Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1919-05-14

their car on their return home, and
get it as they passed.
The four were lodged in Jail inn
mediately they were taken into GUS
tody. Police Judge Murray Smith |
drew seven warrants for the complain
ing witnesses and held special
term of his court last night at 8 o.
clock, to give them an examining
trial. Without making the slightest
defense, the two men and women
pied guilty. When Judge Smith asked
them why they had started out on
such an expedition one of the wo-
men replied:
at must have been for want of
sense"
They claim that they live at 526
Rose street, Lexington and declared
this was their first ,offense of any
sort.
Asked about the large touring car
in which they came over, they said it
is the property of Floyd Mccall, who
bought it from Barlow Hudson, a
second hand. auto dealer Of Lexington
The women said-they were. sisters.
They said they had parents in Lex
ington.. All of the four appeared in
lcourt as if they We're frightened at
the result their game had brought
them. They claimed that they did not
come to Richmond until about two
o'clock in the afternoon. However,
number of business men say
that they sawfhem here early in the
morning. They made no effort to buy
anything as long as the banks were
open, however, and it seems, to be
the opinion that they came early to
reconnoitre the situation, and then
.pIgs 81. Z! 'W9qi JoJ puoq 9AI5 o.
in the hope that no effort would be
made to investigate the checks they
gave.
One of the things about their
game that seemed to have. fooled
most of the local business men and
made them accept the checks un-
questioned, was that each had a re-
gulation pocket checkbook with other
checks stubbed, and in the usual or
der. All insisted on signing their
with them.
4 Judge Smith held them all to the
grand jury under $500 bond, which
they did not give and went to Jail
over night. Their cases were sub
i mlCC6Q TO CuS STduu jury, WhCA
brought in indictments Immediately.
Just before noon, the culprits We're
hailed before Judge Shackelford in cir
cult court, where they again plead
guilty when confronted with the in
j dictments. Judge Shackelford fixed
4 their bail at $500 in each case, and
instructed Clerk James w. Wagers,
to accept real estate bail only so
| l. I, nf~ och
J, bond being given and the guilty par
!. les forfeiting it and skipping out.
| It was suggested that they might
u be tried this afternoon, but one OF
; the men asked that the trials be on
!, May 9th, date first suggested by
/ the Judge, in order that he might at
tend to some business. The four seem
ed to realize that they will soon be
/ within the walls of the Frankfort
! penitentiary. One of the women criet
during their afraignment in circuit
= court and all seemed deeply depress.
Al ed.
!. Few seem to think that they arr
Il Inexperienced criminals. The genera
opinion seems that they are anna
teurs, who heard of such game be
ing worked somewhere and though
e they would try it in Richmond. The!
II came very nearly succeeding, too. .
A man named William Wekl
r who says he is d brother Of the tW'
4 women, came. over this morning, IT
Investigate the case. He said be wa
a unable to- understand the caee, 81
l.lnone of the parties had ever bee
ain trouble before. He will endeaYo
u do their abuyingy after banking hour
y The four cu1pfits appear to rang
e lin ages from 25 to IS. They hav
O the appearance of being hard work
cling farmers and their appearance j
a nof that Of criminals. They told sew
s eral merchants from whom they wer
buying, that they were from Brass
el field this county.