The husband of a day and the forged $300 check

Failing utterly to take advantage of every opportunity given her to change from her wayward career, maintaining an affected air of haughty indifference, and with apparent disregard for the predicament she is in, Mrs. R. G. Daniels, better known in Newport as Winifred Moter, was sentenced by Judge Hinkle Tuesday morning to the penitentiary for a period of one to five years. The woman forged the name of R. G. Daniels, her husband of a day, to a check for $300, getting in exchange for the paper $200 worth of millinery and the balance in cash. Two weeks ago she pleaded guilty to the charge of obtaining money under false pretenses, which gave the court discretion to pass a jail or a penitentiary sentence. At that time Deputy Prosecuting Attorney W. C. Donovan stated that he was not ready to recommend leniency for the girl, but asked that sentence be suspended until he could make a further investigation of her conduct. Tuesday morning Mr. Donovan stated to the court that he had found nothing upon which to base a recommendation for clemency, and therefore would ask for none on behalf of the prisoner. 'When she was released on bond it was for the purpose of allowing her to go to the home of her foster parents and her child at Newport, but she did not go,' stated the deputy prosecutor. She remained in Spokane and was the associate of immoral women. She lodged most of the time at a house many of whose occupants were of a questionable character. 'There is nothing in the conduct of the prisoner,' observed Judge Hinkle, as sentence was passed, 'indicating any regrets for her past experience, or suggesting any intention to reform.'