The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-11-27
hot CAR RING
TO START FOR
PRISON TODAY
Fifteen Will Leave for
Leavenworth; They'll
Miss Turkey.

Thursday probably will be a tur-
keyless day for eleven business and
professional men and former khan
leaders, sentenced in federal court
Saturday in the interstate motor
theft conspiracy case, who left at
2:5O p. m. today for LeaVenworth
(KanO penitentiary.
They were part of group of
fifteen prisoners to be escorted to
the penitentiary in a special Big
Four railroad coach.
Prisoners sentenced in the inter-
state theft case making the trip and
their sentences:
Edward Traugott, proprietor of
Edward Traugott & Co. clothing
store, 215 West Washington street,
two years, $4,000 fine.
Harry SuSsman, 1880 North Me-
rldlan street, Traugott'S partner,
fifteen months, $1,000.
Ted Baldwin, Chicago, charged
with selling stolen cars to the local
defendants, two years, $4,000 fine.
William j. Laffey, proprietor of a
Soft-drink parlor at 925 West New
York street, two years, $4,000.
Elmer Sussman, jewelry salesman,
cousin of Harry Sussman, fifteen
months. $1,000.
W. Lee Smith, Indianapolis at
torney, former Indiana khan grand
dragon, fifteen months, $1,000.
Robert F. McNay, Indianapolis at
torney, former khan titan, fourteen
months, $1,000.
Jacob Wohlfeld, 2819 Washington
boulevard, fifteen months, $1,000.
Bertram Libowitz, alias Bertram
Libby, 80 Jefferson avenue, sales
man, two years, $4,000.
DR.. Fred Binzer, Terre Haute op-
tician, two years, $4,000.
Louis Windt, Chicago, engraver,
eighteen months, $4,000
Muncie Prisoners Taken
Other prisoners being taken at the
same time included:
Wilborn Caldwell, Muncie. garage
owner, who pleaded guilty in the
Muncie motor theft case, two years,
$4,000.
Jack Klein, Eureka Finance Com
pany, Muncie motor case, two years,
$4,000.
Sal Cox, Negro, $50 North Black
ford street, narcotics, two years.
Henry Slick, Madison road, liquor
charge, year and day.
The prisoners we're loaded into
two sheriff's patrol cars, with cam
vas flaps screening them from the
small, curious crowd in the rear Of
the Jail They were hastily unload
ed at the Union station and rushed
to the special car.
Leaving here at $50 p. m. today,
the prisoners will reach Leaven-
worth penitentiary about $50 a. m.
Wednesday, after a tiresoome eight
een-hour trip in day coach.
Arriving at the prison, they will
be taken in charge by guards, their
civilian clothing, money, and other
personal effects removed, forced to
take shower baths, given numbers
to replace their names, brief his
tory of their lives recorded, and as
signed to cells.
No Turkey on Holiday
BY that time, tired and sleepy
from the long ride, but somewhat
refreshed by a shower bath, they
will be marched into the huge pri-
son dining room for lunch, about
thirty minutes before the rest OF
the more than 5000 prisoners in the
institution.
From then on, the regular prison
routine begins.
While turkey will not be on the
prison bill of fare Thanksgiving day,
nevertheless a meal better than the
usual menu will be served.
Last Thanksgiving day the menu
was:
Steamed rice and milk,
hot biscuits, butter, syrup, coffee;
dinner-celery, fricasseed chicken,
egg noodles, mashed potatoes, cram
berry sauce, mince pie, parker house
rolls, coffee; supper-oyster stew
crackers. apples, bread, tea.
Sample menus on ordinary days
include:
enthusiastically grits, bread.
butter, syrup, coffee. Dinner-Beef
stew, picked beets, bread, coffee.
Supper-Lima beans and pork,
stewed fruit, bread, tea.
Breakfast-C ornmeal mush, hot
biscuits, butter, syrup, coffee. Dinner
-Fricasseed beef, egg noodles,
steamed potatoes, bread coffee. Sup
per-Kidney beans and pork, stewed
fruit, hot rolls, tea.
reakfast-Oatmea1 mush, coffee
cake, butter, syrup, coffee. Dinner
Baked beans and pork, picked
beets, bread, coffee. Supper-Bakeo
haddock sliced Tomatoes. mashed