The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1926-03-19

runners always use hot cars" he said,
because of the danger Of getting
caught and having their autos con-
fiscated."
Streepy was also theatrical in Civ
ing his evidence. He referred to De-
partment of Justice Agent McEneny
as "old Pikinneny" and made the jury
laugh at the discOmforture of the
sleuth. When asked what McEneny
was saying to him on their trip to-
gether from Medicine Lake, Streepy
replied: 81 don't know what Old Pic
kineny was saying. But l remember
his jaws were going all the time"
4 The Huffman Case
/ After the Judge had sentenced
! Streepy the case of Harry Hoffman
came up for hearing. Conferences
/ between District Attorney Rankin and
/ HOffman's attorneys in the judges
/ chambers with the result that Hoff-
man pleaded guilty to a charge Of
/ cOncealing a stolen car and was Civ
en- sixty days suspended sentence.
Rankin Recommends Mercy.
Mr.. Rankin in making a motion to
dismiss the transportation count made
z IL
said that this was a much different
case from the one that preceded it.
In this case the man was a farmer
who appeared to be the victim of
circumstances. He had already atom
ed, to a great extent, for his delin-
quencies- His associates We've work
ers and farmers and that should be
taken into consideration also. They
vOuch for his previous honesty. The
District Attorney wound up his adj
dress to the court by recommending
mercy for Hoffman,
Judge Pray Suspends Sentence
Judge Pray in imposing a sentence
of sixty days on Hoffman and then
suspending it remarked that he con-
Sidered Hoffman was not of the vi
ciOus type of criminal who usually
commit such crimes as the one charg
ed in the Indictment. He took Judi
cial notice of the fact brought to his
attention by Attorney Ryan that
Hoffman had faced extradition
charges in Helena and paid the ex-
pense of habeas corpus proceedings at
. PlentywOOd as well as settled a judg-
ment rendered against him in Sheri-
dan County, all because of the Ford
Sedan, which was the subject matter
of the case. He stated that, unlike
Streepy, Hoffman was a farmer.
'These are the kind of people we
want in the country" said Judge
Pray. He concluded by warning Huff
man to let this case be an object les
son to him in the future.
More ScObeV Cases
Five pleas of guilty were entered
In court Saturday. Jack Williams of
MissOula, charged with forgery of an
Endorsement on a forestry service
check, admitted his guilt and was
sentenced to pay a fine of 500 and
to serve 60 days in Jail.
Joe Bernard, Albert Bernard and
Tancere LarOux, all living in the vi
entity of ScObey, pleaded guilty to
smuggling wheat across the Canadian
border. Joe Bernard was sentenced
to pay a fine of $3.50 LarOux was
given go days in Jail and a fine of
$500, while sentence on Albert Bern
ard was delayed by the court until a
later date.
Adam Ketter, alias Sam Ketter
was given 30-day Jail sentence when
he pleaded guilty to stealing a pack
age from rural mail box Ketter
spent some time in the Sheridan
county Jail recently.
BOulds Sentenced.
John BOulds, indicted under the ma
tional automobile theft act for re-
ceiving and concealing a stolen Ford
coupe, pleaded guilty in the United
States district court here Monday and
was sentenced by Judge Charles N.
Pray to serve seven months in the
I Cascade county Jail. The government
alleged that the car was stolen at
MinOt, N. D., September 20, 1924. It
was recovered at Redstone.
The case against N. B. Krebsbach
and Ruben P. Krebsbach, charged I'M
der the motor theft act in connection
with Buick sport model car, went
to trial Monday and is expected to 90
to the jury this morning. Govern
ment witnesses were Roy Erb, branch
manager Of the Nebraska Buick COM
pany, Lincoln, from whom the car is
alleged to have been stolen, Frank
Gunther of Plentywood, to whom ii
is charged N. B. Krebsbach turned
over the car for a Ford coupe and
5000; E. E. Hardness, agent for the
Automobile Protective Information
bureau, and R. B. Donaldson, a special
agent for the department of Justice
who recovered the car in February
1924, at Plentywood
1t is alleged that Ruben P. Krebs-
bach transferred the car to his uncle
n. B. Krebsbach, who disposed of ii
to Gunther. The defendants gave
the jury their version of the matter
and denied knowledge that the cal
was stolen.