New Ulm review., 1922-07-19
Bill, PFEIFFER
GETS i; !; SIX YEARS
BROTHER MAX AND RAYMOND
BROOKS SENTENCED TO
SEVEN YEARS
PLEA OF GUILTY. LET'S TRIO
OFF WITH COMPARATIVELY
LIGHT SENTENCES

Big Bill Pfeifer pleaded guilty, upon
information filed against him at his
own request before Judge I. M. Olsen
in district court on Monday of this
week, to the charge Of being an acces-
sorry after the fact in the burglary of
the Foster & Bertrand clothing store
lat Sleepy Eye and to crininally re-
ceiving stolen property, being the Chev-
rolet sedan case, and was sentenced to
serve two terms in the state peniten-
tiary at Saltwater at hard labor, not
to exceed three years in each case,
but the second to commence at the
expiration Of the first. This was a re-
suit of the pleas of guilty having been
entered on Thursday last by Max
Pfeiffer and Raymond Brooks, princi-
pals in the burglary, which deeply in
volved VIM. Pfeiffer and made plea
of guilty on his part the easiest way
out Of a bad situation. .
Principals Draw Seven Years,
Raymond Brooks and Max ,Pfeifer,
the two men who actually committed
the: burglary and stole some 62 suits
Of mems clothing from the Foster &
Bertrand store on the night Of the 11th
Isof May, were sentenced to serve not
to exceed five years for grand larceny
/ in the first degree and not to exceed
two years for burglary in the third de-
gree, a total Of seven years each.
| The cases Of the State against Ray
nond Brooks and Max Pfeifer were
heard in district court by Judge I. M.
Olsen last Thursday. morning. The de-
PENDANTS had no attorneys and the
court appointed Albert D. Flor to re-
present them and see that they were
given their full legal rights.
Max Pfeiffer on. Stand.
Max Pfeiffer was put on the witness
stand and under the questioning of
County Attorney Eckstein he gave the
details Of the burglary Of the Foster
& Bertrand store in the night time Of
May IL this year, when he and Ray
mond Brooks took a number Of suits
Of mems clothing, the state claiming
62 in number, the defendants giving
the number as 55, together with a,
rain coat and some other things. Max
Pfeiffer testified that they didn't count
the suits at Sleepy Eye but that they
| did count them after getting them into
VIM. Pfeifer's barn in New Ulm where
they stored the loot during the day Of
May 12.
Took Emmerich's Truck
Max Pfeifer and Raymond Brooks
t'picked up'' the Ford truck belonging
to Chas. Emmerich and made their
excursion to Sleepy Eye and back with
1.-The stolen clothing in the truck. Max
explained that Mr.. Emmerichs truck,
was standing outside only about $50
feet from the. Max Pfeiffer home. The
stolen clothes were brought to New
Ulm early 1.-the morning Of May IL.
Upon arriving here they drove up to
! Vim. Pfeifer's place: and Max went
Into the house, woke Big Bill. told him
about the sjob' they had, done at
Sleepy Eye, whereupon the. clothes
were carried up into the hay loft in
Wms Pfeifer's barn.
Bill Pays For Box. 8.
According to Max sPfeiffer,s testii-
mony,da q conference was held by. Max,
Brooks and Bill eonce cerning getting the
i clot thing to- st: Paul to be sold and it
was agreed that they. should ship the
4 loot in = box ad dressed to Verne Brooks,
lassbrother of Raymond, who lives at
ST. Paul Bill Pfeifer handed MaxHa a
Edollar and told him to GO out and buy
4 q boxsapd Max bought one from Schuel-
ler & Tauschek. s.,.; & ls.s
After supper that day Brooks, Max
Isand Bill had another conference and
81 Max then suggested that they. take
/ Ian automobile belonging to Ed. Rubey
j which was stored in a. shed connected
I with VIM. Pfeifer' / barn. The suits
J, Were therefore loaded into this car q
! / o. clock ii the morning and taken &
st. Paul by Max and Brooks. They
-lleft the suits at the home Of Vern,
/ Brooks. The wives and children d
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