Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1921-02-03
'Kidnapers
OF Woman
Civen'Life'
Floyd and Arthur Carr, cous-
ins and Sclf.Confessed Alb
ductors, Are Given Maxi
mum Sentence.
Victim Is Frustrated

Los Angeles, Cal, Fcb. Arthur
w and Floyd l.. Carr, cousins. CON
icssed kidnapers OF Mrs. Gladys
Withcrell, today we're sentenced to
serve sentences OF from 10 years to
life i'll San Quentin pcnitentlary.
This was the maximum penalty
provided BY the law, ~
The sentencing OF the men today
followed the entering oi pleas ot
guilty by them Monday, Immediately
after their capture. .hrahe hearing
before sentence was pronounced the
men attempted 10 introduce tcsti-
mony to show that they had not
harmed Mrs. Witherell during the
time she was held a prisoner, This
testimony was given i'll an attempt
10 secure len'ency but IL failed of its
purpose.
The men entered court under
heavy guard as feeling against them
setas been intense following their ar
rest.
Ihe men were started imme dlatcly
alter sentence was pronounced on
their way to San Quentin pcniten-
ytIary.
Demands Laws Change.
The complete collapse of Mrs
GLADYS Withcrcl, victim Of the kid
naping plot; demand ior change
in the California state law making
oiicnscs against women punishable
by death. and action by federal au-
thorities to prosecute the kidnapers
il they arc ever released from the
state penitentiary, were additional
developments in connection with
the sentencing OF the two men today
in the abduction case, which has
been the most amazing Ill the police
records of the state.
While the kidnapers, Floyd and
Arthur ]. Carr, languished i'll the
county Jail awaiting formal sentence
to prison tomorrow, Mrs. Withcre}l
raved in dclirium in a bedroom al
tie residence OF her tather-in-law,
A. !. Withetell, on Fountain avcnuc
in Hollywood.
Re-Liye Experience,
She begged continually to be
rescued from her abductors and re-
lived over and over in her mind her
terrifying experiences of the, six.
days in the Santa Ana CANYON cabin
where she was imprisoned by her
kfdnapers, aud from which she was
rescued Alon.la.g morning and re-
turned 10 her relatives in Holly
s,vood PLY pronounced her
tendition as serious and heroic
measures have been resorted to.
District Attorney Woolwine had
asked Mrs. Witherell to be present
in court when the men were SEN
fenced 10 relate her own story OF the
kidnapiug, but her condition will
probably preclude her appearance in
court.
U. S. to Indict Men.
The federal grand jury, II was
learned today, will indict the two
Carrs Friday OH the charge OF using
the mails for purposes OF eXtor.'on.
The indictment will continue in ef-
feet indefinitely and will prevent
tneSe men from gaining lilen iiee-
dom on parole. !,
American Legion heads and
pronninent local civic leaders today
inaugurated a campaign to make
death the penalty for kidnapping and
crimes against women in California.
Baron Fits. state commander of the
legion. called a meeting at which
DR.. ]. Whitcomb Brougher was
named to preside This movement
to strike at the present crime wave
in California BY increasing the penal
ty is the direct result of the Wither-
ell case. 4 number OF prominent
men and women arc Unidentified with
the movement and petitions will be
Circulated calling upon the state
legislature TO revise certain sections
of the Dcnal code.