Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-11-04
PRISONER IS NERVOUS
AS FATE Is PRONOUNCED
In Jury's Opinion, Accused
Did Not Rob and Fire
Rccdvillc Bank.
NO MOTION ron APPEAL MADE
VIII u" Taken 10 Atlanta to S~ry.
ierm-"if~ and SON Not Pres
cnt In Courtroom

colonel II. Gordon Blundon. proyni
ncnt citizen and for numbcr of
years leading figure in buun.s.
anu social affairs OF Reedviilc, on
yesterday afternoon was sentenced
ty Judge G. \. Moods. In the United
states District Court here. TO serve
three years In tho Federal peni,cn-
tIaTy In Atlanta. Ga after being
found guilty on one count iu m,
second trial In connection with IN.
alleged r'rbrzcioment Of FUNDS Of
,he Commonwealth Eaiiona! Banx. OF
RccdvIllc.
The count upon wh!ah Rlunion
was conv!ctod vas tina, of ~. mil.
applying of stock of the Petersburg
hanking Trust and MORTGAGE com
rany. The ease was giv-, 10 the
jury shortly after o cIcck Thurs
l2'.3 o'clock yesterday afternoon
,hat 1t made rs rcpor, W l.. Rag
ihhn served aB foreman Of the Jury.
Wife nnd Son Not Present.
Blundon's little son. who vas n,
Inc courtroom earlier In the day and
seated beside tn. former banker. was
not present when the sentence at,
pronounced. Mrs BlunGon was also
absent from the courtroom. ana ,nus
kept from hearing the words tina,
were To decide her husband fat.
II was not long a.terward INA,
United States Marshal Clarence [;
Smithers escorted The convicted mar,
To the main doors o. the courtroom
and requested United States Deputy
Marshal " b. Wiltshire 10 tax. the
prisunvr To the cry Jail.
\" Motion for Appeal Made.
Relatives and close friends sho,vc,,
signs OF emotion as Blu1dou was led
away. ihc convicted man WA,
nj Hht!y nervous wh;n he stood un
,ftc hear the sentence. His VOC.
was almost Inaudible 10 grca;
number o: SPECTATORS a. ne made ,r-
sponse 10 the words as 10 whether
or not sentence should be pro-
rounc"d upon him lie had been
smoking a cigarette shortly tetor-
judge Woods asccndcd the bench to
conclude his par; in the case No
motion for appeal was noted
On the fourteenth count in the In
dictinents against Bundon. togard-
Ing the checks OF the Sunnysldc
Lumber Company. the jury reported
disagree cment, and on the other
counts, except the one In regard TO
the Petersburg Bank stock. he was
found not guilty" The jury rec
commended lenienCy. II found that,
In it's opinion. Biundon did not rob
and then destroy the Commonwealth
National Bank. of ReedvIile. when
was destroyed by fire January 81,
1921. IT was also the jury's be-
lief that he did not place under the
steps OF Liberty Church. about threo
miles from Recdville. hand bag
containing about $4,000 OF the
banks funds.
In Cell with Walter Hines.
Blundon wore worried express
sion when he reached the City Jail
yesterday afternoon about $3.50
o'clock He was placed In a cell on
the second floor. The other ocou-
pant OF the cell is Walter Hines, who
was convicted OF killing Policeman
Washington Irving Curtis and SEN
fenced 10 fifteen years In the peni-
tentiary. An appeal in behalf OF
Hines was filed In the Virginia Su-
preme Court OF Appeals. and he is
being held In the City Jail pending
fnal decision in his case.
1t was reported at the City jail
last night that Blundon will he on
the way to Atlanta this afternoon.
He and II. w. Johnson. who was
given two years in the Federal
Prison on n white slavery charge.
Will be taken to Atlanta at the same
time. Johnson is also prisoner IN
the City Jail.
Blundon seemed fatigucd after
being taken to jail, and he was rest
ing on his prison bed before night
fall. Deputy United States Marshal
Wiltshire Will have charge OF Blum
don and Johnson on their trip 10
Atlanta