The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1912-03-27
INTERPRETER IS EMPLOYED
klvei and Maxi Unable to Under
stand English and Proceedings
are Repeated.
FOUND GUILTY
SLY.
Jury Returned Verdict After a Night
Session-lverson Case is
Up Today.

Three men were sentenced vester-
day by Judge Stanton for crimes of
which they had been found guilty.
OF the three, not one was over thir-
ty and one under twenty. All told
their life history to crowded court
room. Two will be taken to the
state penitentiary and one to the re-
form school at st. Cloud.
- Joe Lefave, convicted of arson in
the first degree for setting a Bau-
dette house on ire, was first called
by Judge Stanton and questioned
concerning his past life. He said he
had lived in Baudette for six years,
working a part of the time for his
brother as a blacksmith and a part
Of the time for the Shevlin- Matthew
Lumber company.
Asked if he. could read and write,
Lafaye answered that he had lived
eighteen miles from school when
he was a boy in Red Lake county
and that he had no education. He
said he could write his name but that
he could read but little. Asked If
he had ever been convicted of or ar
rested on criminal charge, he stat
ed that this was his first offense.
Judge Stanton stated that the law
laid down definite lines for the court
to following in passing sentence,
leaving him no discretion in the mat
ter. Lefave was then sentenced to
the state penitentiary at hard labor.
Judge Stanton stated that the mini
mum time to be served was ten years
after which the state board of parole
would decide what further period he
should be imprisoned.
Kivei Here Nine Years.
John Kivei stated to the court that
he was twenty-six years old and came
to this country in 1903 having been
born in Finland. He was unable to
speak English and the service of an
interpreter was employed. He said
that he settled in Wadena county
where his parents are still living.
He stated that he had, no trade and
had never before been arrested. XII
vel was convicted Of grand larceny
in the first degree and sentenced at
hard labor to the penitentiary at
saltwater. The penalty is impris-
onment for from one to ten years.
May Be Deported.
. Isaac Maxi, also convicted Of
grand larceny, told the court that he
was nineteen years old and had come
to this country in September, 1910,
having been born in Finland. a Fed
eral law provides that one convicted
of a crime cannot become citizen SO
Maxi has forfeited his rights in that
respect. AS he has not yet been here
three years and is a minor, it is
probable that he will be deported.
The matter has already been taken
up with the immigration authorities.
Maxi said that his parents lived in
British Columbia and that he had a
brother at Ironwood, Michigan. Asked
about his schooling, he said that he
had attended four years in Finland
but none in this country. He also
used the services of an interpreter.
He had no trade having worked only
in the mines as common 1aborer.
County Attorney Torrance called
the attention of the court to the fact
that the jury had recommended mer-
|cy in Maki's case as the evidence in
the trial tended to show that he was:
least concerned in the robbery al
though clearly implicated. He also.
recommended leniency. Sentence was
then passed on him sending him to
the reformatory at st. Cloud instead
OF the penitentiary at saltwater.
Sly Found Guilty.
William Sly was found guilty Of
grand larceny in the second degree
by the jury last night. The trial was
started yesterday morning and the
case went to the jury last evening.
The verdict was brought in about
ten o'clock. He will probably be sem
fenced today. The trial OF Iyer Iver-
son Tor adultery was started this
morning.