The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1917-07-13
Sentences PASSED
ON MAC0FF|N men
SOME ESCAPED WITH FINES
WHILE OTHERS RECEIVED
PRISON SENTENCES.

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The Ashland Independent OF last Fri
day says;--Y Yesterday In federal court
the remainder of the Magoliin-co, cases
were disposed OF The most of the d..y;
was taken up with the trial Of Mnnci-
Zee Montgomery, who was Jointly IT,
dicted with his son, Walter r. Mont
gomery, charged with obtaining by the
fraudulent use OF tho mails. a large
amount of merchandise under the Tie
titious name OF II Montgomery q Son.
Walter II. Montgomery entered "A plea
OF guilty, but his father NJ Il. Mont
gomery, claimed that his name was
used by HE son without consent, ].
developed In the course OF the trial
that the handwriting OF tho father and
non was almost Identical.
The government was represented by
u. 3. Attorney Thos ID. Slattery ana
assistants, Charles Fennell and Edward
NJ. Gatliffe cx-U. = Attorney Edwin
j.. Morrow, Congressman Jno. w. Lang-
ley, commonwealths Attorney Floyd
Arnett, OF AIagofiin. Co. defended the
prisoners. Tho Jury promptly returned
. verdict of guilty. Thereupon all the
other defendants from Magofiin-co .
charged with various offenscs. who had
not previously been convicted or en-
tered pleas OF guilty. aske'i pcrr1lsslor
Of the court To change their pleas from
mot guilty" to guilty" The court then
passed the Judgments upon the follow
ing:
Henry X. Stone, three years In At
ianta pcnitentiRry.
Walter Montgomery. thrcc years In
Atlanta penitantiary.
Bruce Tackett, one year and one day
IN Atlanta ponitentiary.
Dennis s. Smith. two years In Atlantis
p6niientiary.
Kendall Montgomery. three months
in jail
ollie Bianton, one year and one day
IN Atlanta penitentigry,
Bradley w. o. Lemnster, one year
and one day In Atlanta penitentary.
Warnie RisDer. two years in Atlanta
penitentiiuy.
Mancifee f. Montgomery. three
months In jail
d. Glenn Sublott, fine $1,000. t2,50S
OF which was paid In cash. balance re-
pievied.
Wayne Cooper $500 flna replevied.
II. II. Ramey. $500 fine. paid.
J. F prater. t5oe fine. paid.
r. c. Mink, $500 fine. paid.
+. c. Lacey. $500 nno. paid.
~. r. Howard $500 fine. paid.
" q. Arnett. $500 fine paid,
A. ii. Adams. $500 fine. paid.
+. ]. Arnett. $500 fine. paid.
James IL. Hall. $500 fino, paid.
Robt. L. Slone. $500 fine, paid.
Total amount, s1l.ieo.oo
Judge Cochran. In passing sentence
on this large number OF prisoners, stat
cd TINT never before since he had been
on the bench had no been confronted
with such a trying ordeal as that OF
passing sentence upon the men before
him. His voice quiyered and he was
audibly affected by the solomnity OF
the duty imposed upon him. Sovcra
OF tho prisoners during the progress of
the sentencing wept bitterly, and Il
large number of their wives. relations
and. children in the court house joined
with them. IL resemblcd in many re
sp,sts, funeral II Is Probable that
nevor before I'm the history OF the Ken
lucky judiciary were such pathetic
scenes enacted as those attendant up-
on the sentencing OF these prisoners,
After they had received their sentences
and were teing taken from the cour;
house 10 the Jail, awaiting removal to
tho penitentiary. they were followed by
throng pf women and children in Il
chorus OF weeping and wailing Or
yesterday ~ We're sentenced, and the
number sentenced today added makes
n total of 6S persons in all from MaEoF-