Imperial Valley press., 1929-10-28
PANTACES
TO FIGHT
VERDICT
Jury Finds Theatre Mag
nate Guilty OF Attack
On Dancer.
FACES PRISON TERM
Request For Clemency
Has No Effect On Sen
tence Under Law.
Ey GEORGE II. BEALE
CUnitcd Press Stiff Correspondent)

Los ANGELES, Oct. 2S. U.P)
Alexander paut"grs, for years the
premier Snowman Of the west coast
rlaved Il losing role in his greatest
drama, aad rs o result must spend
from one to - y,ars in San Quentin
lcuiteutiarS.
\ jury Of seven women and five
men late last night found him
guilty of assaulung II year old
Euniee Pringl' The prison term
was mandatory. The jury deliber
atod - hours.
The - year oil Greek multi-mil
honairr viii b. called before Su
pcrIor Judge Charles Frickc on No
Ncmher for sentence. At that time
his attorneys VIII present motion
Ter new TRIAL and file notice of
arpeal.
Tho verdict w1s returned in the
court room in vA,ch his wife, Mrs
Lois lantagcs, was found guilty of
mans}aGglter a month ago.
The jury preferred th" word OF
Miss Pringie. an amateur dancer and
n former coed. f. that Of the mar
WHO ran II small Nlondikc stake int
>1o.uaa.0o0 business.
Shc claimed th1l Pantagcs, on the
protest of giving her the footlight
career She desired, lurcd her to his
office on Angus, . and attacked her
Pautagcs denied hcr charge and &C
cu~cd her Of plotting 10 "black
uail" him.
The .Jenc whica attended tho
iurv's verdict va rs dramatic as
PatasCs. master Snowman, could
hayt devised.
The worn jurj had been out %
hours when il announced ii had
reached a decision.
When Judge r;ickc went to tho
bcu,h and the defendant was at his
.llucc. the foreman read:
"W,. the jury, find the defendant
guilty as charged We recommend
a rrison term. We further recon-
moul tie mercy Of the court"
Pantages Calm
Pantages too; 'ac verdict stocally
His head bent forward and he cast
lis eyes down but gave no other
s.gn that h" had heard,
Ills daughter, Carmen, who re
Gently announced her engagement to
John Corsidiuc, rlotion picture pro
Queer, collapsed
His adopted daughter, Mrs. Dixie
Martin, bccam hystcrical His
two sons, Rodney and Lloyd, at
tempted to comfort them.
Mrs. Pantagc2, released on bail
while awaiting the result of her plea
for probation, WAS too i'll to be IN
court.
Miss Pringlc was in scclusion AT
hcr home. whore she has remained
since the attacl, except when she
came to the court room to testify.
Before Pantagcs was led from the
court room, Judge Friekc announced
that the iury'S "furthcr recommend
the mercy of the court" could have
no bearing on :hc sentence.
The prison board, in setting the
length of the sentence, might con
slider it, he said, Lut the term of
from one to 80 wears was automatic
with the penitcntiary rccommenda
tion.
Judge Frickc rcmandcd Pantages
TO a cell in the county Jail,
The theatre man was booked i'm
mcdatcly and Consigned to jail tank
l0s-2, the same tier OF cells in which
William Edward hickman and Cor
don Stewart Northcott once were
housed and in wach former District
Attorney Asa Keycs now is held.
The theatre n,agnate had little to
say today about his conviction.
"a believe 90; II raw deal" Pan
tagcs declared. 81 didn't have a
chance with the jury from the start.
1t looks like Il rnan is up against it
when a woman brings this kind of n
charge against him even if it is a
frameup."
When Pantagcs was booked in at
the sergcant's desk he gave his age
as -, weight 1926 pounds and height
) feet 6l2 inches.
The millionaire surrendered $40
four packages Of cigarettes, 10
cigars and package of pills to the
desk sergeant.