The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-03-26

trlO 10 be tried, TINS morning
EFT sentence him to life inn
prisOnment.
Harry Pierpont, Dillingeu
mob trigger man, and Charles
Makley Saturday were sem
fenced to death for the muir
der of Sheriff Jess Sarber in
the jail release of John Dill
linger last fall.
Clark shuffled into court, glow
ering, this morning and heard the
court sentence him to life impris-
onment. When the judge sentenced
him to pay the costs of the trial"
the prisoners scowl changed to a
mcmentary grin.
While he was in the courtroom,
Clark denied grapevine rumors that
Pierpont and Makley had been re-
moved secretly to prison last night.
AS the trio walks through the
portals of the Columbus pententiary
today, fms formally will be writ
ten to the exploits of three of the
most notorious bandits who have
terrorized the country and the mid
die west particularly, since Jesse
James.
DilIinger Hunt Continues
AS he prepared to take the prison.
ers to Columbus, General Bush adj
mitted that his "undercover" men
were working in Toledo and Co
lumbus on reports that Dillinger
was Scheming the liberation of his
pals, from hideouts in those cities.
Observers who have seen the
seemingly impregnable defenses
erected here to Illustrate any attack,
and knowing the details of the heavy
police and military guards arranged
for the trip to Columbus, laughed
at the idea of Dillinger attempting
a delivery of the convicts. The con-
census here is that the gangster
chief has decided to let his pals
take the rap"
PierpOnt Smiles SardonicaIIy
The hardened characters of Pier
pont and Makley were shown Sat
urday as the gangsters stood before
Judge Emmett E. Everett in court
to be sentenced to death on Friday.
July IS.
Pierpont, dapper in a neat gray
suit and blue shirt, stood smiling
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die in the electric chair. The smile
broadened to grin as Judge Ever
EFT read a list of reasons why the
court had decided against a new
trial for the bandit and murderer.
Makley, like Pierpont. was
brought into court for sentence,
shackled to deputy sheriffs. He
was chewing gum vigorously. While
the judge solemnly pronounced SEN
tence, the gangster chewed harder
and shifted his feet impatiently.
All his attempts at geniality had
vanished.
Now he was hard and showing it
in his every gesture.
Clark Gets Life
Clark's heavy features did not
tighten when jury brought in a
verdict Of guilty, but with recon-
mendation for mercy. He showed
no elation, even when his mother. a
pathetic, wrinkled woman, kissed
him fervently. When a newspapr
man asked him what he thought of
it, the gangSter replied:
You do my thinking for me-" He
lapsed into brooding silence.
Edward Shouse, former terror
mob member now serving time in
the Indiana state prison, will plead
guilty to the murder of Sheriff Sar-
Der in the Allen county court in two
weeks, it was Indicated today by
Ernest Botkin, prosecutor.
In sentencing Clark, Judge Everett
denied the truth of charges that
Pierpont and Makley were ION trial"
during Clark's trial.
He said he was amused by the
alibis in the gang trials, adding that
in nine out Of ten cases, in his ex-
perience, alibis are fictitious. He
charged that in the Clark case, de-
Tense alibi witnesses perjured them
selves.
AS soon as the country comes to
the conclusion that people must be-
come honest and stop thinking
every one else is crooked, the better
of the nation will be" he said.