Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-12-03

In Chicago, a man highly respected in
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
Fort Leavenworth, and he Ia 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" SEN
fenced in Sin Sing.
SENATOR BURTON of Kansas
served Jail term of six months for ap-
pearing for 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 $1,500,000, fled to Eu-
rope and was brought back and sent
to jail
GEORGE BURNHAM, counsel for
the Mutual Reserve Life Insurance
Company, convicted of grand larceny
and sentenced to Sing Sing.
Ohm r. WALSH, Chicago banker,
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.
FRANK C. MARIN, prominent
Brooklyn lawyer, caught after a ten
year chase and just sent to prison for
forgery.
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 Yorks 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 81, 1907, for one year and to pay
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.
Ali of these and host of others, to
say nothing further of CHARLES w.
MORSE and HARRY X. THAW.
Besides the above, the United States
penitentiary at Leavenworth, Kan,
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 21 convicts in the bankers col.
ony. They were:
1.-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. Larry, Hil!sboro, Tex,
serving five years.
FRANK M. MABRY, McGregor,
Tex, serving five years.
j. A. ERICKSON, Minot, N. d., serv.
ing f1ve years.
CHARLES C. KING, Scotland, s. D.,
narYinp five Nears