Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-12-09

The other sentences are as follows:
James Black, Adkins Knuckles, former
constables. one year and one day in Fed
eral prison; Ora V. Pogue, eighteen
months in prison; Emery Johnson, Will
liam Robertson, Verne WaiDurn and John
Sullivan, six months each in Jail: Hugh
Barry George Big Mitt" FrahKnn, John
Butler, Joe Humble, Gene williams, for
mer prosecutor, four months each In Jail;
Eliza Hughes, Letitia Petit, Dennis Nich-
OILS, John Cox and Loss Howell each three
months in Jail
THREE SENT TO JAIL
FOR SIXTY DAYS EACH.
Archie Campbell, Court Asher and
snowden Walburn, sixty days each in
Jail; Walter pete" Barlow, Matthew
Barry, Homer HeadIey, and Gertie VII
son, thirty days each in jail; Arthur
Logan, Ben Churchman, Pearl NichoIs,s
Daisy Dean, Hagerman Munce, Lewis
Chief Pettiford, and Roy ''Snakey''
Moray, one day each in jail: Charles
Van Meter. and Walter Evans. were each
fined 500 and Kenneth Spurgeon,
wealthy manufacturer, was fined 500 and
costs.
James Mabrey, who was one Of the
original defendants who pleaded guilty,
was not sentenced as he is in Jail in
Newcastle, awaiting trial on a charge of
murder.
PAROLE SYSTEM
ROUNDLY FRAYED.
While sentencing the forty defendants
Judge Anderson denounced the parole
system in unmeasured terms. The views
of the court were indorsed without reser-
vation by District Attorney Frederick
Van Nuys.
In views of this beautiful porale sys-
TEN, l feel like apologizing to every de-
fendant for presuming to sit here and
pass upon him. Judge Anderson said.
This parole system makes a mockery of
these proceedings. A man may sit here
and get gray hairs trying to figure out
what to do in every instance and then
along comes the parole board and puts its
own knowledge above that of the jury
and court
Take the cases of Mayor Bunch and
Murphy, former mayor of Muncie and
prosecutor of Delaware County, respect
lively, that Christian gentleman who
teaches Sunday school. 1 gave them SEN
tences which 1 considered light In this
court and as soon as opportunity pre-
sented, when one7third of their terms
had been served, they were turned loose.
But this poor devil, Chauncey Stillson,
a common gambler, had to stay longer
SAYS FAVORITISM
EXISTS DOWN THERE.
al am tol dthat the parole for the
Haags, about the worst offenders imagin-
able, was waiting at the penitentiary even
before one-third of their sentences had
been served.
There is favoritism down there. And
this parole board never even asked the
district attorney or the judge Of this
court one single question about the
matter"
aT o,or xx,roto n 1oDo Ja++o- e. &ho a.
parement," District Attorney Van Nuys
interjected, giving full information
about the case and the records of these
men for years back"
"And the Haags came into this court
and told u.s." Judge Anderson continued,
that If I would grant them thirty days
to straighten up their business they
would serve their time. And during
those thirty days they went about town
circulating a petition for a parole or
pardon"
HITS AT SYSTEM
IN THE STATE. TOO.
And We have a parole system In this
State too. A few years ago a criminal
was paroled on the theory that he had
reformed He went back home, found
his wife washing and shot her. She
fell dead into the very tub at which she
was 1aboring. Who murdered thA1
womanT"
"But I viii have to go ahead and DO
what I think is right"
To Kenneth Spurgeon, wealthy young
manufacturer Of Muncie, fell the distinc-
tion of having to pay the entire costs OF
the case, which will reach a large amount
Uneil tn costs are compiled by Noble c.
Butler, clerk of the court, the exact
amount will not be known. No other
defendant was required to pay any costs
Spurgeon had no connection with the
case other than with the transportation
of liquor for his own use. He was fined
5000 and all costs of the entire case as
sessed against him.
Before passing sentence Judge Ander-
son questioned Spurgeon as TO his wealth.
He denied that he was as wealthy as had
ben reported.
'I winder," Judge Anderson queried,
'1f any one can believe any one about
anything abody tells them about Mum
cie?"
As is always the case in cases before
Judge Anderson, the heaviest sentences
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