Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1921-11-17
BLIND JUSTICE
BALANCES SCALES
And Harry Wells Gets Two Years
In Pen Despite Pitiful Plea
For Zone More Chance"

he need for Justice L. hold
the scales of right and wTUn.
with hlindi"id ewes Was never
more >trik ngly illustrated than
III Federal Court here IhurSdav
afternoon when Judge \. NJ. I.
Cochran passed sentence ui two
wears in the pcnitcntiarv al NJ
ianta upon larry Wells. oi Lcx-
in%tun. convicted bv jury ii mn
pcr>UnatinS a government office.
With tears ~trcamin. from ki-
eyes. and broken voice Wcii-
pleaded with The Judge for 'ono
more chance t. make "oud an.
;u be allowed 10 return 1" h,~
wife and tour little children. who.
ne said would De lett aiuuC IN In.
world ANA " thuut means ui >ut
port. Two oi the children. 4 li;-
lie boy and girl were IN the couri
room with their father at the
time The mother. Wells >ai.,.
was unable {" hc with him. but
had been stricken with PARALYSIS
at h,ar,iin" house here. SI'
ana the iuur children. ranging in
age from II wears to Is months.
had been WITH Wells .iuriu" the
;rial.
The only c.u> Iteration | car.
have i"r v"u. ~aid Judge CvcI-
ran. - he p"udcrcd Ion" AMI car,
FULLY before pr.uoUHCiu2 ~Su
irucc. - h,Ca;i>, 1T Your wifi
and y"ur little children. l-uu la q,
had them ~ court wi.L N"u herr
i"r thc purl,>v "j iuiluvnc;n.
Nuur case. avn >"rl, Tor them.
i;uj y.'Uv reputation = lead I; I~
tine Judgment ui the court THAI
YOU hc confined III tiv peuijvu;i-
arN fer l,y" Ncar~-
iud~c tuchrau talked I'll ,vu.tr
with Wells. via" made tui.cli:i.
plea i"v ~unc more cllaucv.~ Tho
Judge quc>ti"n,.j him about L.
means oi livc,iL"pd VI ellis >a;d
tnat he had been culpln, ga q .
aut" llCC lauiC thI, T., haj ,vurS-
,-i fUr the Ford COMPANY thc-l
"a; Camp layi"r. ami after that IN
garages and had 'Yamhlcd Oh th,-
side. Iv said NE mad "a Job uptH
fer him IN Cuviu"t"u II he cuulj
get auo,hcr chance The Judy
questioned hi,u II hc hal ever
stolen ANY cars. Wvil~ earnest,
denied IL. d., >aid thi> wa> the
univ tr,,uilc hc hal ever suttcu
into: AMI that wt L. drunk nc
might have signed hj> name uu "a
hotel register Walls instead ui
Wells The principal witncs-
against Wells II the time ui In
conviction WIS Manager Stillwch
ni the Reed Hotel. Lexington.
" hu testified that ne hal obtained
lodging there AMI had represent
cd himself t. Ice n the govern
iucnt forestry service lie l,ac
several checks ca>hcd n I.cNin.
tom. which have vet been unpaiu.
il developed.
Ihc scene after Judge Cochran
had pronounced sentence VI twp
wears IN Wells was touching IL
the c,strcmc. Eli> little box and
girl came to- him. Wells sank t.
his knees. with his arms around
them. and their S"b> would hav.
melted the heart al the mos
bla>c There were few dry cvc>
among. those spectators IN the
court room who witnessed It.
Soon the children went out. the
little bov remark ug a. he did 50:
"ph. | hate 1" go L" mo,lcr nov
1t will make her 80 much worse.
/ ne mother and four little chi
drcn are at a boarding house
here. They have been with her
sister IN New York II developed.
hut >hc came L. Wells when ne
got into trouble Airs. Wells Is
said tu bc French girl with ito
relatives in this country but SIS
ter. Miss Belle Bennett inter
c>ted lierScli N the unfortunate
caSc and VIII eudcavor t. do
something FOR Alr> Wells an,l
her li;tlc ones through the Wei
farc League ur otherwise.
Judge Cochran sentenced a.
other prisoners convicted al shis
term ui court before finally al
journing court.
Louis Wilson. i"rsneriv post
master n Ravcnna. convicted vI
rnbbIns the government. ~ aIcnl
S+SOO IN MONEY orders Was allow
ed to give $500 bail pending ser
tence al the London court. Judge
Cochran said ne desired to give
Wilson's case further cvnsidera-
tion.