Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-12-18
'|MBLER GETS TEN YEARS
Young Man Convicted or Two
Charges Of Housebreaking.
CRsSSOCK is ACQUITTED
Jury Tina. Gave Patton Fifteen Days
Causes Another Surprise by Verdict
OF mot Guilty" In HOUSEKEEPING
Case.

OF NOT Sufity ~ Hous0p'eaNis
Case.
Louis lmhler, a young white man,
whom The police believe Is probes
slonal burglar. was tried On two m
dictm2nts oil housebeaa.ng In the
Cops ration Couit yesterday and was
found guilty IS the jury on each Ia
dictment. His punishment was nXed
AT ten years N the State psnitentlary
five years for each otfense. Three
other indictments for HOUSEKEEPING
are pending against Imber, but ne
will not be tried on any of them.
Standing at the end of the long
table In the court room with his head
partially bowed, his black felt nat
hanging imply In one hand and the
other hand resting on the table, the
prisoner. after the jury had been as
charged. received his sentence from
Judge Barham In spite of his record
of a score of robberieS, lmbier. VINO
Is little mere than a hoy, was Ilii-
ful object. The court tcld him that
the Jury had convicted him CT two
crimes and had fixed the punishmt nj
for each at five years and informed
him that the laws of the State allow
Cd prisoner half of his sentence for
good behavior.
Promises Court TO Behave.
Judge Barham admonished him to
conduct himself properly in the peh'-
tertiary so that he might get hve
wears OF the ten years sentence taken
OF for good behavior The hoy prom
Used that he would RENE mher what
the court had said and then was lea
back to Che city jail ty City Sergeant
Milstead 10 await the coming of
guard to take him to the state prison
AT RICHMOND
Throughout lmblsr's trial. three
men who were strangers 10 every
che of the court officers and others
IN the court room, sat in the afst
be nch outside Of the railing enclosing
the lawyers table. After court had
adjourned, for the day, and the men
had left the court room, Captain
Berkeley began TO inquire who the
men were and the opinion was al
vanced that these men were pals
of Imbler's.
Five Robberies In a Night.
After he had broken into and rob
bed three rooms IN the Imperial Hotel.
WASHINGTON avenue and Twenty-hfth
street and robbed one room In the
Lyndhurst Hotel, Huntington avenue
and Thirty fourth street. lmbler was
caught In the home of James Nicoi-
opoolas. a Greek, who lives on Virginia
avenue near Twenty fifth street, on
the morning OF October y, and cap
tufed by two men in the house, who
covered" him with guns until Ser
geant Webb arrived on the scene.
Upon searching the prisoner at the
station house. the police found that
he had enough miscellanecVs stun 10
start a young department. stole ana
the pclice Immediately began making
an investigation of his past history
The rot cries at the two hotels We're
soon brought TO light and day or
Sc later the police found that he mad
been wanted here for several years
for the charge OF grand larceny.
Since that time the police have
found that be is wanted IN Richmond
on the charge OF grand larceny and
that the authorities of Norfolk city
want him on the same charRe.
Net Represented by Counsel.
When his case was taken up In the
Corporation Court yesterday. the pris-
oner was asked 81 he was Tepre sentsd
by counsel and he replied that he was
rot as he did not want his neither
and father TO know that he was IN
trouble and he could not secure AID
from any other source The boys
parents live in Illinois
Judge Barham did net appoint an
attorney to defend the prisoner and
the trial proceeded. Imhler conduct
ing whatever defense could be offer
ed in his behalf. The trial on the
FIRST indictment was soon concluded
and the jury quickly returned a YER
dict. The second trial was gone INTO
and concluded 4 few minutes after >
o'clock.
janus N.colcpocls was the principls /
witness against imblsr. He was IN
able 10 speak English and Theodore
.Anaztasako acted IS Interpreter. !
Nicolopools stold Of caiching Imnler
in his hone after re boy had forced Z
an entrance through window.
John Cressocs Acquitted 1
Although there vas conclusive evi-
dence that the prisoner had not only
broken into q door Of the
NewTort News Wine 4 IL
Qror Company. but also bad
stolen one bcttle OF lquor from the
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