Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-03-21
ELECTION F FRAUD
CASE IS ENDED;
I DEFENDANTS
. ARE CONVICTED
Junior Upper House Member
From Michigan Sentenced
to Two Years in Prison
and to Pay $4,000 Fine
RELEASED ON BOND
PENDING AN APPEAL
His Brother and IS Cam
paign Managers Share
the Same Fate As Their
Chief; Get Limit Sentence
tsr Soar'no JousSAL SPECIAL LEASED wpHEl

taY MORNING JOURNAL SPECIAL LEASED WIREl
Grand Rapids, Mich, March 20,
Truman Fl. Newberry, junior
United States senator from Mich
igan, today was convicted by jury
of having conspired criminally IN
1918 to violate the election laws.
He was sentenced by Judge Clar-
ence w. Sessions to two years i'm
prisonment and fined $4,000, re-
leased on bond pending an appeal
and at once issued a statement de-
claring his intention to retain his
seat in the senate unless that body
decides otherwise, or the supreme
court upholds his conviction.
Sharing the fate of the senator.
were his brother, John S. New
berry, and fifteen campaign man
ayers, including Frederick Cody,
New York, and Paul Fl. King, De-
troit Both these men received the
limit sentence with their chief.
Charles A. Floyd, Detroit, was
also sentenced to two years in tho
penitentiary, but he was fined
only half as much as NeWberry.
The brother was fined $4,000, and
was one of four who were not sent
enced to Leayenworth. The light
est sentence went to George s.
Ladd, of Sturbridge, Mass, and he
was fined $1,000,
Sentences we're pronounced upon
the convicted men this afternoon
as follows:
Senator Newberry, two years in
Leavenworth and $4,000 fine.
Frederick Cody two years in
Leavenworth and 10000 fine.
Paul King. two years in Leaven-
worth and $4,000 fine.
Charles A. Floyd, two years In
Leavenworth and $4,000 fine.
William ]. Nickel two years.
Allan A. Templeton, one year
and six months.
Roger NJ. Andrews one year and
six months.
Milton Oakman, one year and
six months.
Richard II. Fletcher, one year
and three months.
James f. McGregor, one year
and three months.
Fred Henry, one year and three
months.
Hannibal Hopkins, one year and
one day
e. V. Chilson, one year and one
day.
John s. Newberry, fined $4,000.
Harry Q. Turner, fined $4,000
b. Frank Emery, fined $4,000.
George S. Ladd, fined $1,000.
Judge Sessions overruled motion
for new trial pending an appeal
The trial passed into history
with great velocity. The jury was
ready with it's verdict at 11:12 n.
m. Less than half an hour later
they had been discharged by the
court after freeing siXty-eight of
the eighty-five defendants. There
was a brief respite for luncheon
and then the senator and his sif-
and then the senator and his fif-
court again. News of the convic-
tiun had been spread around the
city and the room was jammed.
Ordered to stand before the bar,
the men ranged themselves in -
crescent, the senator on the left
and his brother next.
The stir of ranging men at the
bar died away to absolute stiffness.
In quiet tones Judge sessions asked
If any of the men wished to say
anything before sentence was pro-
nounced. They stood mute. Then
the court, in even voice, read the
time honored formula of sentence.
Truman Fl. Newberry in your
case, it is the judgment of the court
that you be confined in the peni-
tentiary at Leavenworth, for the
full time and period of two years
and be fined 100000" said the
judge.
No one stirred as the audience
caught the words that showed the
judge had addressed against the
principal defendant the heaviest
sentence allowed by the law. There
was a deep breath or two audible
as the same measure of justice was