The Detroit times., 1917-09-01

fruth--they ned ABOUT uV "N -"
Nifrsss stand.
.They said they called me int
the once and accused me OF IN
thss,s. They did no such thing IN
onlv ONES I ever talked 20 soou
,hs funds were Stein and CuimAn
They told me 10 keep my mouth
shut and everything would oe nne
.Iuly /. they came ~ Miss ole
~.v.ks's house and found me sn'
,o,A me 10 keep still about Y an'
nyomised 20 have Vergouw keep M
~ the once when he left and he tol'
me that Green would reappoin' ne
Green did reappoint me. too-untl
this came ont In the papers lhe'
they dropped me like ] was not
"stetn took me down IN the lai
garage and told me that he hadn
,.s,ieed correctly before The Crane
turv He said that he told them
,hs, uaid the Arlington claim
Honest 10 Cod didn't pay cen,
=, ,hat. Green Clipped in $500 ano
s,sIn dug up the rest some place.
SIfrr nav a cent Of that claim
"Whsn did you hrst start 20 siral
the county, funds?" asked me
court ,a,.u
vas the reply.
Have you any idea how mueh
vou took" queried the Judge
II don't know. your honor
plied Kioka. since two years ago
when / started a private bank &C
count YOU can figure n from ny
check book. Before that paic
their political bills out OF the essn
drawer and didn't keep track OF
""
As presiding Judge In this ease
7 think II timely Of me 20 remark
IN general my views OF tse case
declared Judge Connolly, when
Kloka had hnished The oour' =
statement follows:
No one could listen % the tssti
norv in this case without reall1ink
that the Affairs OF the county trsss
urers office during the psst iouI
yesrs have been admintstered u
nagrantly careless. grossly nesAsen'
Criminal eoiiusion with the d.fend-
at in hts long career or thieNery
could not have been more encctlNe
20 plumber the county treasury thAh
Vas the course pursued oy ms sep-
100 Here was man Of limited
mental capacity, untried In puolic
Work and Inexperienced In handing
large sums of money. .piaced N 20
alton. upon . $1,000 POND, Where
could handle three quarters OF q mil-
lien dollars year practically WIN
ne supervision from his responsible
superior, the county treasure arc
with only nominal surveillance TOM
The county seeoSntsns .he 49,.
covered and stopped his wrongdoing
we're either subsidized into silence ~
Mis- contributions always abstractsd
from the public fundsl 20 their 20
fear Of provoking . feud with the
powerful machine OF which he was
IA 70 not . pleasant thing 20 record
that . public official who was fornd
20 be . thief by his superiors IN De-
csmber was continued for seven
months thereafter in the banding Q.
the funfs which he had looted. ana
used 20 the full this extended oppor-
tus,sy I; 70 i.o' s sso, no fsnG ni..,.n, 70
record. that, while the defendant,
Justly IL condemned 20 q felon's cell
For his innunersole thefts from. tne
mortgage and bond tar funds his
dollars Of the interest on the same
fund--frequentiy holding back for
months his return 10 the auditor gem
eral In order 20 Increase the amount
Of Interest In his hands not only
not prosecuted but continued as IN.
. shsrin. and the nrst gentleman 81
me DEFENDANT may well wonder at
the Inequality OF injustice"
Out Of the mess OF official incom-
pstence, dishonesty. negligence and
ccwardice. the county Of Wayne rec
ognisss and pays grateful sppreoia-
ton for faithful. Impartial and IN
hinching performances OF his duty 20
the attorney general IL has not been
ascsssary for this county 20 seek the
aid and presence OF the attorney gen
eYai for q quarter OF q century in =
criminal trial. while % IL fortunate
for Wayne county that he Responded
% vigorously 20 its necessity. II 10 20
te regretted that HE aid was needed.
The metropolitan county OF the COM
monwsalth ought 20 be Sole 20 do its
own hcusecleaning.
Hoka stared vacantly ~ the floor
while the judge was speaking. He
rubbed his hands together nervous
" and bit his lip TO stem his emo
lions.
when the Judge had finished his
statement he asked the prisoner II
he had anything TO say. kloka
shook bis head.
You are sentenced 10 serve not
less than four years in the states
prison In Jackson" said the Judge
slowly. Ten years is the maximum
penalty and recommend four
years"
Kioks looked blsnkiy at his coun-
eel and walked slowly 20 the prison
ers' box. later 10 be taken 10 the
county Jail TO await transportation
TO Jackson
Miss Marie Olecevske. Kloks' =
sweetheart. was not in court when
be was sentenced A few minutes
before being taken 30 the courtroom
Kloka- told several newspapermer
that she had visited him Friday
evening. and that he asked her not
10 be In the courtroom when sen
tence was pronounced.
IL don't want my mother or sister
20 be there either" he explained.
Mother is SO years old and
don't want her 10 see me sentenced
My sister ~ only little kid In
school and impressionabls and
didn't want her 10 see me get A.
"i'il take my medicine like a man
7 knew this was coming 10 me a
long time before you did
Ut FAD AND COOT