South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-04-19
Special Car Is Run Into Federal
Prison Enclosure to Avoid
Marching Prisoners Through
Business Section of City.
FIGHT To FURNISH
BONDS TO CONTINUE
Terre Haute Mayor Still Conf
dent, Says He Will Carry on
Battle for Appeal from His
Prison Cell.

LEAVENWORTH. Kas. April 10.
Mayor Dom VI. Roberts and the 10
other officials OF Terre Haute, IND,
convicted and sentenced in connec-
ton with an election conspiracy, ar
rived at the federal prison this morn
ang. and by noon had been dressed
in" and assigned 10 temporary duty-
NIavOr Roberts sentence IS Tor SIX
wears. The others will serve lesser
sentences.
All but one. Joseph Straus, who was
sentenced 10 one year and one day, ar
rived on q special car at 1880 O'Clock.
Then the car was shot direct TO the
DTisOn enclosure, as was done IN the
case of the special train carrying the
nnion workers convicted with the
dynamite conspiracy, thereby elimi-
mating the confusion which marching
the prisoners through the business
Idistrict OF LeavenwOrth on the way
rrom the depot TO the car would have
Nccasioned.
Each prisoner was in charge OF d
deputy United States marshal As
soon as they had been taken from the
special car all were marched TO the
office of the acting deputy warden
where they were dressed in after
(which they were taken to the office
of the record clerk and their Bertil-
Ion measurements taken.
Mayor Roberts. who VIII serve the
longest term. jokcd With his fellow
prisoners duTiuG the dressing IN
process. declaring the prison did not
Seem to be half as bad as he had pic
1urcd NJ. StrauS who received his
commitment papers i'm indianapolis
last Saturday and came alone TO the
prison. arrived at 1880 o'clock this
morning. lie was readily admitted to
the prison and within an hour was at
work iH the tailor shop
INDIANAPOLJS. April 1g.-While
The special car carrying Mayor DOnn
NJ. Roberts and the other Terre
Haute election couspiTatOrs was dash
iug toward the prison entrance at
q -eaVcnwcrjh early today. it was
learned here that the fight for bonds
had uot been entirely dropped at
least so FAR as Roberts and few
others are concerned.
81 shall continue my battle for an
appeal from my prison cell declared
Mayor Roberts, as he walked into the
train sheds, smiling nut defiant and
wearing "a white carbon.
Mrs. Roberts expressed confidence
that she would bring her husband
back 10 Tcrrc Haute before the weeks
end
The departure of the special prison
car from Indianapolis was without
any marked demonstration. Fewer
than 100 curious spectators were in
the vicinity OF the county jail and the
Tailroad station where the car and en-
sine were in waiting.
TERRE HAUTE. Ind. April 19.-
Nearly 10000 citizens witnessed the
election COnspiTatOrS special car
On route from indianapolis TO Leaven-
worth when it pulled into the Penn
sylvania station late yesterday Calls
FOR "a rear platform speech from
Mayor Roberts mingled with cries Of
there goes another government ship
boom but the city's executive in
name only did not make his appear
tfnce at window or car door.
Many women and children in the
crowd shed tears in sympathy for the
wives and children of the prisoners.
those waved farewell when the
train pulled out Westbound.
y few of the westbounj politicians
CcnverSCd with relatives from the car
windows and Lewis Nunley dropped "a
letter with carnation pinned to il
into the yard OF his aged mothers
home as the train went by.