Evening journal., 1920-12-22
CONVICTED
EMBEZZLERS
ARE RESIGNED
CONTINUED From First Page.

AiUUlilufu IlUll IlINl IHkts
Chief Warden plumer was the only
one who had authority 10 assign
them 10 their tasks Warden Plum
mer was In Philadelphia today.
Guards at the Institution said that
Bush and Eastman, who are cousins,
seemed b. be resigned 10 their fate.
Eastman. who had been arrested on
a charge Of larceny, pleaded guilty 10
a charge Of embezzlement, when ar
raigned.
Eastman was originally charged
with larceny, but he dcmurred plead
ing guilty 10 that charge and there
was some question as TO Watcher or
not, under the circumstances, a charge
OF larceny could be sustained II con-
tested. lie agreed to plead guilty to
embozzloment and the charge was
then changed. Under the state laws,
larceny Is a felony and conviction
means the loss OF citizenship. East
man eyidcntly'had this in mind when
he agreed TO plead guilty TO embezzle-
ment. which, under the law, Is a
misdemcan0r. Under the larceny
charge, he could not have been SEN
fenced 10 more than three years I'M
prisonment, and could also have been
whipped, at the discretion Of the
court. The embezzlement charge car
rles a penalty up TO 40 years i'm
prisonmcnt. within the discretion Of
the court, but Eastman preferred the
longer sentence and the retaining Of
his citizenship TO possible three
years sentence, which would mean
the loss OF citizenship lie was rep
resented by Richard S. Rodney, who
made plea for leniency, stating that
Eastman had a wife and small child.
1T is purely for the sake OF his
wife and child that / make the plea
for clemency,' Mr.. Rodney said.
Attorney-General David j Reinhardt
outlined to the court the different
acts OF embezzlement which Eastman
was accused OF committing and TO
which he had pleaded guilty. lie said
the former assistant treasurer OF the
Hercules Ompany took SAL 900 In lib
erty bonds from the company which
were placed with a broker TO protect
his stock market margin account
Later he lifted the bonds and placed
them with four certificates Of pre-
ferred stock Of the company valued
at 5000 each. lie also took $4,000
fn Liberty Bonds belonging TO the
church.
Mr. Reinhardt also said that East
man had embczzled between $4,000
and $4,000 In cash, which had been
enlruster 10 him by employees OF the
Hercules Company with which ID
purchase stock.
This was the FIRST public announce
ment that employees OF lhe cOmpan,
had lost onsderable money through
Eastman The total loss OF the com
pany and the church was said by Mr.
Reinhardt 10 be about S6O0OO as East
man at first put up the four certin
Gates OF Hercules Co. preferred stool
with broer, but later lifted thi
stock and substituted for II the s4i,
COO of liberty bonds.
Bush had been sent 10 the work
house when Eastman was sentenced
and the latter was sent TO Grenban
shortly after his sentence was i'm
posed. Eastman was not In court 10
more than - minutes.
u was when Eastman replaced tn
Liberty Bonds with the certificate
OF stock that the company learned q
the embezzloment. The bonds Ia
been entrusted 10 him 10 send to Ne'
York. on replacing them with Oh
certificates OF stock, he Is said
} have left instructions with IN
broker 10 send the bonds 10 an aC
dress in New York, where he was
have originally sent them. Tho hrok'
Is said To have called the Office
B the Hecules Company relative 10 q
Q certifcates OF stock, and 10 was the
Y learned that Eastman had no autho
y ity to use the certificates In his stool
\ dealing transactions.