Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1922-06-17
HEAVY PUNISHMENT Is
DOlED OUT TO MEN
ADMITTING GUILT
TWO CO TO PONTIAC
raeEe OTHERS ARE ORDERED
COMMITTED AT JoLiET-oIIN IA
WA BOY SENT TO RetohMN'
1oRY-sTATIoN AGENT CON
FESSES.

Justice was dealt with a heaVy
hand in the circuit court TINS 'loI u,
ing with result that state pona'
institutions eXaCted more thah 'hrI'
average toll of La Sale county prlS-
oners under grand jury indictments.
Three felons all of whom were mel"
ON true bills reported hy the June
Grand Jury were ordered commute"
In the pcnitentiary at Joliet TWO
others 70 to Pontiac to spond
lorg terms in the state r"tOrmatorN
The sentences were administered
NV Judge Eldredgc after the quintet
had admitted their guilt OF various
crimes charged to them bv states
Attorney Kellv Obcving IN" "dlr'S
as set out in the statutes oI ih'
commonwealth Judge EIdr"dgr III
dealing ont punishment did onlN
what WAS reuuired ot him by the
law As they stood before him at th"
har of Justice He warned the pris-
oners of what their punishment
would be. with full knowledG" ol
"what was coming to them" If they
pleaded guilty all five bowed their
heads as thev awaited tn" words
which would deprive thom Of great
and lengthy periods Of liberty whist
they do pennace for some mlsd'eH
Defends His Pal
One Of the human interest phases
connected with this mornings ar
raIenment was the willing admission
Of George Lambert, La Sail" anto
thief that he and not John DoIIas, ms
.,mpaniOn, was responsible for th"
theft Of Chevrolet machine on
April 2l. from Frank RreGar at "a
sale. Lambert. lust turned Il
Years, defended Dallas. a foreigner
who could barely understand Fn"-
lish. hv saving that he, ana not DaI.
las. sole the machine and made away
with It. An hour after he had taken
the car he told Dallas Il was Stol-
on machine they were riding in. The
court, recognizing that Dallas in con
donng the theft, and not reporting
II. became an accessory to the crime.
Both were sentenced to the Joliet
nrison for terms of from one to TWEEN
ty years.
A Iona Time For SIP
Hugh w. Crosby and John Nc
Combs met up for the first time at
Utica one dav this spring, An honr
after their meeting they "friskod'
Toe Scroba of a silver watch and S6
in money. Crosby freely admitted
his guilt but McCombs was oVasive.
only in so far as the part he
PLAYED in the actual crime. crosby
and he. he said were taking Scr0hA
home. He did not know that whilst
thev were escOrting the man th't
Crosby robbed the victim of his
watch and money with their total
value Of about s12. Crosby owned
willingly that he had robbed the
complaining witness Then after
debate both plead guilty. For steal
ing s12 the two of them will have
from three to twenty wears to ponder
over the evils of life of crime. AT
2Oc an hour the rate of pay for COM
mon laborers the two men in three
wears would have earned $3,0076S or
enough to buy 500 watches like the
one they stole from Scroha. Crosby
gave his age as 19 and McCombs says
he Is 3S. Crosby goes 10 fOntlaC ana
his pal to Joliet.
Station Agent Confesses.
Clarence Prayer, c., o. & P. sta
ton agent at La Sale, indicted for
embeazling $1,250 of company funds,
did not mince his words when asked
if he was guilty or not guilty He
spoke guilty" He was sentenc-
"a 4, rr,p, ono m TON vp1rG IOlipt
Willis Dugan to Pontiac.
Willis Dugan, II years old Ottawa
boy, charged with having robbed
the Katz overall factory and of hav-
ing stolen parts from the |. N. BaX-
ter garage. plead guilty and was SEN
fenced to Pontiac for from one to
twenty years. His alleged compan-
ion, Christ Bayer, is out on $1,000
bonds, and was not brought in to
plead