Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-05-07

ago before Judge Geiger when Glen
Allison of Monon was found guilty on
similar charges and sentenced to the At
lanta penitentiary.
SENTENCED IMPOSED
BY JUDGE GEIGER.
Judge Geiger imposed the following
sentences on the MonOn men: Charles
B. Allison, Luther Lutes, Clay CObel
two years and six months at Atlanta
Federal prison; Victor A Winkley and
Robert Fulmer, one year and one day
and John Fulmer, 1 year and six months.
Mrs. Claiborne Parker, wife of Leland
Parker, fell in a faint when she and
five other defendants were called up for
sentence on pleas OF guilty to charges
Of violation of the Federal natiOnal mo-
tor vehicle law Judge Geiger ado Irned
court for ten minutes and the case was
not resumed until after Mrs. Parker had
fully recovered. Before sentence was
passed Frederick Van Nuys, United States
district attorney, explained to the court
that had it not been for the able assist
anee Of Mrs. Parker it would have been
very difficult for the Government to
make its case. She was let of with a
technical sentence Of one day in jail. Her
husband, Leland Parker, was given one
year and six months at Atlanta Norman
Price, said to be the real head OF the
gang, received four years, the heaviest
sentence imposed By Judge Geiger during
the day. Edward J. O'Malley got one
year and six months; Ansel Slipper, one
year and one day. and Laird Newgent,
three months in the Marion County Jail.
BERNAUER AND JONES
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Car Bernauer and Charles J. Jones, in
dicted at the same time, have not beer
brought to trial, as they are now in jail
charged with the murder of Samuel
Eaids of this city.
Lester n. Caron, p, said TO come from
a prominent Rushville family. received a
sentence Of one year and one day at At
lanta for stealing and destroying mail
pouch and its contents. 1t was explaied
to the court that he had a fine army
record, but had become a drug addict
and he himself requested that he be sent
to Atlanta in the hopes that he could be
cured
Jefferson Hooks and Andrew Jackson,
negroes, admitted the theft OF parce-s of
mail at Indiana Harbor and were each
given one year and one day at Atlanta.
Three months in Jail was the sentence
imposed on John w. Horttman of FIT.
Wayne for stealing letters containing
about $50 from a mail wagon on which
he was riding in Fl Wayne.
William McMurray, negro, with no par
ticular home, will find permanent quar-
ters at Atlanta for the next year and a
day. as the result Of an unsuccessful at
tempt to rob the postOffice at New Haven,
Allen County.
FINED FOR SENDING
OBSCENE LETTERS.
For sending obscene letters through
the mails Susie Lockstidt of South Bend
was fined $3.50.
John N. Burja, Of Indiana Harbor. a
temporary letter carrier at that place,
was given sixty days In Jail for steal
ing 81 given to him for the purchase
of a postoffice money order.
Earl E. Fergusan Of South Bend said
that while he was a substitute carrier
that the work was so heavy that he
threw away some advertising matter
that was going through the mails to
make his work easier. He received a
fine Of $780,
For stealing a nautomobile in Chi
cago and bringing it to indianapolis,
where he was caught, Benjamin L. Da-
given three months IL Jail
An echo Of an old case that caused a
big sensation in Indiana two years ago
was heard when Thomas J. Williams, TT.
Wayne, was brought up on a charge of
counterfeiting. Williams was indicted In
1919. but before he could be arrested he
was taken into the State courts o. Allen
County and given a sentence of two TO
fourteen years in the State prison under
an old law that had not been called into
use for years. 1t was charged at the
time that this step was taken for the
sole purpose of evading the Federal
authorities. He had raised two So bills
to $50 and they had been passed by a
young woman. When arraigned in Fed
eral Court the yuoDg woman pleaded
guilty. but was permitted to go on sus-
pended sentence by Judge Anderson
Then it was shown that Williams ac-
tually had served two years at Michigan
City, Judge Geiger made the sentence
three months in Jail
Oliver Henry Of Connersville, charged
with conspiracy to steal from an inter
state express shipment, was let go with
out a sentence when it was shown thai
he has served one year in the State pris-
on for the same offense. Ellsworth J
Cain, formerly station agent at Corners
willie and Frank Perkins are now serving
terms at Atlant9 for the same offense.
It cost the McMil1en Company of TT
Wayne $50 for misbranding a carload o.
| tankage it shipped into Michigan. TIT
company branded the tank9ge "guaran
teed to contain 60 per cent protein" wher
it contained only 57.3 per cent. The
light fine was due to the fact that tn,
company had purchased the tankage il
foff annfhar
DISPosEs OF
LIQUOR CASES.
A large number Of liquor cases from
Clinton were disposed Of. and Judge
! Geiger made it very clear that he did moi
believe it was the province of the Fed
eral Court to censor the acts of the State
courts. This came up in the trial OF
Andrew Carli of Clinton. Carl was fined
$50 and given a sentence of six months
in Jail by the State courts but the day:
were suspended The Government con.
tended this was not sufficient punish
ment
I'VE will get into a whole lot of trou-
BILE If we try to handle the same case
In Federal Courts after it has been dis
posed of in the State courts, even if the
two are technically different" he said
Federal courts should not be put in
position of exercising a censorship over
State courts"
Judge Geiger let Carlin go with a So
fine.
en- Piffare of Clenton italian miner
three months in Jail and $500 fine fol
having in his possession thirteen barrels
of home made wine. He tried to show
il was intended for home use but Judge
Geiger remarked ''That quantity looks
ordinary use"
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