Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-10-22
Wealthy Head of Criminal Gang Must Also Pay Fine
 of $33,O0O.
TERMS AGGREGATE
 5 YEARS, 5 DAYS
Judge YOumans Orders, However. That Some Run COncurrently-SiX Others Get From One to Two
 Years and Fines of $1.OOO Each.

Fort Smith Oct. 21.-U1nited States Judge Frank Youmars today sentenc- ed John l.. Casper of Kansas City to serve nine years and three days in the federal prison at Ieaverworth Kansas, and to pay fine of S33 GOO. CasDer alleged head of tho gigantic moOnshine consnirators. and six oth- CTS yesterday rleaded guilty to in- dictments charging them with con sDiracy to defraud the government of the tax imposed on spirituous liquors.
 Casper's confedorates who plead ded guilty were also sentenced today, the punishment pronounced being as fol- lows:
 J. Henry Brown of Harrison. Ark government gauger two years in the penitentiarv: fined $1. .000.
 S. l.. Williams of Winston-Salem. N. C., former government revenue agent: Charles Rrewhaker and George Hartman Of Kansas Citv. one year and one day in the penitentiary: fined s1 non each.
 John Farrahee of Kansas City, and John Coffev of Fort Smith, six months in ja', fined s1O0O each.
 Court Fxcoristes Casper.
 Judge Frank A. Youmans in sen- tencire Casrer said:
 "I doubt if ever in the history of the country there has been a more hold defiant and open violation of the law than the ore in which you were engaged It has taken more money and men to bring this case to justice than has been required to nrntect the Texas frontier. Nothing can be said in mitigation for von. Without multiplvine words, I shall pronounce sentence"
 Casper pleaded guilty to all the 33 counts in the indictment on which he was tried. The sentences passed by the court upon him totaled B years and five days. but by the courts order some of them were or dered to run concurrently. Thus Casper's actual sentence was reduc- ed to nine years and three days.
 It was planned to start the men to the Leavenworth penitentiary late tcrioht or tomorrow.
 The jail sentences will be served in the Fort Smith jail. The men were charged with intent to defraud the United States government Of the tax on distilled spirits. Their trials were called on Tuesday. Yesterday they suddenly withdrew pleas of not guilty and admitted guilt.
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 Government officials have main- tained that the men sentenced today and their alleged associates yet to| be tried, defrauded the government of thousands of dollars of revenue which should have been paid on the product of their illicit distillery in Fort Smith. The operations of the men extended, according to indict- ments against them, to the bribery of high government revenue oflc1als. One of the officials indicted is Knox Booth of Nashville. Tenn. former su- perintendent of the Tennessee reve- me division His trial and that of others involved has been set for Jan uary.
 Robert w. Childs of Chicago, spe- cial attorney TOT tHc UCPdi 'AASA" " justice, suggested to the court that Prewbaker be given a jail sentence. The defendant, however, said he pre- ferred to be sent to the Leavenworth prison. he said. .,
 After the court had sentenced Will Hams the latter requested that he pei nermitted to return to his home at Winston-Salem, N. C.. to make ar onoements for the care of his family while he is in prison. His request was refused. Brown, the @ofrmer government gauger. who is the father of nine children. asked the court if he might ba taken to Leavenworth by way of his home at Harrison to bid farewell to his family. This appeal also was denied.