Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-10-30
DISCARD RATS2- mot! MUSCA IS SENTENCED
Wrath of the Feminine Sex at Year in Prison and $1,000
Boiling Point. Fine Is Imposed.
|ALL BECAUSE OF RICHARDS MEN HIGHER UP NEXT
Telegraph Superintendent Is District Attorney Hints
Obnoxious Order. Gve Prosecutions
REBELLION AMONG THE COURT PRAISES L0EBs WORK
Rodent, Says He-WeM tor for Granting
Say They. Hedges Compliments
MEN HIGHER UP NEXT
District Attorney Hints at Exten.
sive Prosecutions.
COURT PRAISES LOEB's WORK
Judge Holt, Who Criticised Collec-
tor for Granting Immunity,
Hedges With Compliments.

NEW YORK. October O.-One veal
in Elmira and a fine Of 5000 was
the punishment given to Philip Mu
ment In the cheese weighing case b!
Judge Holt in the criminal branch of the
United States circuit court yesterday.
The passing Of sentence marks the enc
OF his case, but only the beginning. Dis
trict Attorney Wise intimated in court, o.
long line of similar prosecutions by the
government some Of which are to be d.
rected against men higher up
Judge Holt took occa sion, in sentencing
Musica, to soften somewhat the criticism
he leveled at Collector Of the Port Loci
in connection with the same case a few
days ago, when he declared that the
course of the government in retaining IT
the service men who had confessed tt
grating met with his disapprobatiOn
Without retracting his expressed opinion
the Judge praised the work of Loeb since
he has been in office.
Says Others Corrupted Musica.
Charles E. Rushmore, Musica's coun
sci. made long plea for mercy. He said
Musica was only twenty-four now, and
that when the Offense was committed he
was only twenty lone. He had beer
tempted in an effort to do the best he
could for the business his father had
placed him in charge Of, and he had
fallen.
1t was Hyland, the customs inspector
Rushmore said, who suggested the plan
to defraud the government, and Hyland
had told Musica that everybody was do
ing it.
"Philip was the corrupted, not the cor
ruIter,' said the lawyer.
The defendant. Rushmore said, had al
ready been punished severely. and surely
the government that had corrupted him
did not want him sent to prison.
District Attorney Wise made a vehe-
ment plea against the imposition of only
a nominal sentence.
ut was his greed and lust for gains
to which he was not entitled that led
him to evolve this scheme. and 1t was
said Wise.
"All this corruption is started from
the outside. The greed for Illicit gains
which permeates our CONNIE rcial. commu-
nity-the same greed which compelled the
railroads to give rebates-is spreading cor
ruption among our officials.
Hints at More Prosecutions.
II do not ask for the blood of this
man. and l did not ask for the blood
Of the poor man who stood before you
yesterday and whom you sent 20 prison
because he stole few cents from let
ter after thirty-seven years of govern
ment service.
Il ask for a yindicatien of justice. l
ask for punishment that will strike hOr-
ror into the hearts of crooks
Rushmore had raised the point that
the government had not called Hyland
and former Deputy Surveyor Vail to re-
flute the testimony of Musica. Wise re-
ferred to that significantly.
do you expect me to grant immunity
to men whom l expect to prosecutor he
said.
In passing sentence Judge Holt said
that it was unimpOrtant who was the
party solicited in the bribery Of weigh
ers, but declared that the evidence went
to show that Musicals shipments were
delayed before the fraudulent practice
was begun.
Judge Holt said the Offence merited
some severity, no matter what the ex-
tenuating circumstances. Then he SEN
fenced Musica.
The young man took the sentence with
apparent calmness but sank back into his
chair hOpelessly minute later.