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Rum Gang Leaders Gef Prison Termsr»K ,‘mm * nt' » bnntleggi-Dude Wilson—drew on** vear |5.nnn Fridav lor cnn«P'nng to The sentence* were metedrFive other bootlegger* a'!Car Salesmen, Boss Charged10 Are Accused Of Sunday SellingA Midwest fit} auto dealer • nd nine salesmen Fridav wrie charged in rl.«»tm t court here fiith violating Mate law by •»e!l-ing autos on Sunday Charged with conspiracy to vio* far# the Sabh;»th breaking law was Paul Hudiburg. 14.1 W Atkin son. Midwest City Chevrolet dealer.\}vo named n the charges filed h\ W•]}];' n N Mo.-nger a*M-ant roi.n'y attorney, before Otis 11 ,Iame«. iiisurs of peace, wcr* t tries it Glasgow. aales man ager; Don H av * Farmst C Sbel* den. Travis F Vaught. Merle C. Smith. Joy M. Owens and Troy (. o ' *on Complaint* were signed bySherman •rev investigator, who alleged the conspiracy began on June 11 when lludiburg was issued a state auto dealer s license Wagoner 11sied as overt acls the selling of autos on December 1. 8. 15. 22 and 29.Mounger explained that a simple breaking! he-Sabbath charge In a misdemeanor and carries a $25 fine Hudiburg Has alreadv been charged on two counts in this connection in common pleas court here.Tee conspiracv-to break the Sabbath charge is a felony and carries a fine up to Sto.noo and two years in jail.Red Soldiers Leave Berlin CheckpointsBKIU.IN. Jan. 1 (INS)-Alarge cordon of Soviet soldiers, placed on the Fast-West Berlin border to' search for deserting Bed army officers and enlisted men. was withdrawn Friday from frontier checkpoints.The Sov iet commandant in Fast Germany ordered all troops hack to their barracks. Reliable reports said several Russian soldiers have escaped to the west in the past week.Slayer Granted Execution SlayKdwarri I.con Pete Williams.rig brothers—1 D Wilson and F W prison senfeno* and tries totaling liolate federal liquor law* out by 1. S. district Judge Rossffnked with the Wilsons' widespread whisky operations, received »en- *“ lences ranging from 18 months Sl to probationJudge Kir lay gave Todd-Smoot# a two}ear suspended 61 sentence with an additional two tc year probation period. Floyd Pearson was fined IIV» and ,c given a two-year suspended *rn *‘r tence to he followed by a two-year probationary pet od.No D#fon»# Offered Claude Myers, a former convict received 18 months; Joe Soargent got a four sear mis- elt; pended semence plus a four-year probationary period, and Leo Glenn Abney drew a two-year P! suspended srntence to be fol- ,n lowed by two yea « of proba ni tion. N ®They are charged**.Mi conspiring to bring t3xpai«l whisky info const tutionallv dry Oklahoma 0 In addition, the Wilson brothers nlt; aie charg.d with operating *v th out wholesale liquor dealers' 10 stamps.On December 4 the dav they th were slated to stand trial, the «a seven bootlegger* entered pleas alt; of no defense* before Judge na Rizlev after withdrawing earlier be innocent pleas. jJO Dav Stay Granted toFriday. Judge Rizley fined I* J D Wilson 13.000 and Dude Wilson $2,000 in addition to hand- in; ing them one-year federal sen- tin tence* He also gave the Wilsons a and Myers a 30-day stay before tin commit! mg them to a federal re penitentiary. co3Tie conspiracy charges co* tn ered a period from November. eM 19.V5. to last June 30. and the m; government claimed the operations brought $182 544 worth ol t booze from Wichita Falls to ,|a Oklahoma, and that it was sold th, to seven different liquor retail* thlt; era here.All seven defendant were in- cut dieted by a federal grand jliry in October of last year. \l*o in- as dieted was fcJIis Bonham, identified as a major Wichita Falls whisky dealer who supplied the wj| contraband. ami J. I). Wilson’s a# wile, Bobbie June Wilson. ,.v,One Cate Delayed (a^\ conspiracy charge against qUl Mrs. Wilson was dismissed by S1C Judge Ri/ley last month for lack of evidence Bonham s case has been postponed pending filing of additional charges. fThe government allege* the |„|, Wilsons took turns making twice- wii weekly run* here from Wichita fj,* Falls throughout the conspiracy oth period On the side, the combine allegedly brought 1431* gallons Iof wine across Red river and | stashed if in Cleveland county.Seargent. Myers and Abney re- ■ ported I v worked for Dude Wil- r son as delivery men Smooteadmitted storing quantities ofwhisky for J. I). Wilson on his C(arm northeast of Oklahoma chiiC'nnllniifd •• Pat# ?. Cnl'ima .V» StO
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Oklahoma City Daily Oklahoman
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, US
Sat, Jan 04, 1958
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