The Green Forest tribune., 1908-12-04

| discovery of his thefts, plead guilty to having embedded $10,000 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 i AL ADAMS, the Policy King" sen fenced in Sin Sing.
 SENATOR BURTON of Kansas served jail term of six months for ap- bearing for a client for pay before government department while still in | the senate. | FRANK G. BIGELOW, former presi- l dent of the American Bankers asso- ciation, footed the First National bank of Milwaukee and was sentenced to the penitentiary.
 LEONARD IMBODEN AND JAMES fl. HILL, Denver bank wreckers, re- ceived ten-year jail sentences.
 PAUL o. STENSLAND, Chicago banker, stole $1,500,000, fled to Eu- rope and was brought back and sent 1 to jail
 JOHN R. WALSH, Chicago banker, sentenced to jail.
 WILLIAM r. 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 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 Blackwells 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 31, 1907, for one year and to pay @ $1 ,000 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 $12000 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 bankers colony. In 1907 there were 21 convicts in the bankers col. ony. They were:
 "The Bankers Colony"
 JUSTUS l.. BRODERICK 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. M'CREADY, 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. LARY, Hillsboro, Tex, serving five years.
 FRANK M. MARRY, 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 B. HAAS, Chicago, serv ing six years.
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