The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-09-20

| teacher. This was the first time thai
any blow of this nature had befallen the
| tamliy. The young man had been in.
| hueneed by the bad company of Gr;l
| ham. Of course the offense was not h
| be minlmlzed, he said. The severity of
| the otfense should be duly impressed
| upon the young respondent, at the same
! time care and consideration should be
exercised, because a severe sentence
would only tend toward making n Grim
inal out of boy. Attorney Maurice rec
commended a suspension of sentence and
at the same time the imposition of a pro
vlsO that the young man reimburse
Maj. Linn ID. Taylor for the amount the
case cost him, this amount to be paid
by money earned by Stearns himself.
Col Ernest w. Gibson also spoke n
few words in behalf of Stearns, saying
that he had known the Stearns family
over % years. There were eight children
in the family. all upright citizens, and
this was the first time that any of them
had gone astray. Col. Gibson likewise
case.
Sentence was then imposed upon Ora
ham, the court ordering the respondent
to be confined at hard labor in the
states prison at Windsor for not more
than 10 years and not less than nine
years. Graham was then delivered into
the hands of Sheriff Frank L. Wellman
for recOmmittal to Newfane Jail. On the
way back to his cell, Graham said this
about his sentence: "Huh, that don't
hurt me any. I'll be only 43 years old
when l get out and I'll have a long time
to live"
The court then addressed Stearns.
The stealing of automobiles is getting
altogether too common to allow cases of
this kind to go by without the impoSi- |
ton of a severe sentence, he declared. |
The court hoped the respondent realized |
the severity of the matter by the sen |
tence that had just been imposed upon |
Graham. The court can do nothing. the |
father can do nothing. |
neither can the respondents relatives do !
anything but it is up to the respondent |
himself to determine if he is to be a law
abiding citizen" The court then stated
that it was not his desire to spoil the
young mans life: therefore one more
chance would be given him. The court
then imposed n sentence of not more
han five years and not less than three
years at hard labor in the Windsor state
}rison, but suspended the sentence and
placed the respondent on probation ac-
.ording to the usual terms under the law.
With the added provision that the re-
pondent pay to Major Taylor a sum not
exceeding 5000 for expenses incident to
he return of his ear to him, this sum
o be paid at the rate of not less than
- a month, the first payment to be made
Dec. l.
Young Stearns seemed to be quite re
ieved after he was released and he said
le was going to do what was right and
Iever again would he be summoned into
curt for anything He added that he
ouldn't Just explain how il all hap ,
'ened. but it simply did When asked If |
e didn't feel somewhat relieved, all he
aid was Gee whiz."
After Graham had been sentenced and
ad been taken to an adjoining room TO
wait his return to the Newfane Jail. :
ran who later proved TO be an officer
rom a Rhode Island reformatory asked {
o see Graham and recognized him as Il .
ormer inmate of the Rhode Island in g
titutiOn. About a dozen years ago Ora {
am was incarcerated there for n term.
nd some time after he had been re
aased he came back to visit the officers CT =
he rpformatory He stayed with them =
ntil darkness had settled down. Then J
idding them goodbye he left the msu- :
ution, opposite to which there We're
everal houses in which the officers lived.
Zach house had a garage. Graham
Timed over to one of the houses, broke
1to the garage and made away with an d
oakland car, which was not found until
year later.
The Rhode Island officer happened to
q passing through Newfane yesterday |
nd observing that court was IN session \
ronned a few minutes to see the proceed t
1gs' during the course of which he rec I
gnized Graham. r