The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1878-01-10
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Lying Lambert Sentenced 90 states
Prison for five ears Judge crGd.
ley Rev Jews has Case ia she Proper
Manner.
NEW YORK. January IT. 5. Lambert
ex-pres'dent VI The American Popular Life
Insurance Company, convicted oil swearing
TO false reports, WAS to-day a-raigned Tor
sentence lie spoke for two hours and i
hall, Claiming he WAS hounJed by certain
members o1 the press, and witnesses against
him were interested. He made a bitter at
tack upon the head of the INSURANCE. de
parlmeni. charging ignorance and corrup-
ton, and finally asked the Court 10 remem-
Der his family, and pass light sentence.
Judge Brady said: With regard TO gym
patty, DIR. Lambert, you have asked the
Court to be
JENIENT IN THE SENTENCE
and spare your family to do something
which You should have done, and if YOU
had, YOU would not stand before me now
You are charged anu convicted of perjury ::
YOU have arralgned the press for writing
about your case. 1t is right for the public
at large to know, through the voice Of peo-
pie 1.-THE press that You have received Your
Just d. serts for your crime. don't believe,
Dr. Lamoert, that you believed those checks
were cash. 1t was your duty To know the
true condition Of your company, and ii YOU
had, you would have had mercy on your
family The sentence of the court, Dr. LAM
bert, is that you be confined in state prison
TO- five years at hard labor. The prisoner
st cd few seconds, half dazed, then bowed
and took his seat.
The Revenue Law II Beng Dsaed i'm
south CarOIima-A G.esser From a
Deputy Collector.
WASHINGTON, ID. C., January 2-The
commissioner of internal revenue, received
the following letter to-day: II nited States
internal revenue deputy collectors office
Spartansburg, South Carolina, Decembel
2Sth, Sir: On yesterday Messrs. Moore,
kean Il Cummins, special deputy collec.
tors, and VIM. Durham, special deputy
marshal, went on tour of inspection
through Union county, from this place and
to-day at the residence OF Jasper Gibbs,
TRIAL JUSTICE,
they arrested ddler and his driver fol
selling tobacco improperly stamped, and
confscated the wagon, team, tobacco and
stamps The officers succeeded in handcufi
ing the prisoners and returned toward Spar
tansburg. When they had proceeded abou,
four miles. and were at Vests store they
came suddenly upon rifle company, who
| were armed with
wINCIIESTERs AND PISTOLS.
and were partly mounted. There wsr,
| about 200 men in the company, and abou
twenty-five of them were uniformed. The,
! i l.. l.,
| surrounded the L. 5. officers, and a Ion.
wrangle ensued, in which the officers en-
deavOred 10 retain their prisoners
and captured property, but were
compelled by threats and various demon
STATIONS to remove the handouts and re
lease the prisoner, property and stamps
Jasper Gibbs the trial justice and Il. A
Gregory his constabl and the captain o
| the company seemed to BE- the priDcipa
| persons in authority and they demanded
] the release and restoration of the properly
and prisoners. Gregary by direction o
Gibbs searched the wagon of the revepu,
officers for whiskey and threatened to sent
them to Jail. 1t was only by
TOTAL SURRENDER
| Of the revenue officers that bloodshed wa,
4 aStTttI. mere l. Ebt
| To effect the arrests OF the persons concerned
| in the ouirag,., and 1 respectfully suggest
that m ASSURES may be taken To muster .
force Tor the purpose The offenders ar,
| persons of means and influence, and hav,
| no doubt will make a determined reSiS-
lance, backed as thev are by a community
hostile to the revenue laws of the nitcd
States. Respectfully, [SiGned,l
q. 7. KIRKLAND, Deputy ollector."
TIE COMMISSIONER
of internal revenue will have a conference
with the secretary OF the treasury with re-
gard To this outrage. III determination is
10 Use ever. possible effort To bring the
otfender 10 justice and have the law thor
oughly vindIcated.