Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1938-04-21
'Stolberg Shows
Boys That Crime
Is A Rough Path
Two Get Three-Year Sen
tence; Will be Stayed on
Strict Conditions.

The three recently convicted boys,
who have been apprehended in thiev-
cry at Askov and Sandstone, were
brought before Judge Alfred P. Stol-
berg Tuesday morning at 10 o'clock
and sentenced for their crime Leo
Wood was the first and he was SEN
fenced to three years in one of the
states penal institutions, but his SEN
tence is stayed. He is attending school
at Sandstone. Frances Lund was
next brought to receive his sentence
and he was given three years in the
states penal institutions at hard
labor, but as in the case of Wood
his sentence will be stayed with Ger
tain provisions.
In order to remain free and to
give them a chance to make good in
life, both boys must be law-abiding,
must refrain from use of liquors, in
Guiding so-called 80 percent beer
and they must stay away from pool
halls, public dance halls and other
places of entertainment. They must
also be steadily employed. They will
be under supervision of the state
parole board and one infraction of
any of the rules laid down will cause
them to serve the complete sentence.
Authorities feel that such a sentence
will explode the crime bubble to
young men as being a myth and will
at the same time give them a chance
to make good.
Vaughn Has Record.
The third boy, Roy Vaughn, who
halls from Texas, seems to have a
police record. He is known to have
been arrested three times and he was
continued in the custody of the sheriff
while checkup is being made of his
record. He will be brought before
the judge at Saltwater on May 10, at
10 a. m.
Nickerson Thief Gets Five Years.
James Hall, who was arrested by
Deputy Sheriff Lenard H. Lund soon
after he had taken some articles from
the johnson store at Nickerson on
Wednesday night of last week, was
brought before the judge and SEN
fenced to five years at hard labor in
the penitentiary.
Questioning brought out that very
little part of Halls life has been
spent out of trouble He admitted
that he had worked but about two
or three weeks in the past Is years
and admitted serving time in Wis
consin, Iowa, Minnesota, South Da-
kota and North Dakota. He is about
so years of age. 1t is apparent that
he also was the one who stole some
merchandise from the Askov Coop
erative store several days ago.
Sturgeon Man "Sent Up"
Joseph Chmielewski of Sturgeon
Lake, had been recently arrested on
a charge of stealing two wrist watches
and because of his past record when
he served in the institutions for feeble
minded at Faribault and st. Peter,
he was sentenced to serve five years
at hard labor in the states penal
institutions. His is an unfortunate
case, commented Judge Stolberg, but
in view of the fact that trouble seems
to almost invariably ensue when he
gains his freedom, the jurist deemed
its best for society and himself that
he be put away.
Denham Home Contains Loot.
The sheriff made raid on a Den
ham home last Thursday morning and
found some loot in the case of Robert
and Eddy Martichuski and Andrew
Subjeck, who were arrested in Super
ior, Wis, and charged with robbery
in the first degree. They are accused
of robbing liquor store at Oliver,
Wis, where it is alleged they took
more than 100 quarts of whiskey, a
radio, an accordion and some blan-
kets. Most of the loot was recovered
in the raid.
The sheriff's office has learned that
Robert Martichuski is out on parole
from the ST. Cloud reformatory. He
has about six or seven years yet to
serve.