Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-03-08
PENALTIES NOT
LIGHTENED IN
FEDERAL COURT
(COntinued FROM Page One.)

had arranged to get a badge for him to
use. Idokovich has already been in jail
eight months awaiting trial, and he got
off with a JAN sentence of four months
and one day.
For misbranhing and mlslabeling a
drug, Charles S. Miller, druggist of
Vincennes, was fined $500
There are going to be a lot Of false
claims for war risk insurance filed as
result of the war and 1 am not going to
indicate by a finding in this case that
these cases cam 60 UNPUBLISHED Judge
Anderson said in imposing sentences OF
one year and one day on Colista Won der
SChaage, 6S, and on Charles Edward How
ard for making false statements in
an attempt to obtain a pension for the
woman. Both defendants live in Indi
annapolis. They admitted that Mrs Won
der Schaage had remarked after the
death Of her FIRST husband, who was
Civil War veteran and that they had
made statements to the pension examiners
that she had not remarked after that
time when such was not the case.
For transporting dynamite on a pas
senger train, jbseph Vavrek, Gary, was
given thirty DAYS in jail. He has already
served five months. He had a member
ship card Of tile |. w. W. in his posses
sion, but there was nothing else to link
him up with hat organization.
FIVE YEARS. FOR STEALING
FUNDS FROM BANK.
Guy B. Russell, bank clerk at Trafal-
gar, was sentenced to five years at At
lantP when lie plead guilty to stealing
$500 of the banks funds.
Mayo Asher, employed in a national
bank at MartipsvilIe, received three years
for stealing 81 800.
Eighteen months was the sentence i'm
posed upon Lawrence Hall Of Indian
apolis, a veteran of the World War, and
who had served ten months in the air
service in France, for raising a war risk
insurance check from 50 to 800.
A similar sentence was given Earl s.
Poore Of South Bend for stealing $40 in
War Saving stamps which he found be-
hind a picture on the wall Of house he
was paperlng. He also took 500 Lib
erty bond. but returned it
WHITE sLAYERS
SENTENCED.
Charles F. Rroadlick. baker, Ladoga,
was sentenced to serve three years at
Atlanta on charge Of violating the Mann
white slave act He took a young girl,
49, from Ladoga. to Orlando, Fla, on
an automobile trip, leaving his own wife
and children behind.
Four years was the term drawn by
Mike A. Ryan of McKeesport, Pa,
charged with a similar Onense. lie ad-
mltted having transported a young wom-
an from Pennsylvania TO this State for
immoral purposes.
Robert Jones, 20, OF Norton, Va, and
White Thomas, IS, of Tennessee, proved
puzzlng cases to Judge Anderson and
he took them under advLsement. Both
Nan~a
young girls, II and "A, from Virginia to
Bloomington, lind, on an automobile trip.
They have betn IN jail almost eight
months.
Despite a plta for leniency by Floyd ].
Mattice assistant United States district
attorney. the court imposed a six months
jail sentence and Il fine of $500 on John
Lavandowskh Gary, for possession of two
stills and a qusnntity OF mash and liquor.
For transportation OF liquor John Kas-
marZuk and his son Thomas, Gary, were
fned $40 each and their automobile was
ordered forfeited. Both 1ad paid fines
and served sentences in the State courts
for the same Cinense.
Flowery rep OTIS OF a delightfully."- ideal
condition supposed to exist at the Marion
County jail under the kindly. efficient and
benencent rule OF Sheriff George Snider,
contained in a recent report of the State
board Of charities. got severe jolt In
Federal Court yesterday. when prisoner
after prisoner told Judge Anderson that
the new administration at the Jail is just
a inefficient as the alI Que. and that the
food Is far IRON being what Il shout he
Judge Anderson took up the question as
TO the Condihlon Of the jail as a side Is
sue with a number Of prisoners who ap-
peared before him on pleas Of guilty to
indictments returned against them by
the Federal grapd jury recently.
TELL JUDGE ANDERSON
OF JAIL CONDiTIoNS.
Il suppose y.su have read the report
Of the State board OF charities praising
the management OF the Jail and speaking
Of a great Improvement In conditions
there?" Judge Anderson asked several
defendants. and here are a few Of the
answers he helved:
L read the report" said Claude Field,
is. negro boy Of Evansville. but the
great IMPROVEMENT didn't look so great
to me. If I HADN'T had money from home
wouldn't have had enough food. And
they charged high prices for the extra
stuff l paid them for. too"
Another Eyarnsville boy, Lester Hurley,
10. said:
THE Jail is worse under the new sheriff
than it was nder the old one.
They painted it up a little when the
new sheriff came in. but it is just the
same old Jail, run In the same old way
and conditions are no better now than
they were before" Wilbur Waters Of
Clinton told the court
The roll call of the more than two
hundred defendants was completed yes
terday noon aral at the afternoon ses-
sion Judge Anderson took up the task
of pronouncing sentence on those who
had entered ri cas- Of guilty and were not
connected with cases IN which other de-
PENDANTS had plead not guilty.
POSTAL LAW VIOLATORS
ARE GIVEN SENTENCES.
Postal law violations took up most OF
the afternoon. Molla Hallon. formerly
postmaster at Glezen, Pike County, adj
mitted that Ae had stolen about So, 300
of Government bonds which he had lost
In his grocery business. He was given
two years In the Federal prison at At
lanta, Ga, after Judge Anderson had
brought out that the accused was coal
miner by trade and had no previous bust
ness experience.
Howard De Hart. 81, OF Indianapolis
received a seIIteuce of one year and one
day for forging a postoffice money order
for SO at South Bend. He admitted
that a fellow workman had entrusted
him with $40 to be sent to the work
mans wife by money order and that he
had purchased a money order for $40,
pocketed the go then raised the receipt
from $40 to $40 had not mailed the
money order, and a week later had forged
the senders name to it and cashed 1t.
James w. Payne, former postmaster at
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