The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-10-30
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PUT IN CLASS
WITH BANDIT
Pardon Board viii Show No
Special Mercy to
Inside Worker
TELLER'S PLEA DENIED
LoganSport Man Must Stay
in Pen; Trustee Also
Refused CIemenCy.
RT United Press


MICHIGAN CITY, Oct. 30.-The
Indiana board of pardons and pa
roles will show no more conSidera-
ton to bank embezzlers than to
bank bandits, declaring that there
is no choice between inside" and
outside" workers where theft of de-
poSitorS money is involved.
Raymond Slagle, former teller in
the Logansport State bank, who was
sentenced to two to fourteen years
for embezzlement on Oct. 25, 1929,
was denied a parole at the end of
his minimum term.
Slagle was charged with embezzl-
ing $4,000, but told the board that
his thefts appropriated $4,000.
John Waggoner, former Daviess
county township trustee, who was
returned to the prison last week
because of parole violation, was de-
MED his renewed plea for clemency,
and ordered to remain in prison
another year.
Ten Paroles Granted
Ten paroles, five temporary pa
roles, two combinations of sentence
and twenty-one continuances had
been granted by the state board of
pardonS and paroles as it entered
upon its second day of consideration
of cases at the Indiana state prison.
Eighty-Six pleas had been denied.
The proximity of winter, with it's
unemployment problem, caused the
board to deny many pleas which
might otherwise have been granted,
it was explained.
Of the thirty-fve pleas from
"lifers," mostly murderers, three
were shown leniency. One was
granted temporary parole and two
had their terms committed.
Two of the paroles and three of
the temporary paroles were in cases
not listed for action.
Among the latter was Fred Ket-
tlehake, sentenced in Hamilton
circuit court, Oct. II, 1900, to a life
term for murder. He is 70 years
old and has been in the prison hos
pital more than twenty-five years.
His release is contingent upon
agreement of some one to keep him.
Still Convict Released
Guy Sellick, sentenced in Carroll
circuit court May Is, 1881, to one to
five years for possession of a still,
won a parole on the representation
that his wife and sister are desti-
tute.
Temporary paroles were granted
Ruth Moore, sentenced in Knox
county to two to fourteen years for
forgery; Raymond McCracken, Vigo
circuit, blackmail, who is said to
be dying, and James Walker, sem
fenced in Grant county to life for
murder, given fifteen days leave to
visit his sick mother in Chicago.
Parole was given Samuel Good
man, convicted in Knox circuit
court March 10, 1881, on an en-
bezzlement charge and sentenced
to serve two to fourteen years. He
was bank cashier at WASHINGTON
for twenty years and guardian of
an estate.
Life Term COMMITTED
Sentence of Alonzo johnson, con-
victed in Marion criminal court on
a robbery charge and given a ten
year sentence Sept. 80, 1929. vas
committed. He robbed the restau-
rant in the Washington hotel at
Indianapolis.
The board committed the life
sentence of Thomas Bachelor from
fifteen years to life. Bachelor was
convicted in Porter circuit court Oct.
l, 1920, on murder charge. He,
with three other men, all 81 years
old, robbed the Tolleston State bank
in Lake county, killing the cashier,
Herman Uecker.
Communication of sentence was
given Henry Smith, convicted in
Marion criminal court Oct. IS. 1922,
On a burglary charge. He was serv-
ing ten to twenty-year term.
The case Of Abe Spaulding, con-
victed of murder in Marion crimi-
nal court Feb. II, 1920, with a life
term, was continued.
Norman Lipscomb, convicted in
Marion criminal court Sept. 26, 1925,
on robbery charge and given ten
to twenty one-year term, was pa
rolled.
The pardon board continued the
case of Arthur Wyrick, convicted in
Shelby circuit court Nov. %, 1925,
on an auto banditry charge and
given a ten to wenty-fve-year SEN
tence. He robbed the Boggstown