The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1920-03-26
SENATOR NEWBERRY
lis FOUND GUILTY
SENATOR'S Brother And Is
Others Also Held
Guilty
by SAM BLAIR.

aSeuts re- imposed upon United State
SeEaGur Truman II. Newberry
eUnt1rs2 States District Court here tC
daT- Nudge g. w. Sessions impose
the W rTenee after Senator Newberr
sHDS s71ieen Bf his campaign chiefs, In
'cfE1EEg his brother, John s. Newber
III. Eras heen found guilty by jur
'1f .@CzEsrdracy to violate the fedora
ssr-.Tl&1E Knitting senatorial campaig,
osrKHK4li1u Sentences imposed OF
EbE . EaRen Others ranged from twt
7Hrrs imprisonment and a $4,000
-ffar ~ a fine of $1,000. James F
NEsIR9sgor received one year ant
rEJyyan months.
4 ruVu est for ninety-day stay was
s;srs1srss1 an the defendants by Judge
.GsEasSpns and they were permitted to
iRs9 r1n then own recognizance until
izsw b0naS can be made.
Mr. I2ssEberry will not voluntarily
TsHRzzIstSh his seat in the United
.SSsz-Is Senate, 1t was announced af-
7tzs- gIuxsage of the sentence. He will
ylzzz5C;ip stte actively as a senator I'M
aazE s1usted from his position either
iIH direction or voice of Senate asso-
e-i1.6 Ds or by affirmation of his con-
'zicfjES ny the federal Supreme Court
Fsr5 To Press Recount.
On the other hand, attorneys for
Henry Ford, whom Newberry defeat.
ed hp 1000 votes, are expected tc
aEressS &he Senate Committee on Elec-
t10us ard privileges to resume its
cszns a1eratiOn of a recount of the
NszshErTy-Ford vote, which was con-
t1nIsN until a verdict in the present
saEE-
sc ~ Inc general conviction of those
GsE1Ht1 g1ilty that the Senate commit
tee wiM be unable to return an intel |
ligthls-or ctionable-report, be- |
eazzSa III is assumed that the COM |
znsttEs is not possessed of all the bal
dafs cislst in the election. Under the
b1tchly an law, defense attorneys have
qGinfFs3 ont, there is no requirement
fur preserving the election ballots for
a period equal to the interim be-
twee0 the election and the order for
1hg TEcOunt. Those ballot boxes
'VhRGia sac Senate possesses are simply
1tIs EsgSi Il of haphazard conservation
S1ge jury arrived at it's conviction
UszJle1s On basis only of defense
Testimony and exhibits. This irony
apSn iihe judgment of the must noted
and civil lawyers in the
asSgH1-CY was freely expressed by sew
srr& as The jurors, who discussed the
methods of the jury deliberation.
Ii thB defense had not entered
spy Testimony" was the composite
Statement of the jurors, 1--WE would
not have been justified in finding
hat any conspiracy existed"
lFhe Convicted Men.
Those who were convicted and the
imposed follow: .
EzRl0lsd States Senator Truman Fl =
Ssa berry, two years and $4,000
me =
E'ssEecick Cody, two years AMI ="
.1G,GGa nne. >.
Paul H. King, two years and So, -
a0 T1D1
Charles a. Floyd, assistant general =
as3yEu Jsn manager, two years and :,
q ,a2>S Zine. -
'WBhNm j. Nickel, two years. .
ADpn a. Templeton, one year and -
tx mouths -,
I2nxer NJ. Andrews, one year and g,
x npgnths. -
MEzor Oakman, one year and six .,
ibnThs.
Gh-Aard H. Fletcher, one year and
N .llanths
Fval Henry, one year and three .,
iuzihz ~
Hax nibal A. Hopkins, one year and -
ne day
E1Nsr v Gibson, one year and ~
IA day =,
,Johp S. Newberry, $4,000 fine. 49,
r. Frank Emery, $4,000 fine =,
Hurry y Turner, $4,000 fine.
George S. Ladd, of sturbridge, =.
.aas., - 900 fine.
Indicted Last November.
The grand jury returned the in
ici@pnrs November 30 last, naming cu
sBzter NewDerry and 134 others, in n,
HdinB virtually every man connect w
1 iE any capacity with the campaign Mi
he Inst, however, was narrowed INF
DIVA 20 eighty-fve after the trial got no
niieT way, more than eight weeks he
20. some were dismissed on mo- an
pu OF Prosecutor Daley and some be
: the court acting voluntarily. OK
Testimony in the case was conclul. on
jaS1 one week ago, the prosecution
lViug occupied five weeks in pre-
ntiug it's proofs, while the defense tn,
ie,i less than two. Arguments by rio
u7sef occupied the greater part of tw