The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-09
ANDERSON GIVEN YEARS TERM IN
 SING SING PRISON
New York Head Of Anti Saloon League Quails
 At Sentence
APPEAL FOR NEW TRIAL
 DENIED BY SPECIAL JUDGE
As He Is Leaving Court Sum- mons Is Served On Him To
 Answer Libel Suit

NEW YORK. Feb. S-If higher courts sustain the sentence of Justice Arthur $. Tompkins, the convicts in Sing Sing prison stand to be converted to prohibition. ,.
 William H. Anderson. head of the New York Anti-Saloon league. was sem tenced to serve not less than one year or more than two years in the famous penitentiary, when Justice Tompkins Friday imposed the consequences of Anderson's recent conviction of third degree forgery in connection with his alterations of books of the league.
 Justice Tompkins granted a atay of q sentence until Friday, and in the meantime Anderson's counsel is ex- pected to appeal Necessity for the sentence was some what regretted hy the justice, who im- piled that he was forced against his will to treat Anderson as a hardened criminal. If Anderson had committed the crime unknowlngly, the court point cd out, or had he pleaded guilty and thrown himself upon the mercy of the court, or, again. if Anderson had been but young man of the type given to youthful folly. then the court might have been able to suspend sentence.
 New Trial Refused
 Commission of the crime was proven by the altered books, the testimony of members of the league and by Ander- son himself,' said the court as it re- fused to grant Attorney Charles $. Whitman's motion for new trial. The verdict was delivered justly by an ex- ceptional jury. It was definitely proven that Anderson had tried to defraud the legaue of $24,7OO"
 Justice TOmpkins, Protestant, a Mason and lifelong prohibitionist, was brought from Westchester to sit on the case. following Anderson's charges that he was being ''framed' by ''wets," Catholics and politicians.
 As soon as his bail of $5000 had been continued for a week, pending ex- eclition of sentence or appeal, Anderson rushed from the, courtroom. His GUS tomary calmness had fled from him long since, leaving in its place obvious worry and excitement.
 The udge under the verdict of the jury, could have sentenced Anderson to from one day to five years, suspen- sion of seatence was the only other al- ternative.
 FllncheA as He Was Sentenced
 Apparently Anderson had little hope of saspensi0n. A visible tremble shook his frame as the court cleared it's throat f0ks.the dread words. Then, as he lear1sed. his prospective fate, she flinched and looked pleadingly at Whit man, whS immediately filed his motion for suspension of sentence.
 Whtiman's plea that Anderson had had "an unblemished record of 70 years up to the time of this occurrence" was met by Prosecutor Ferdinand Pecora's assertion that the dry leader deserves no more consideration than any other person." .N
 Sued for $IO5, 900 Libel
 Just as if Anderson hadn't encOun- tered enough grief inside the court house, he was met on the way out by Attorney Martin E. King, who served him with summons and complaint in libel suit for $105,000, brought by Francis Courtwright of Corning N. r., who alleges he was maligned by the Anti-Saloon league when he ran for the assembly in 1020.r
 It is understood that the league. un- der Anderson's regime. broadcasted in- formation to the Corning electorate that Conrtwright was wet" whereas the fact is that Cartwright, said to have lost the election, is a dry.
 The action charges libelous state ments by Anderson in a letter to the ministers of Courtwright's district, ibelous article in the American Issue, n league publication, and circulation of this article in pamphlet during the campaign.