Hide Article Text (OCR)
A r*I era Association of America.Sentencing of Brothers Awaits Family’s Crime Record ProbePLATTSBURG, Mo.. Oct. 9~ (AP)—Stanley Adams, 22, and his brother, Clifford Adams, 20, of St. Joseph were held in the Clinton county jail today awaiting sentence for possession ol burglary tools pending further investigation of what Circuit Judge R. 13. Bridge-man called “the family’s astounding criminal record.”In all my life,” Judge Bridge-man said, “I have never heard of a more startling criminal record of a family.”Judge Bridgeman deferred sen-ajC€f October 17 after theAdams brothers pleaded guilty yesterday,A similar charge was dismissed against Cecil Adams, father of thetwo young men, when Sheriff Jessinformed the court the * ^an wa? sentenced last neck at Falls City, Neb., to serve louryears for check forgery. Motherson, (lie sheriff said, also receiveda 4-year sentence at Falls City recently.Sheriff Rowland said information from the federal bureau of investigation at Washington was that Cecil Adams had received four sentences totaling 17 years for holdups and burglaries, Stanley Adams had served reformatoryand prison sentences and CliffordAdams had bec.i in a reformatory.The sheriff said the youths’ mother also had served a term in Missouri prison for possession of stolen goods.Hoy Elliott, arrested with the three Adams here a month ago in a motor car containing alleged burglar tools, also pleaded guilty yesterday and his sentence was deferred. The sheriff said federa*records showed he had recci/sentence,lt; totaling 16 years in prison.i
Newspaper Details
Jefferson City Post Tribune
Jefferson City, Missouri, US
Fri, Oct 09, 1936
Page 8
Full Page
Clipped by
Metro L.
IA, USA 12 Jul 2020
Other Publications Near Jefferson City, Missouri
Jefferson City Tribune Post
Jefferson City Democrat Tribune
Daily Democrat Tribune
Jefferson City Post Tribune
Daily Capital News
