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to pay ommis-r than biisheth!m local;) much on per-lookingGARWOOD, PENNVILLE BANDIT,PLEADS GUILTY; WILL LIKELY RECEIVE SENTENCE MONDAYdeposit! Portland, Ind., August 14. — I Paul Garwood, 25, oldest of thethree bandits who attempted to hold up the Pennville bank Wednesday at noon, confessed to his part in the crime, and implicated Lewis and Lester Walker, twin brothers of Hartford City, and was arraigned in me aiternoon oetorjere eas-cannot ; are inLester Walker driving the car to Pennville while he and Lewis Walker enieieu the bank. iucWalker boys are twins and will be 21 years of age early in September.is mon-mrities fails toJudge Frank Gillespie in term vacation of the Jay circuit court.He entered a plea of guilty to he charge of commission of ornnlc V» a attempt to commitUUlV, IIC _,a,.rntwi wit It a acrime while . aarmed with a deadly weapon,DUt is under the statutes of 1919, whichto the carries a Prison sentence of ten Men Given Life Terms;to twenty years. Sentence was de-NAB WOMAN FORTORCH MURDERSNegro And Two Whitedf with er!mrance ity-two lg time ted for archaseferred until Monday.Lester and Lewis Walker said at one time today that they would en ter a plea of guilty to the same charge, but after learning of Garwood’s plea and the penalty, they changed their minds and said they wanted until Monday to come to a decision. It is said that they had received some legal advice from a Hartford City attorney through their father. L. William Walker of Hartford City.Garwood and the two Walker twins, sought to get off with a lig*ht sentence, Garwood because he had confessed and the Walker boys because of their youth, but officials were not in favor of granting clemency. Garwood was released from the state penal farm only two weeks ago, havingLynchers Foiled.Ann Arbor, Mich., Aug. 14.— Three torch slayers, called ’’fiends in human form” by the judge who sentenced them, were in solitary confinement today In Jackson Prison, serving the first day of a life-long penalty for killing and burning two young couples on a lonely country road near here early last Tuesday.They confessed, were sentenced to life imprisonment and placed in the Jackson- institution within six hours’ time last night.A new angle to the affair—not mentioned by the men in their con-jventual-' in 1934basis of sst must,000 an-In 1934, il bonds leet this. .fessions—was revealed early todaybeen sent up on a liquor chaw wlth the arregt of Catherine Keller,T ooro%’ SA/ o 1 Tr a%* ovi o of thn +1%i«aa - , /aged 25, at her home in Ypsilanti.She was brought to the county jail here. Officers began an investigation of reports that she accompanied the killers early Tuesday when they robbed the young couples, attacked one of the girls, killed them and then burned their bodies. Depu-Lester Walker, one of the three bandits who attempted to hold up the Pennville bank, Wednesday, was brought to this city Thursday morning from Hartford City. He was picked up on suspicion Wednesday afternoon by Hartford City officers, but was released earlyThursday morning on the belief ties said the woman was me sweet-that he was not implicated in the heart of Fred Smith, one of theatempted holdup. A short time af- killers, ivy of at terward he was again taken in ens-jtody upon advice that he was the driver of the car used bv the bandits. This was learned when Paul Garwood made a full confession to Sheriff Lon J. Wehrlv and Charles D. Bolte of the Bureau of Criminal Identification, of Inndianauolis.t in the ard this :ermed a set in itsShe admitted being with the men Monday night, but said that she left the party before the holdup occurred.The closing of the doors of the prison at Jackson, 38 miles away, a few minutes before midnight, ended the most riotous day in theGarwood and Lewis Walker, who history of this university eommun-ivere placed in the county jail af-*ity.Lynchers Beaten Off.Four times angry crowds at-ter their capture by a posse of Pennville citizens, showed a dispo-with the ids or atjuggling ^t|on to tai^ However, he had tempted to snatch the prisoners—-nount 01 but little to say until after having Fred Smith, aged 22, ex-convict;at would his past criminal record brought Lav id ftiacKstone, aged 33, itiner-to his attention. Lewis Walkerfant Negro, and Frank Oliver 19-refused to talk much about year-old painter—from a half bun-,the arremptea hoidup, contenting dred officers guarding them and himself with denying having any impose their own penalty.o deceive ird under aber 31,” ime issue ol boardpart in it., saying that he had gone to Pennvile to purchase poultry. Ganvood, in his confession, told—o-Civilization can overcome evil. The hard part is to clean up the the officers that Lewis Walker had mess made by those who mean planned the attempted holdup, well.
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Muncie Post Democrat
Muncie, Indiana, US
Fri, Aug 14, 1931
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