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tClyde E. Shawiey Sentenced to Two Months in Happistiupg ThisMorningsoInncto£5G;0ttlt€SiHarrisburg, Pa., Dec. 4, —Clyde E. Shawiey of Olean, N. Y., a con-. fessed deserter and John E. Smith,!janother soldier, were sentenced in ' i court here laut evening to two months 1j in jail lor robbing a Market street i liquor store and then, on the orders0 ftheir superior army officers, they -were stripped of their uniforms, blankets and army paraphenalia. j a Both were ridiculed by the local g judges for disgracing their country.1 Shawiey deserted Camp Dix some | weeks ago to visit his sick mother in I® I Olean, he said. He and Smith methere at the Pennsylvania station, while Shawiey said he was enrouteto Camp.Smith robbed the store within a 5 square of the station, while Shawiey j watched and waited and they divided the stolen liquor. In the split up Smith kept a bottle o£ water window display gin and that caused theirdownfall. tDetainers have been lodged against them at the jail, indicating that they will be tried by court martial, after their release here.vh6:banrctIfc
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Olean Evening Herald
Olean, New York, US
Tue, Dec 04, 1917
Page 4
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