Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1921-11-19
CAR ROBBERS GO
TO FEDERAL PEN
Judge Cochran Says He's Deter
mined To Break Up This
Crime, If Possible

saw service in the world war.
got careless and decided to make
some easy money by robbin2
freight cars after they had gone
through Kings Mountain tunnel
OH the Cincinnati Southern rail
road in Lincoln county. OF course
they were caught. Most of them
plead guilty in federal court here
this week and Judge y NJ J.
Cochran sent most OF them tu
the fcderal pcnitcntiarv at AT
lanta.
he boys. Tor nearly all oi
them were around p or % wears
OF a%c-robbed the cars and sold
II to country merchants. Hugh
Jacobs. one oi them charged with
knowingly receiving stolen goods
tailed 10 answer TO his name and
Il $50 reward is offered for him.
Jacobs also faces 4 charge OF sell
Iu% moon>hinc whisky. He has
been conducting a country store
near Kings Mountain in Lincoln
county for many wears. Heinic
sIght. lS years old. was given
three wears in the Reform School
at AnicS. Iowa: Clcl iloup. Is.
NaS given 30 DAYS i'm Jail: Shack
I Olcman received Il sentence Of
a wear and day in the federal
pcnitcntiary. The others VINO
confessed AMI threw themselves
On the mercy OF the court rcCciv-
cd sentences ct three wears in
the pcnitcntiaty. Judge Cochran
aid that ne was determined to
break up this practice oi rObbin2
freight cars Gn the Cincinnati
Southern ii ,;iif sentences would
du it. Those who go to Atlania
for three ycai> are Dewey Cole
man. Evan Sloan. VIII Jenkins.
Luther Sims. Charles k,ng.
Othcr sentences imposed by
Judge Cochran ON the last day OF
federal court were as follows:
Joe Pittman. mounshiniug. ;
months in jail.
Charles Witt. manuia turing
and possessing whisky. G months
in Jail
Walter Gadd. possessing whi>-
ky. Guc Of SlCO.
Pitt, Collier. possessing. trans
porting and ale OF liquor. SlOC
iiuc.
Phil Williams. possessing wills
Ky. SlOO tine.
\rthur Jenkins. possessing
whisky. SlO0 fine.
French Bake po, ec,~iug. tran
porting and sale oI whisky. SlOg
fine.
Brady Harlan. possessing vhis-
Ky. SlOO fine.
Dan Daniels. possessing. trans
purtation AMI sale of whisky
SlOO fine
+. !. Rothwell. possessing
whisky. SlCO fine.
Edmond Coates. possessing
whisky. SlO0 fine.
.\lbcrt Crccch. manufacturing
and possessing whisky. q month.
in Jail
James Fowler. possessing viii
ky. SlO0 fine
John Neisinger. po,>co,ir.
whisky. SlOO fine.
George Matthias. posses sing
transportation and sale OF wills
kv. SlO0 fine.
Clarence ABRAMS. maruiactur
IN" and transportation oi whisky
q months in Jail.
Sam Pigg manufacturing an'
transportation of whisky.
months in Jail.
/. L. Pittman gave bond fo
sentence later on whisky charg,
Attorney C. {. Bagby. OF Dan
willie. representing client. argue
that a negro was the most likel
operator OF IN illicit still
Judge Cochran said:
In my 20 years experience q
the bench have never heard {
negro making whisky. The
VIII DuN II. sen IT, VI IliN H. W
have never yet found one maxi
ing it"
Judge Cochran released Maj
Smiths Nash touring car upo
payment of SI00 and costs.
strong plea was made by Smith
attorneys. They pointed out tn;
ne only had less than a pint
liquor. and the car was wort
some 81 400 or Sl.5OO. Juds
Cochran said that he wanted I'll
owners OF these high prcied ca
to know that they should n,
carry whisky in them: but und
the eXtenuating circuinstanc'
shown i'll this instance lie wou
release this Gar frpoti paSflleilt