The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1915-07-07
Rev. ]. w. Wilson Is
Sentenced To 8 Years.
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sented and his statements twisted un-
til he appeared before the public
even as a horse thief and ignorant
of the laws of the land.
For q moment the minister hesi-
tated before replying to any question,
during which he wrote an address on
the reverse side of an envelope. It
was: ~. w. Wilson, Federal Peni-
tertiary, Atlanta, Ca"
Then he said that he did not care
to write any statement In publica-
ton, shut I will say" he said, shat
I never did wrong in my life. !
have lived an honorable life, and if
could have secured transfer of
my case to the federal court Of Ok
ford, Miss, where am known, am
sure / would have been vindicated.
cts nothing" he continued, ssbut
a case Of love overcoming temporarily
a mans better Judgment. And, it was
not case of love at first sight, as
has been represented, but on the con-
trary an instance where friendship
and admiration, extending over a
period of about year, ripening into
the truest of love, and what is purer
than love?
.And, / am satisfied everything
would eventually have turned out all
right, and we never would have heen
caught had it not been for a man
named Owens, a sort of halfway fed
eral officer, who took the trouble to
follow US all the way to Florida and
who claimed I had stolen a buggy.
Why, ! traded for that horse and
bought the buggy. MY character il
above reproach and the idea of me
stealing a horse or buggy is ridicu.
llous."
LOVERS ALLOWED TO MEET.
Just before being returned to jai
Rev. Wilson and Miss Rogers wer,
| allowed to meet for a few moments
in the witness room. The lninistel
had the envelope with his address writ
ten on it in his hand and it is sup
posed that he handed this to her an,
that correspondence between the tw,
will be continued after he has bee
taln to Atlanta.
Wilson is man of apparentl,
thirty-fve years of age and the cir
about twenty. He is fairly well edu
Gated, of good appearance and yer,
good address.
| OTHER SENTENCES.
| J. H. Baggett, assistant postmaste
at Carr, Fla, and E. H. Calder,
friend Of the postmaster, entere
pleas of guilty to defrautling the gov
eminent. The assistant postmaste
fled from Carr, taking with him
large number of money order blanks
seals, etc, and these they were film
out and cashing throughout the cour
try. It was alleged they had thu
secured about $500 and expected t
make the sum $4,000, they said, a
they proposed having good time a
long as the money lasted.
Calder was sentenced to three year
and Bagget to two years and 81
months.
i Oscar Dufie for selling liquor wa
sentenced to 10 days; VIM. E. Johr
son, for the same offense, 10 days
William Bryan and Nose Hargrov
Of Alachua county, for distilling,
days each, and Tom Bennett, for sci
ing, 80 days. All of these defendant
had been confined in jail for sewers
months.
GRAND JURY IN SESSION.
The grand jury is in session invei
tigating various matters relating
government violations. The jury r,
turned indictments at once against Il
above, owing to the fact that all az
nitted their guilt and desired to e.
ter pleas of guilty and receive SCI
tence.
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