The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1920-01-17
ALBANY P. M.
GETS YEARS
SENTENCE
3. &. M. Railroad Men Also
Sentenced for Stealing
Leather

Mrs. Katherine l. Dow, % years
old and a former school teacher, was
sentenced in United States court at
Burlington by Judge Harland Is.
Howe to serve year and day for
embezlement while postmistress at
J Albany. Another case was disposed
of when William Folsom of Newport
q conductor on the Boston & Maine
railroad, and two brakemen, Frank
Stone and Harold Carter of Lyndon
vile, were sentenced to serve four
months IN the Washington county
jail for stealing roll Of leather from
freight car. All of the respondents
pleaded guilty.
In the case Of Mrs. Dow, judge
Howe stated in pronouncing sentence
that it was one of the saddest cases
with which he had come in contact.
MIS-. Dow came up to Albany a num-
Der OF years ago as school teache-'.
She married a man who has not
seemed 10 have the earning capacity
to take care of even himself. They
now nave two young children, one
two and one FIVE years of age. Mrs.
Dow has all alon" been the main
support of the family. In order to
pay debts, which were incurred
through sickness and other causes,
she embez2led money from the post
Office This money she intended to
repay, but continually got in deeper
until she had taken total of about
$1,000. With part of it she pur-
chased an automobile so that her
husband could earn something hack
ing. This plan did not work out we'll
and the money stolen from the gov
eminent was unpaid until recently
when Mrs. Dow succeeded in paying
back about S1,700
In sentencing Mrs. Dow, Judge
Howe said that he realized the temp
tation under which she was, but that
she was trusted by the government
and by the public or she would not
have had such a position. She had
betrayed the trust. He realized that
if her husband had been of her
equal this condition would never
have arisen and she would not have !
yielded to temptation.
The case of the railroad men arises |
out of the stealing of roll of leath-
er nesaa. MorliaXllle last September.
Stone and Carter composed
tho entire crew, with the exception o. !
the engineer and fireman. They saw
the leather and threw it into one OF
their cars. 1t was harness leather,
consigned to Boston. They alter
wards cut what they wanted up and
sent the rest along The amount
stolen, together with the damage
done to the goods, was fixed at Sl23.
The men were discharged from the
abroad as soon as they were dis
covered to be the thieves. All had
borne excellent rcputa-
ions.
Judge Howe said that there was
altogether too much stealing on the
.ailrcads and would not consent to
inc in sentencing them. Attorney
cary, in pleading their case, tod OF
he standing of the men in the com
nunity previous to the discovery OF
he theft, and said that they already
lad been punished severely. The
,ourt thought that a jail sentence
hould be imposed where an entire
rev united to steal from their en-
dover. These men were entrusted
With goods of an immense value ana
instead of watching over them and
.uarding them, were steailng. Inc
cutcnce of four months was less
han any other respondents would
eceive in the future. He took INTO
consideration the circumstances IN
IMPOSING light sentence.