South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-05-19
MCCORMACK, EVANS
AND GILMORE GET
TERMS IN PRISON
Three Men. All Ex-Convicts,
Thought to Have Perpetrat-
ed MANY Thefts Here.
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By STAFF Correspon
WARSAW Ind May 1S-Gcorgs
Mccormack and William Evans.
alias Schulze. Of South Bend. and
George Gilmore. Of Berr.en Springs.
Mich alias James EIlfs1r. of St
Joseph No. We're convicted late
Thursday on charges OF burglary
and larceny In connection with the
robbery ~ the Hami'r store az Etna
Green. April 10 They were sem
fenced by Judge Lemuel Rovse 20
serve from two % "a years each IN
the pen.tenrarv II was learned
last night that All three mon had
been arrested oD many previous
occasions and that an had served
prison terms. The jury returned .ts
verdict after an hours deuheration.
During the course Of the trial.
James Compton. brother OF Otis *
Compton. another member OF the
bandit gang. submitted evidence in-
diCating that the three men cone
victed had apparently been engaged
for considerable period ar time .n
perPetratinE robberies in this We
entity. probably including some THAI
recently occurred in South Bend
Compton. who IS cripple and
whose speech and hearing are per-
TALLY impaired. told Of how the
members OF the gang left him out %
their plots bur had taken his father
into their confidence. He described
several incidents which tended 20
connect the gang with q number
Of recent crimes.
Objects 10 Evidence.
one Of tho developments ~ The
trial which caused considerable con-
tention was the introduction OF
finger-print evidence by the state.
which was strongly objected 10 bv
Homer Longfellow. attorney for the
defendants. The attorney commended
that such evidence was unconstltu-
tional and inadmissibIe on the
ground that no person need testify
against himself This is a point that
had not previously been raised ln
Indiana courts
The objection being overruled hv
the court IT, 2. Stout Plymouth.
Ind. and Judd Pittenger Of the
Warsaw police department. finger
print experts, testified thst tue
finger prints, taken from a show
, case at the Hamin store following
the robbery, tailed exactly with
/ finger prints Of Gilmore.
The testimony revealed that The
bandit gang shipped stolen goods
from Niles. Mich 70 fence" in
Chicago, and that The stolen mer-
chandise was then reconeignei 70
another Fence" a ST. Joseph Mich.
o. K Compton Of Elkhart. and
Charles Gage, OF LiSonier. the other
members of the gang held n COM
nection with the Etna Green rob-
berry, asked FOR a separate hearing.
and their trial will proceed az once.
Following James Compton g testi-
mony on the witness stand he was
extensively questioned concerning
the activities of The gang ~ which
his brother was a member bv Hair
old r. Whitmer a member Of the
South Bend detective bureau. who
came TO Warsaw Wednesday 20 in
vestigate the previous operations OF
the group
According 10 Compton's statement
20 Whitmer, the three men convict
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