The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-02-08
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PRISON TODAY
FOR oFFENSES
A general house-cleaning oc-
|curred NJ the Rock Island county

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A general house-cleaning oc-
CURED ct the Rock Island county
Jail this morning. Az = result, on
the 7:O5 train eastbound went eight
men and . lone woman to begin
sentences at Joliet and Pontiac.
Charged with the responsibility Of
delivering this motley aggregation
safely into the custody Of prison
authorities were Deputies Charles
Willis, Walter Scott, William
Benck and State Parole Omcer Bert
Carter.
Included in the list Of nine were
James and Domnick De Lorenzo.
brothers, convicted Of the murder
Of Angelo Frankvilla, and SEN
fenced to life imprisonment as .
penalty. The others were George
Luecke, Peter Carl. Earl Weber,
Ray Bramlett, Harold Smith, Harry
Myers and Mrs. Frieda Wallace.
Myers, Smith, Weber and Bran
lett were headed for Pontiac re-
formatory, the latter for violation
Of parole.
Fought Bitterly for Freedom.
With the departure Of the De
Lorenzo brothers from the shelter
ting confines Of the county jail went
"a fleeting hope of liberty on bail
pending consideration of their
case by the Illinois supreme court
Attorneys for the brothers resort
ed to every trick Of the law in an
effort to gain q respite before SEN
tence was carried out. It was be-
cause of their pleas to bring the
evidence in the case before the su-
preme court that caused Judge
Graves to delay pronouncing SEN
tence from the September term of
court until the present term. With
the entering of sentence last week,
Judge Graves allotted an additional
20 days for the preparation of the
necessary papers, and the attorneys
endeavored to have the brothers
kept in the county Jail, at least un-
til the expiration of that period.
However, their commitment to
Joliet does not interfere with
the steps-only handicaps because
Of. separation Of clients from a.
torneys.
Refused New Trial.
Following conviction of the
brothers during the September
term of court, their attorneys i'm
mediately fled a motion for new
trial, that was subsequently over
ruled. Stay Of sentence was then
granted in order to give the men
every opportunity that the law al
lows. The De Lorenzos have not
been pikers in the matter of spend
ing good coin in their own behalf
for it is reported that close to
5000 has already been laid out
by them in attorney fees. James
De Lorenzo has two small children
in the Bethany home.
George Luecke at the age Of 2:
goes to begin a term of not less
than 10 years, and which can e1-
tend for life at the discretion Of
the state. Luecke had only been
out of Pontiac reformatory for q
few months after having served 81
months. when his penchant fol
crime led him to holdup DR.. A. e
West Of Moline at the point of a
gun. Confession of his pal in
crime, Wade Potter of Rock Island
led to Luecke's apprehension and
subsequent conviction on the
charge. Luecke had previously
been confined in the st. Charles
school for boys, and also had haG
a period at Pontiac prior to the one
mentioned. Despite his few limited
periods Of liberty he was able te
get into trouble without difficulty
the most serious Of which was his
last offense. the punishment fol
which takes away from him the
prime years Of his life. /.
Peter Carl and Mrs. Frieda Wal.
lace were convicted Of shopliftine
and sentenced to an indeterminatt
period of from one to IA years
Ray Bramlett violated a previous
parole from Pontiac, and Harold
Smith and Harry Myers were sen.
fenced for larceny, to which both
pleaded guilty. They were denied
probation because of past records
Carl Weber pleaded guilty to EN-.
bezxlement and was denied proba.
tion because it had extended ovel
. period Of several months, eacf
peculation constituting an ofiense