Evening star., 1941-04-26
Parole VioIator Gets
Limit in Shooting
OF D. {. Policeman
Concurrent Sentences
Are Given 10 Others
In Series of Crimes

District Court justices yesterday
granted concurrent sentences to 10
men, whose crimes averaged four
each, including robbery, burglary
and automobile theft. This method
of permitting a prisoner to serve
several sentences at the same time
reduces his penalty to that custom
arily eXacted on conviction for a
single offense.
One defendant in the criminal di-
vision, however, did not fare so well.
He was Wilton Thompson, colored,
a parole violator, who was sentenced
to from 5 to Is years in prison for
shooting Detective Sergt. Earl Baker
with the officers pistol while resist
ing arrest last August.
The limit of the law was given
Thompson by Justice F. Dickinson
Let's after Assistant District At
torney Arthur B. Caldwell told the
court Sergt. Baker may be deprived
Of the use of his right arm as a
result of the injury.
Now Serving Term.
Justice Let's ordered Thompson
to begin serving the 5-to-15-year
term after he has completed a 4-to-
12-year term given him last week
on a charge of housebreaking. The
shooting occurred when Sergt. Baker
attempted to arrest Thompson in
connection with a long series of
housebreaking Mr.. Caldwell said
additional charges of housebreaking
probably never will be brought
against Thompson because he is
expected to serve q years under his
present sentences.
Charles r. Vanderhoff, 26, a
bandit accused of intimidating his
victims with toy pistol. was sem
fenced to from one to three years
in prison by Justice T. Alan Colds
borough on each of eight charges of
robbery and two charges of assault
with intent to commit robbery. All
10 of the sentences, however, are to
run concurrently. The defendant
was said to have robbed one store
on two occasions and was captured
by police when he returned a third
time.
A suspended sentence was given
by Justice Goldsborough to Lewis
A. Ericsson, 10, said by police tc
have been member of gang who
stole several cars and used them
to commit robberies. He was given
six months to two years on each o1
two robbery counts and the SEN
tences were made concurrent. In
passing sentence, Justice Colds
borough declared he could not over
look a situation like this"
He said if other youths had the
same ideas as these boys had, hall
of them would rob and kill the
other half and then fight among
themselves
Six Automobile Thefts.
Harry r. Bender, 18, received from
two to six months for each of si>
| automobile thefts. The sentence:
were made concurrent and Bender
was granted probation.
Justice GoldSborough sentenced
Herbert w. johnson, %, to from
6 to 18 months each on two house.
breaking and larceny charges. These
sentences were made concurrent
and were to run jointly with 180'
day term johnson is serving under
a petit larceny conviction in Police
| Court.
Six charges of housebreakins
against Charles Franklin, %, brough
him one to three year jail sentence!
on each charge. These sentences
also were concurrent.
Accused of Raiding Freight Cars.
In the same court William Hart
man got one to three years on each
of three housebreaking charges, tt
run concurrently, and Joseph Whole
received the same penalty on two
housebreaking counts. The two wer,
said to have stolen a quantity o.
beef in raids on freight cars.
Justice Let's sentenced JOSEPH
Weldon Brown to four months to s
year and "a day each on one chargt
of automobile theft and two O
housebreaking. The sentences wert
made concurrent.
One charge of automobile thief
and one of HOUSEKEEPING brought {
similar sentence to Leroy james
Adams. Justice Let's handed ou
one to three year sentences to Irving
r. Haskins on each of four house
breaking counts. The sentences wer'
made concurrent.