River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-12-03

business and social circles, upon the
discovery of his thefts, plead guilty
to having embezzled $4,000 from the
| bank. He was sentenced to five
years in the government prison at
Fort Leavenworth, and he is now
serving that sentence.
The following interesting roster is
! also to the point:
EDWARD STOKES shot Jim Fisk;
served term in prison.
AL ADAMS, the POLICY King" sep.
fenced in Sin Sing.
SENATOR BURTON of Kansas
served jail term of six months for ap-
pearing for a client for pay before a
government department while still in
the senate.
FRANK G. BIGELOW former presi-
dent of the American Bankers asso-
| citation, looted the First National bank
of Milwaukee and was sentenced to
the penitentiary.
LEONARD IMBODEN AND JAMES
A. HILL, Denver bank wreckers, re-
ceived ten-year jail sentences.
PAUL o. STENSLAND, Chicago
banker, stole $1,500,O00, fed to Eu-
rope and was brought back and sent
to Jail
JOHN r. WALSH, Chicago barker,
sentenced to Jail.
WILLIAM F. WALKER, honored
banker of New Britain, Conn.,, stole
hundreds of thousands of dollars; fol
lowed to Mexico, brought back and
sent to Jail.
MAYOR WILLIAM H. BELCHER of
Paterson, sent to jail for embezzle-
ment
GUY C. STRATTON, millionaire
i lumberman of Seattle, Wash, convicted
of murder in the second degree for
killing child with automobile.
MRS. CASSIE CHADWICK, wife of
prominent Cleveland physician, sent to
Jail for forgery.
ABE HUMMEL, for years one of
New York's most prominent lawyers,
| sent to Blackwell's island for one
year.
CHARLES T. YERKES, millionaire
traction magnate at his death, was
once convicted and sentenced to a
Jail term. which he served
J. A. BENSON, California million
aire, sentenced for land frauds, Au-
gust 81, 1907 for one year and to pay
a 81 900 fine in San Francisco.
CHARLES S. CAMERON, president
of the Pittsburg & Tube City Railroad
Company, when called for sentence
did not answer and court declared
$4,000 bond forfeited
SENATOR MITCHELL of Oregon,
convicted and sentenced to two years
in jail. Died while appeal was pend.
ing.
All of these and host of others, to
say nothing further of CHARLES w.
MORSE and HARRY K. THAW.
Besides the above, the United States
penitentiary at Leavenworth, Kan.
has sent to it each year bankers from
all parts of the United States that
have been convicted of crimes carry.
ing with them Jail sentences. The
prison authorities have what they
term a bankers colony. In 1907 there
were Fl convicts in the bankers col.
ony They were:
"The Bankers Colony"
JUSTUS L. FREDERICK of Elk.
hart, Ind, serving ten years.
WALTER BROWN, Elkhart, Ind,
serving eight years.
WILSON L. COLLINS, Elkhart, Ind,
recently released after serving six
years.
CYRUS E. MCREADY, Seymour,
Ind, recently released after serving
six years.
ALFRED C. BARKER, Bedford,
Ind, released last January after serv.
ing five years.
JOHN H. WOOD, Matthews, Ind.
soon to be released.
GUSTAV A. CONZMAN, Terre
Haute, Ind, serving eight years.
FRANK G. BIGELOW, Milwaukee,
Wis, serving ten years.
HENRY G. COLL, Milwaukee, Wis,
serving ten years.
ROBERT B. TAYLOR, New York
city, recently released after serving
five years.
MILTON J. FUGMAN, San Antonio,
Tex, serving five years.
THOMAS E. Larry, Hillsboro, Tex,
serving five years.
FRANK NJ MABRY, McGregor,
Tex, serving five years.
J. A. ERICKSON, Minot, N. D., serv.
ing five years.
CHARLES C. KING, Scotland, S. D.,
serving five years.
THOMAS COGHILL, Seymour, Wis.
serving five years.
HERMAN E. HAAS, Chicago, serv.
ing six years.
weep and wall for some days, and even
run away to her own home, only to
be dragged back again.