The evening world., 1911-03-03
MONTHS TERM
TO S35,OOOF0RGER,
!, OFFICER Of BANK
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fBelling, Vice-President OF
Bronx Institution, Gets
Mercy in Sentence.
WIFE OPPOSES LENITY.
Prisoner, Who Slammed In
sanity, Admits He Spent Steal
ings in Riotous Living.
WIFE OPPOSES LENITY.

For stealing So. M by means Of forge
eertiacsteso OF stock o, the Bronx Nation.
oil Bank. OF which he was third vice-pres-
Sent, Charles T.. Belling will get off With
nfteen months in Sing sing unless he
ehall foolishIy violate some of the rules
Of hat penal institution. Judge Foster.
In the Court Of General Sessions. sem
..tenced him to-day 10 serve not less than
one year and three months and not more
than nineteen years IN prison. The
maximum penalty for forgery In the
mrs, degree, TO which Belling pleaded
guilty. Is twenty years Imprisonment.
At the end OF fifteen months in prison
Belhng's case will go before the Board
Of Parole. II there Is no bad conduc'
marked against him he will be released
n a matter OF form.
Beliing was arrested on Nov. II las.
Prom the looks OF his case now he will
net be compelled TO serve more than .
total OF nineteen months Imprisonment.
Including his period OF Incarceration in
The Tonbs. for his $a5.00O thsft.
First Slammed Insanity.
3elinG was indicted on the specific
complaint Of the K~nickerbocker Trust
Company. from which he obtained
1900 for forged certificates of tho
Bronx National Bank stock. He tried
-he insanity dodge at FIRST. but It failed.
Then he pleaded guilty. The course of
the insanity examination showed that
BelinG did not divert any of his steal
inSs % ms family. but spent them on
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-. a, ,har command IN his behalf.
nnA .nns.r>6 An co.,rA eo-dsv and made
- oo.l MA for him
Mr.. Albert K. Matohss, also appeared,
SrN sf> WA not pleethn9 for nsarcy for
Bsiup~. Sh> roou~sesd the Court 10
compei BelNng to s4ye beck a watch he
I'D taken from her.
Mrs. Walker. the Orpnat1onary ofioer,
rsnortsd THAI Bslung's stealings were
spsut IN raotos,s ltvtng; that he was an
nsruutly unable to resis, the tempta-
saon to take long automobile rides with
xusnon o~ompanions, and that on some
~ thea trims he xas ACCOMPANIED by q
chre,urnmL
Clerical chuun pjeads.
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and wax led 20 the rear OF the room,
weepdnx and hyeterioal.
William d.. Bosler. counsel for Bell
sns asked the Court to SUSPEND sem
N covsr IN a had loan of $1,000 which
he had made 10 friends who deserted
him. and was forced to keep on steal
iny 70 make good for losses in specu-
1stion. AZ which he had tried to recoup
his shortage.
AsSstant Di.trtct-Attorney Dels-
49, s.,r the Rank ofnce,s had ,eysr
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