, 1922-04-29
81 CONVICTIONS
ARE SECURED IN
CASPER CLEANUP
County Riche- by $4,000 as
Result of Fines Imposed
on Law Offenders
Taken in Raids.

- $500
district and justice court. OF Of n
total OF 20 cases tried. the county
attorneys office. under tho direction
OF NJ. W. Purcell and with the assist
anca of John II. Casey. deputy prose-
cutor. and Edwin Barrett. deputy
county attorney. has established an
env1able record IN the war that Is
being continuously waged against Lar
violators here.
-duch OF the success we have at
tained.- said Mr.. Purcell, els due to
the fact that the closest harmony
exists between this office and be-
tween this office and between Sheriff
Joe l. MarquiS department. In the
last analysis IL the evidence which
determines the case was not forth
coming from Sheriff Marquis and his
assistants we would not be able 20
prosecute successfully His efforts
have been marked with utmost hon
esty and success"
OF the 81 convictions 90 of the
cases were tried in Justice cour dur
ing the part month and 81 in district
court. Besides netting out sentences
in many of ths cases the county Is
richer by nearly $500 of which over
$4,000 in Zines came from wholesale
convictions before Judge w. z. Tubbs
and the remainder from fines assessed
In district court totaIfng over 1880.
OF The as cases tried and convicted
IN Justice court 20, or half the mum.
b~r. resulted from liquor violations.
The victim OF this activity include
al Wilde. ]. Parsons. ]. Stanton, J..
Pike. Mary Romaine. B. C. Charlton.
James Moore, J. Meyers, r. Jaffa-
Jim Paris. Ollie Watts, A T~errigue.
Jack Dobbins. Mrs. Albert Bendt.
Jack Faragher. Guy PEBBLES. John
Huise. J. r. F1tzwiniams. Tony Bal
sun, w. r. Hyian. d. Mcleod. Ole
Nelson. and A verrier.
Gambling cases were next IN num-
Der OF Justice court convictions. Is
persons paying fines on tn,s charge.
Those convicted on this offense in
ciude Ed Hiveiy. r. r. Burbett. Scott
Paterson. E. C. Mcwherter. Jack Gre
CORY. ID. f. Clancy. G. Houstalakis.
Andrew lferinos. Tony Metros. Roy
Williamson. william Emerson. d. Sell
man. Edward George. Eddie Berg and
Tom Foley.
The remainder OF the justice court
procedure included three petty lar
ceny cases in which r. d. Crosswaite,
]. D,aConner and II. F. Crosswaite
were the victims; r.. F. Cantrill.
vagrant. and one assault cas- in
watch ]. Brown was held.
During the same period seven liquor
or gambling cases were prosecuted in
district court. The defendants and
termination of cases follow: Arthur
Roessel. liquor 200 and costs; Steve
Samis. gambling. 800 and costs; Christ
--.r- ,-,,htfr- aAan o-I @aut-.
C. w. A~usenbaugh. gambling, $500
and costs: Carl Miller. liquor. $500 and
costs: Rolly Gosney, $500 and costs:
r. H. Marshall. sentence TO be
passed.
Penitentiary sentences were handed
out in district court in the following
five cases:
Frank Basuuez. burglary two TO
three ears; Grover Berry. grand lar
ceny. i've 10 six years; Manuel Sc
pcda. robbery. two to three years;
Jack Silver. burglary, n year to
10 months; A. White. grand larceny.
one year to IS months
Infaddition TO these criminal sections
abatement and Injunction cases were
prosecuted successfully in eight in
tances. The places under ban in
clude tbs Mills hotel; Anna T'errigue
and Mary Horton house; Jim Paris.
Mary Roman n Tony Metros place;
Jim Paris and Francis Mccoy house:
Babe Reynolds place; John Faragher
house and a building owned by q.
Houstalakis and A Merinos-
Even this ectivfty extended 0vr a
period of little more than a month
does not entirely represent tho sue
cesses of the county law enforcement
agencies as a number OF actions, m
Guiding many liquor n dope cases.
were turned over directly to the fed
eraI authorities after the cases had
been worked up and arrests effected
here.
"The record Of activity is conclu-
sive," sail Mr.. Purcell. "The far
reaching range of crimes and consist
ent UNFOLDING Of law and order Is
but an introduction to the weep that
we are Jointly pushing to rid Casper
and Natrona county Of violations Of
all kinds,
I'VE have never failed TO proceed
in any case hat we have had called
TO our attention and we nave always
had the utmost success and close Co
operation in our dealings with Sheriff
Marquis and his force"
1t is worthy Of note that conviction
on gambling and liquor cases in dis
trict court was a thing almost unhesrd
of here before the advent of the rig
orous prosecution which Mr.. Purcell
uses in combating violations of this
kind. The day of taking an appeal
from lower courts with knowledge
that the case could not be
fully prosecuted has passed. is Mr..
PurcelI's belief.
.In getting a list OF convictions"
he said. new once, TO u knowl-
edge, have we treated a defendant
unfairly. We have not railroaded
cases for the sake of getting convic-
lions. u we have prosecuted fear
Iessly where we knew there was q.