The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-03-18
TEN ASK PAROLES.
Prisoners From Topeka Want
Out of State Pen.
Board of Administration Will
Meet April A, 1922.
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RAY MERRITT'S CASE IS UP
Grove Bank Cashier Serves
Fourteen Months.
J. VI. Stevens and John Jordan
Among Applicants.

AmOHS AppAANAHtes
Ten men sentenced from Shawnee
county Will be among the applicants
for paroles from the Kansas state
penitentiary when the board of ad-
ministration meets at Lansing April 4.
The Shawnee county applicants are
James Nickel. Tom Fields, A. E.
Arthur Gilbert. Thomas G. Wood,
Raymond ID. Merritt, Jose Delgado
and John Jordan.
Raymond Merritt. former cashier OF
the Grove State bank. is probably the
most conspicuous of the ten applicants
The youth was charged on four counts
with embezzling a total of $1,000 from
the bank and also with obtaining $500
from the Kansas Reserve State bank
under false pretenses-
Entered Plea of Guilty.
lie entered /. plea of guilty to the
first count and the remaining counts,
together with the Kansas Reserve
bank charge. were dismissed. He was
sentenced February s. 1921. to serve
from one to five years in the state
penitentiary- He will have served
fourteen months when the board of
administration meets.
Another familiar name is that Of
J. NJ. Stevens. who was sentenced
February II. 1921, to a term of not
more than ten years on a second de-
gree forgery charge. Stevens lived
high and handsome" for one day in
Topeka before the police nabbed him.
He attempted to pass a forged sight
draft for $4,000 on the Bank of To-
peka. While the bank was investi-
gated his standing in Ottawa. for the
draft was drawn on the Ottawa state
bank. Stevens busted himself cashing
worthless checks at various Topeka
stores. He passed one for $50 on the
Davis Jewelry company; one for $40
on the Harris-Goar company: one for
C9E on hn Gr1nf6fnq~ ~
pany; one for S35 on the Peterson
Jewelry company; one for S45 on the
Reilly-Baker Clothing company; one
for So on the Cremerie restaurant and
some others on PeIletier's and SCOTS.
He was finally arrested when he gave
the Jenkins Music store a 500 check
in payment Tor a cornet.
Sentenced to Five Year Term
A. E Brown was sentenced March
20. 1921. to a term not exceeding five
years for obtaining money under false
pretenses from A II. Bailey. of Oak
land. He is said to have obtained
a horse from Bailey by making false
representations concerning his owner
land near Granville. and a saw mill
with which he claimed to be saving
wood for Jess willard.
Arthur Gilbert was the negro with
whom NJ. NJ Bowman. merchant po-
lccm2n. exchanged shots when the
latter caught him in the Mutual Laun-
cry one night in May. 1921. He was
sentenced June %. 1921. to serve an
inc eterminate sentence on a charge of
ASA ult with intent to kill
John Jordan has been in the peni-
Tertiary since November Is. 1915. He
was charged with burglary in the sec
ond degree and larceny. He broke in
10 store building at 515 Grant street
owned by Albert and Clinton Shook,
and took S7.62 worth of merchandise
he was sentenced to serve from five
to ten years.
Jose DeIgado is serving time for
Jail breaking -Ie was convicted No
vember q. 1914. on a charge of grand
larceny and was in the county Jail
awaiting transportation to Lansing. He
escape from the jail and was free
reca ptured and charged with Jail
breaking He was sentenced January
&c. 1917. 10 serve not less than three
years
All Indctcrminatc Sentence.
John Arroyo was given an indeter-
freight car. He broke into a Santa
lie bunk car near Fourth and Klein
streets in April, 1921. and stole S29
worth of personal property belonging
to W. w Bruner- and Sc worth of
property belonging to Glenn Morgan.
Marceline Rodriguez. who assisted in
the robbery. drew the same sentence
as Arroyo.
4pfi leAuS was sentenced Il 'eDruary
IS 1918, 10 serve not more than five
years on n grand larceny charge He
broke into a house in North Topeka
owned by the Union Pacific Railroad
company and stole $3.50 worth of
wearing apparel stored there. James
Harris. an accomplish, drew the same
sentence as Fields
James Nickel was sentenced No
vember Is. 1918. to serve not more
than five years for attempting to COM
NIT a statutory assault on Nav Pierce
in November. 1918