascertain if the court would accept a plea of guilty with a 15 year penalty.
The court refused.
Mrs. Orner may not have been cognizant of the offer and could have refused to accept her attorney's advice if the court had accepted the proposal.
-Editor).
What sub-type of article is it?
Persuasive
Emotional
What themes does it cover?
Crime Punishment
What keywords are associated?
Plead Guilty
Criminal Denial
Court Refusal
Attorney Proposition
What entities or persons were involved?
Mrs. Agnes L. Orner
Editor El Paso Herald
Letter to Editor Details
Author
Mrs. Agnes L. Orner
Recipient
Editor El Paso Herald
Main Argument
mrs. orner denies ever stating or intending to plead guilty to a crime she did not commit and vows to fight to a finish.
Notable Details
Editor Clarifies That The Herald Reported An Attorney's Proposition For A Guilty Plea With 15 Year Sentence, Which The Court Refused, And Mrs. Orner May Not Have Known About It.