Evening star., 1934-02-23
.99YEAR SENTENCE.
Willis TOUHY GANG.
Leader Coughs and Kator
and Schaefer Pale as
They Hear Verdict. :
BY the Associated Press.

the bravado Of the So-called Terrible
Touhys" as they heard a verdict Of
guilty and penalty at 90 years.
Roger Touhy, known as the leader
Of the gang which once def1ed Al Ca
pone. checked and clamped his hand
kerchief to his mouth.
Albert Kator and Gus Schaefer
paled, but accepted their fate in q
calmer manner.
The curly-haired Touhy was assisted
to his feet and the procession started
back to their cells.
At the county jail reporters closed
in on the trio. but they refused to say
anything.
Touhy threw himself down on his
cot and groaned. Kator and Schaefer
snarled feebly at reporters.
Later the three seemed to accept
their fate as the welcome alternative
to death.
They might as well have made 1t
100 as 80 years." said Kator, in a bet
ter humor.
Asleep in an Hour.
In less than an hour they were re-
ported sleeping soundly.
Factor, who with his wife, Rella, and
son. Jerome, also a kidnapping victim,
was present. in the court room. ex-
pressed his qualification at the YER
dict.
This result is what a kidnaring
victim may expect when he coop
crates fully with the authorities" he
said. If every person kidnapped joined
fully with the police as I have done
in bringing the criminals to Justice,
there would be no kidnapping menace
today"
Last Of Gang Destroyed.
With todays verdict, authorities
said, the last Of the gangs which dur
ing prohibition gave Chicago an un-
welcome reputation as a capital of
crime, has been destroyed. Only
remnants Of the big shot" gangs re-
main, and their trail is kept con-
stantly hot.
Al Capone. the original Number /
Public Enemy" is serving a lO-year
Federal prison sentence for tax law
violation. Others Of the considerable
company of crime lords are either in
prison or dead by the hands of gang
sters-William tThree- Finger jack
White, killer and racketeer, dead:
James (Fur) Sammons, serving a life
term as an habitual criminal, and
Gus Winkler. who aspired to gang
leadership on the North Side. was
slain hv other
Humphreys, the present Number !"
public enemy, is a fugitive from JUS
tice
DeHberated Six Hours.
Touhy. Kator and Schaefer, In
shackles, heard the bad news"
shortly after midnight when a
Criminal Court jury, after hours
deliberation, returned its verdict. A
previous trial ended in a jury dis
agreement. Before that, in st. Paul,
Mimi, Touhy was acquitted of Fed
eral charge of kidnapping William
Haram, jr.
The verdict marked one Of the few
victories in State courts for the prose-
cution of major kidnapings. The
others in recent crime history were
the convictions Of the kidnapers of
August Luer, Alton banker, and of
James Hackett, Blue Island, H.,
gambler. The sentences in those cases
ranged from life Imprisonment to five
years
The conviction of the Touhy gang
Sters came after seven-day trial.
The first ballot resulted in a unani-
nous verdict of guilty. The second
was taken after arguments between
the jurors as to what the sentence
would be. One-half of them were
reported to have held out for the
death penalty. A second vote. how
ever, resulted in a unanimous ver-
dict of SO years in prison.
State Asked Death Penalty.
The State had asked for the death
penalty ''or at least 80 years" and
unless the sentence is made invalid
by new trial or q reversal by the
Supreme Court the Touhy men will
go to prison to remain for at least
33 years-the required time before
they would be eligible for parole.
Hearing on a motion for a new trial
is set for Saturday.
The luck which carried Roger
Touhy, the curly-headed leader of
the Touhy gang, through two other
kidnapping trials-went steadily from
bad to worse during the seven days Of
his second trial.
The day before it opened. two
Touhy followers were seized in Balti-
more. In the middle of the trial one
of them-Isaac Costner, a Tennessee
bad man who was imported for the
kidnapping and implicated
the others. Next day another-Wal-
ter A Henrichsen-followed his ex-
ample. and admitted collecting the
suit case full of cash-s70,00 900 in 10
and 20 dollar bills-which Factor paid
for his release.
The downfall of the Touhy gang
was accomplished in two playful slaps
from the proverbial long arm of CO.
incidence. Touhy and Schaefer. two
of the defendants. were captured in
Elkhorn, Wis., after the kidnapping,
because they bumped over a tele-
phone pole with their car, and SO en-
countered the local police. CoStner-
with Basil Banghart, another still to
go on trial for the hdnaping-was
picked up in Baltimore because he
failed to leave his automobile tail
light on.
HELD IN ALLEGED PLOT.
Colored Chauffeur Accused of At
tempting 10 Kidnap Banker.