The Evening World

Only Nineteen Years for Murdering
His Sweetheart, Mamie Murphy.
Her Father Denounces It as an
Outrage of Justice.
Judge Martine's Scathing Remarks
on the Prisoner's Character.

Charles Jackson, or Buchanan, who, on the
night of April 22 last, in Chris Johnson's Balloon,
at Sixth avenue and Ninth street, stabbed
and killed Mamie Murphy, was arraigned this
morning before Judge Martine for sentence upon
his plea of guilty of manslaughter in the
first degree.

Jackson was brought down from the Tombs
handcuffed to Deputy Sheriff Jack Lynch. He
had been informed that the efforts of the
father of the girl he had slain to get his plea
rejected and have him placed on trial for his
life had been unsuccessful, and he looked very
cheerful.

It was 11.25 o'clock when Jackson was called
to the bar, and to Judge Martine's question as
to whether he had anything to say, Jackson
replied:

"Yes, your Honor.
There was never a man
more innocent of intention to commit a crime
than I was of the crime charged against me.
That's all I've got to say,"

EX-Judge Gildersleeve, Jackson's counsel,
then arose and made a plea for clemency. He
presented testimonials as to Jackson's good
character from his fellow-workmen, and
stating his belief that the prisoner had pleaded
guilty to the only crime of which he could be
convicted, asked that these facts be taken into
consideration and judicial clemency
be extended.

Judge Martine, in addressing the prisoner,
said: Jackson, your counsel has just spoken
of your good character. I have knowledge
that your character is just the opposite. You
are a bad man. Even now the authorities of
Canada want to place you upon trial for a
crime committed in their jurisdiction.

You were an apprentice boy in Canada
when you took up with a woman. You say
you married her. Well, after quarreling with
her time and again, you one day stabbed her
while walking on the street, and fled to the
United States. Fortunately for you the stab
did not prove fatal, However, you eluded the
officers after that crime and finally came to
New York.

Here you took up with another woman-
after living with her about eight months, in a
fit of jealous rage, you stabbed her, and that
stab was fatal
This makes two women upon
Whom you
have used your knife."

Then, continuing, Judge Martine reviewed
the killing of Mamie Murphy.

He said that after Jackson's plea was accepted
it had been learned that there was testimony
of threats to kill, but that upon examination
it was considered doubtful that this
testimony was competent, and, therefore, sentence
would be passed upon the plea.

Stating that Jackson was entitled to no clemency,
except for pleading guilty and saving the
county the cost of trial, Judge Martine sentenced
him to nineteen years in State Prison.

The prisoner, who had never even flushed
during his presence at the bar, turned and
walked jauntily back to the pen.

Hugh Murphy, the father of Jackson's victim
was indignant, and with tears streaming down
his cheeks declared that it was an outrage and
that Jackson should have been placed upon
trial

Assistant District-Attorney Parker told The
Evening World reporter that he was satisfied
that had he known of Mrs. Murphy's testimony
as to Jackson's threats before accepting his
plea, he could have secured a conviction on the
indictment.

After a careful study of the subject, however,
he had learned that the plea having been
accepted, could not be thrown out. He said
he had then called upon ex-Judge Gildersleeve
and asked him to withdraw the plea for Jackson,
but that this request was refused.