New-York tribune., 1920-03-21
N Newberry
Gets 2 Years,
$4,000 Fine
Continued frsm pass sas


after Judge Sessions had taken his
place on the bench.
"Have you agreed on verdict and
If so who shall speak for your" asked
the judge.
Foreman Block, proprietor Of = gen
eral store at Charlevoix. stood up. HIS
voice was almost inaudible as he an
nounced that the jury found all the
respondents not guilty on the sixth
count of the Indictment
The he read the list of the seventeen
found guilty and the sixty-eight not
guilty on the first count.
Before sentences were pronounced
Judge Sessions instructed the con-
victed men to take their places in court.
With Senator Newberry on the ex-
treme left, the seventeen men lined in
row were individually asked if they
had anything to say why sentence
should not be read. No one responded,
and the Judge proceeded:
"You, Truman H. Newberry," he pro-
nounced in solemn tones, shall be
taken from here and confined in the
Federal penitentiary at Leavenworth
for the full period Of two years and
shall pay fine Of $4,000"
And SO on down the list Of those
convicted.
The jurors took about twenty five
ballots before they arrived at the final
verdict, according to Martin Block, the
foreman. The first proposition voted
on was whether a conspiracy actually
existed. The first ballot was to 4
that conspiracy did exist. The jury
reached a decision that conspiracy
consideration of the individual de-
PENDANTS began.
The defendants as whole, including
those convicted, heard the guilty" YER
dict without apparent emotion. Senator
Newberry, with Mrs. Newberry and
their son, Phelps Newberry, on his left,
sat with folded arms. His face was
stern as Martin Block, foreman of the
jury, made the announcement.
Mrs. Newberry turned her head in a
glance to her husband but fixed ex.
preston of calmness she had main
tanned remained unchanged.
Reports as to the deliberations of
the jury, which had been considering
its verdict since o'clock Thursday
afternoon, Indicate that the first pros
pect was for disagreement as to
whether a conspiracy had existed. Ac-
cordIng to these reports, the first vote
was eight for and four against as to
the existence of a conspiracy. The next
found two holding out for acquittal.
The final vote on this point was shortly
after 2 o'clock Friday afternoon.
Then, in accordance with instructions
OF the court, came consideration Of
the individual defendants. The first
man acquitted was James W. Helme
who was charged with having been in
duced by Newberry forces-and to have
been paid $50 a week by them-to run
against Henry Ford in the 1918 primary
election.
Mr. Newberry spent considerable time
in the lobby of the Hotel Pantlind after
court adjourned this morning, talking
to friends. His jaw was set, and he
seemed to be more active than formerly
"Newberry has his fighting clothes
on" said several of his friends.
Says He Will Not Resign
Senator Newberry's statement fol-
"The great satisfaction to be drawn
from the conclusion of these proceed
ings is that there is not one word in
the record that will ever cause any
member of my family or any friends
to. apologize for or explain or feel
ashamed of. All charges of corrup-
tion, fraud or bribery in the primary
or election were dismissed by the
| ~ONA - oIO HOC OIC WOEQ Oh eV1QcnCc
was introduced in connection there
with
my lifelong memory of the loyalty
and devotion Of the men who were in
dicted with me will be always of the
greatest value, and the fact that 11S
have been acquitted and five counts
of the indictment have been eliminated
is some evidence of the extravaganza
OF the charges as presented. My heart
felt congratulations go out to those
men whose actions have been justified
and who have been completely vindi.
Gated and acquitted.
THE charge that I am convicted oil
is conspiracy to violate an election
law which has never yet been reviewed
by an appellate court, nor has any judi
clal determination of that law ever been
recorded until now. | am charged with
participating as candidate in an cleo
tion for Senator from Michigan, with
knowledge that the cost of the cam
paign would exceed $3.50, which sum
was to be contributed by my friends
II any one had ever mentioned to me
that the law could be interpreted to
bring about this result, certainly
neither 1 myself nor any intelligent
human being could possibly have en-.
tered into the campaign under the cir.
cumstances that confronted me at that
time.
81 certainly shall not resign my seal
in the Senate, unless required to do sc