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Bluffs this week Jadge MArtln J. Wade J tsentenced _ the twenty-one mail clggfeg.fv who bad been in dieted for lirregularfcj^ tieb ^jg^OTiniei: i iua Wiiq'fhft is ti whileworking at_thgJTJE. Transfer. Aynong-Lthem way one- Coming roan; Glen Hy-ere, who_says bis offense «in£lct?*Lr5ii~Hrely of taking some small articlesthat were found loose in the mail such as chewing gum, face powder* etc., and waii considered of no consequence. Qzzi haS'alyrFiXX jgh/isJti^^timation of Coming people who arcslow to beilcre:m wonld. be- gullfy-o* any intentional wrong. A W o£ $1,000 and costs was imposed on each. of -.thetWCSt?-^S5r d©5?S% $50v tv SittTni i/£u~W*£(edition and the balance to be paid infsixfday3“dF^Joihmitmbht“Jail 5* sued. All of the former clerkB were charged with theft .of ...postal- matter jtroiu the UnipD_Paclf^ira.r»Hfe^ t*r-ijminaL They were indicted by the fed-j eral grand Jnrr, .The es-clerks who JwcK Sricd nr;i: Ot£G l?-Wv 3, Bartunek, 21, Tobias;Carl M. Adle, 28, Sidney; Burrell F. Armstrnug, 27, 215 South Tenth street; Victor Bohsnd, ,25r Council Bluffs; Clarence It. Fjke, 10, 2654 Avenue C.; Hurold Garland. 20, Sunnier, la,; Forrest KL flatten, 23, Sidney: Harry Jordan. 31, 2201 Seventh avenue; Hartley T. KfWin, 21 Columbus, Neb.; Albert H. Krueger/ 29, Waterloo, la/; Harry Krug*.28* Plymouth, la.; Bob-evt Liny file, 21, Sumner, Neb.; Her* man Moomay, Sidney; George £. Me* Eldeny. 24, Centerville, In.: JotMao*-* SSnrrcsuin. In,Glen D.. My-era, 23, Coming; Charles A. Nets*-baum, 32, 22 South Twehtr-firSt street; Dlt;ma!d T. Parke, 20. 509 South Twenty-fisth street; William C. Sadler, 32, TOfKiifc- at 612 west ^asbisgioa avenue;’ A!? H. Tczzg, 20, -Vos' MoihwL I am iconfident that you will appreciate that J this Is one illustration of the mercy} {of the law,” said Judge Wade as he ‘passed Judgment on the cases. There has been punishment suffered by every individual here, and the cases have been an cxntnp'e to the present time,'1 asserted the Judge. “It was evident that the existing conditions here were not right and I have taken this intothwnffhftHf** . *
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Adams County Free Press

Corning, Iowa, US

Sat, Mar 10, 1923

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