Sentence Of Burkhardt

l.ymau isurkhardt, the boy murderer, was jrouglit into court at a late hour on Tuesday fternoon to receive the sentence of the Judge or his horrible crime. A number of witnesses were examined by the Prosecuting Attoruey, or tlie purpose of satisfying the Judge as to ie actual truth of the murder. These witesses were Mra. Miller, Dr. Frothingham, ohu Harria, jr., the Sheriff, Michael Fleming, nd the hired man ot Mr. Miller. They all estiñed to what has been already published in 'he Akous, aud which asido from the boy's onfession ttxed the murder uumistakably upon ïim. Duriug the examination of these witeeses, who were detailing the circumstances f Mr. Miller's death, the boy sat unmoved and without a flush upon his countenance or even dimmed eye listening to their statements, 'he close scrutiuy of the spectators who crowdd about him did not abash him in the least. At last Judge Crane called him to his desk nd asked him if he really understood wbat it meaut to plead guilty, and if he did it of his vn tieo will, without inducements trom anjbody. He calmly and coolly replied that he id. He was questioned further and his anwers may be suinmed up in the followiug : "1 lave a father living but no mother. 1 do not emember niy mother, who died when I was ■oung. My father is at work in Saginaw. I aw him last winter and he told me that I was ñfteen years oíd iu February, henee I will e sixteen next February. I have lived with Miller seven years and have goue to school. I can read and can write some. Miller was kind to me but vvhipped me sometimes. I was mad at him for it, aud two days before I shot him I made up my inmd to do it and thought of it all the time. When I shot the gun I waited in the room to see if Miller moved. I waited till Mrs. Miller screamed. It was a few minutes - yes, right away. I.then went up stairs and went to bed, and stayed there only a few mjnutes." Duriug this conversatiou with the Judge tie remained as indiffereut as ever. The Judge then proceeded to pronouuce bis sentence and meantime in a few remarks tried to impress upon the niind of the young criminal the enormity of his crime and his probable renentance in the luture as he should refloct upon his doed ín his solitary cell. The words of thejudge brought tears to the eyes of many of the affectad spectators, and the eyes of the Judge hiinself were dimmed as he spoke ot the solemn and awful duty whicli developsd upon. He then sentenced the boy to the State Prisun at Jackson ior the term ot his natural Ufe. As the young srituinal proceeded to lhe jail the Sherirï asknd lnin what lie thonght oí the pros peet bdfon hini. He said it looked pretty liat but if he was f;ood he would probable be par duned out ïu twenty-üve or thirty years. A lie was beiug locked iu his ceil he said to tl turukey, "That old Judge may go to h - 1, He was taken to Jackson on Wednesday.