Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-05-04
TWO men SENT
TO REF0RMAT0RY
JUDGE VERMILloN METES OUT
TEN YEARS TERN TO CLAUDE
De BARR.
YOUNG DRAWS FIVE
Both Men 90 to Ananrosa This Even
ing With Sheriff knox-Robbery
1. and Assault the Charges
Tried.

Ten years was the term OF I'M
prisonment meted out this morning by
Judge C. w. Vermilion to Claude De
Barr on the charge of robbery to
i which the prisoner pleaded guilty
after his trial, which was held yester-
iday afternoon A term of five years
was the sentence drawn by Charles
, Young, recently convicted OF assault
with intent to commit robbery on the
person of Walter Mcdaniel. Sheriff
w. E. Knox will leave with both men
this evening for the reformatory at
Anamosa where they will spend their
terms Of Imprisonment.
Changed His Plea.
De Bars case was begun about
$3.50 o'clock yesterday afternoon and
four witnesses for the sctate were
heard. The defense had no witnesses
and the case was practically COM
pleted last evening. This morning,
however, De Barr was brought into
the courtroom and changed his origi-
nal plea to that of guilty and the court
Immediately passed sentence upon
him. The plea was guilty Of robbery
as charged, and the j-1gment of the
years in the reformatory in Anamosa.
The court asked the prisoner his age
and was told that it was sixteen years,
but information in the hands OF Of
f1cials show him to be twenty-five
years of age. The court told De Barr
that II his behavior in the reformatory
would warrant, he would recommend
his case to the parole board after I'VE
years.
Young to Prison.
Immediately after the passing Of
Judgment on De Barr, Charles Young
was brought before the court for judg-
ment and was given a term not ex-
ceeding five years in Anamosa. Young
it will be recalled, was found guilty a
few days ago of assaulting with in
tent to rob Walter Mcdaniel March IS
near the old ruffler works at late
hour of the night.
Assaulted MeDaniels.
McOaniels told the police that he
was on his way home about 1918 p. m.
March 10 when he was attacked and
his head was laid open with an instru-
ment that he thought was q piece Of
gas pie, and that he was left uncon-
sclo.~ and five dollar bill was taken
from him. Young was arrested the
morning following the Satur-
day on which the assault took place.
His indictment followed by the grand
jury that convened March ~.
May be Hold-up Man.
In the disposition of De Barr, the
officials believe they have the hold-up
man who terrorized OttumWa during
the winter months, for they point to
the. fact that his arrest stopped all
such breaches of the peace. The dar-
Ing that featured these hold-ups and
the skill with which the hold-up man
eluded the police furnished an intense
interest throughout Ottumwa during
most Of January and part of February
and caused much uneasiness among
the people OF, the city living in out Of
the way places.
Stole. a Revolver.
The crime for which he was con-
victed and which led to his final arrest
was the stealing of a revolver from S.
STEMS pawn shop where the wife of
the proprietor waited upon him. Upon
showing him the gun, he turned the
weapon upon her and made his way
fromthe store only to be arrested later
in the evening by Night Captain Matt
Mier at the Milwaukee passenger depot
where he feigned sleep. The day pre-
vious. with his pals James Mauritas a
Jamaican negro, and H. o. Nichols he
had been arrested, but while Officer
Chris Myers back was turned he
hurried over the fence about the stone
yard and made his escape on the day
that he stole the revolver. His police
record furnished by the authorities at
points In Michigan where he
bore bad repute, has been in the
hands of the local officers for some
time. .