The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-05-27
FATHER SENT TO STATE PRISON
Mother and Daughter are Parolled
While the Son and Four Other De-
PENDANTS in Railway CAGES Pay Fines
of Fifty Dollars and costs.

The most unusual court scene In the
history of Kenosha county courts, was
staged in the municipal court on We'd
nesday afternoon when a father, moth
er, son and daughter, all of the mem
bers of family, stood before Judge
Randall for sentence. The defendants
included Frank Aiello, his wife Thresa,
his daughter Carmelia, and his son
Michael. They are all residents of
Balm Station and all had entered a
plea of guilty to charges of receiving
merchandise stolen from cars of the
North Western Railway Company. 1t
was fearful session of the court.
Aiello had for years been valued and
trusted employee of the North Western.
Searching parties of detectives had
gone to Balm repeatedly, but the home
of the Aiello family had been exempt
from search on account of the fact
that lAiello had for fifteen years been
a foreman for the company .and his
reputation with the company was such
that the detectives declined to offer
him what they considered the insult of
searching his house.
Notwithstanding this fact Aiello
and his family admitted that they had
been active in the purchase of stolen
goods All of the defendants made adj
missions Of this nature. Aiello admit
ted that he had used his reputation
with the company as cloak for his
workings and after his plea had been
entered he was sentenced to term of
one year in the state prison. Judge
Randall, in sentencing Michael and
Carmelia, the two children, declared
that he believed them more to blame
than the parents.
The boy and girl had been born and
educated in America and both Of them
appeared to be well educated. Both
admitted that they knew that their
father had been buying stolen merchan-
disc and that they made no effort to
prevent the continuance of the traffic.
Michael was sentenced to pay a fine
of $4,000 and costs and he was given
mother and sister would be placed up
on him while his father was serving
the term in prison. The two women
were placed under parole for year.
Aiello took his sentence like stole,
but there was weeping and Mysteries
among the women of the party.
In his admittance of guilt, Aiello
declared that the traffic in stolen mer-
chandise had been going on for some
time. He admitted that he knew that
it was wrong, but declared that other
men were doing it and he saw no rea-
son why he should not profit in the
same manner. The railway detectives
claimed that his place in authority
gave him chance to dispose of the
stolen merchandise to men employed
under him but the son declared that
articles bought had all been bought
for personal use.
Before the Aiello family came be-
fore the court for sentence four Keno
sha Italians, James Scopta, Constantine
Girardo, Enrico Dominario and Oresto
Bracolenti, entered pleas of z guilty"
to similar charges and fines of fifty
dollars and costs were assessed in each
case. The alternative was four months
in the county Jail. It was announced
that all of The fines would be paid.
Michael Aiello was given permission
to take his mother and sister into Iii
nois as it was declared that he could no
longer secure employment at Balm.
Aiello will probably be taken to pri-
son this evening. Disposing of eight
defendants in one afternoon brought
the biggest lot of work that the NUM-
cipal court has had piled on it in a
long time.