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POSTAL EMPLOYES FACE JUDGE ANDERSON AT INDIANAPOLIS.District Attorney Chas. W. Miller Formerly of Goshen Prosecuted Cases Against Postmasters.Arthur A. 'Finney, postmaster atValparaiso; Frank Garr, postmasterat Herbst; Charles G. teoaz, formerrailway mail transfer clerk at Indianapolis union station, and Wm. A. Gant, writer of “Black Hand” letters to Henry S. Adams, of Fortville, were sentenced to the government prison at Leavenworth by Judge Anderson, in federal court in Indianapolis Tuesday. In each case there was a plea of guilty and the term of imprisonment was fixed at two years. Two other postal men entered pleasof guilty.In the case of Clarence D. Robertson, former letter carrier in Indianapolis, chargd with rifling the mails. Judge Anderson took the question of penalty under advisement. In the case of Ludovich E. Dennis, assistant postmaster of Crawfordsville, charged with embezzlement, although a plea of guilty had been entered on arraignment, the matter of the penalty had not come before the court.Finney Surprised. *Finney, who was guilty of embezzlement of postal funds, was visibly surprised when it became apparent that he must go to the federal prison. He had told friends that he did not expect a serious outcome of his trou-| bles. His attorney, Grant Crumpack-er, urged that the court show leniency, as the shortage in the Valparaiso office was only a “temporary one,” as Finney had intended to pay it back at once, Judge Anderson’s reply was that “all these are temporary ones. Of course, when they take money from the government they1 expect to pay it back.”Of the $1,000 Finey was short $800 was used to pay off a note given by Finney. The latter when pressed ar. to why his need of money was urgent, confessed reluctantly that there was a “woman in the case.”For “B%ack Hand” Letters.William -f. Gant, of Indianapolis, who sent three “Black Hand” letters to H. S. A4ams, threatening to kill Adams’ son and daughter and destroy his property unless; $500 was forthcoming, got a two-year sentence, after Judge Anderson had told him that he shoud have gone to work with his hands and tried to earn an honest living. Since Gant’s arrest there have been numerous solicitations that he -receive a suspended sentence. Gant is only twenty years old.Brainstorms No Defense.In behalf of Charies G. Boaz, tor- ( mer transfer clerk at the union sta-1 f tion in Indianapois, guilty of special delivery thefts, Harry S. New, repub-can national committeeman from Indiana; James P. Goodrich, former re-pubican state chairman, and W. L. Taylor, former attorney general appeared. Taylor said relatives of | J Boaz had asked him to appear as a friend. These relatives, he said, took the view that Boaz woud never have committed the thefts charged unless he was suffering from some mental c trouble at the time. To this Judge An-derson replied: “That will not do.” |Reports of Inspectors. fDistrict Attorney C. W. Miller detailed the reports of the postoffice inspectors in the Boaz case, showing how they had caught him with mark-11 ed hills taken from .decoy letters. Miller explained that there had been more than five hundred of these j ‘ thefts covering a number of years, end that inspectors had been unable to find the guilty man until Boaz wasarrested. itCIas£a'J((Men to Meet in January.’ A meeting of churchmen will be held in all of . the thirty parishes of the Episcopal church in this diocese 1] early in January. At least one visit- ? ] ing layman and one visiting clergy- j man will be present to deliver ad- ] dresses on church extension work. u
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Goshen Weekly News Times
Goshen, Indiana, US
Fri, Nov 24, 1911
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