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DfJames .^3.' DeFriend, former Watertown automobile dealer who was sen-1J n i teneed to%uburn prison February 29,! jI192$, to n#4less than two nor more1er ^ than four y|ars, will be paroled Bneb-k ■ ruary 28, according to official notice ! received Saturday.■DeFriend had one of the largest au-Vtomobile businesses in northern New t York and acquired a considerable j | amount of real estate. Caught, with a |J,' large stock of cars he was unable to j 011Ir* sell he resorted to double mortgaging 0; them to raise funds to prevent bank-,13 • ! •0 ruptcy. Pie then disappeared but was-,33** arrested after several months, being 1 ^* ,?’*• ■1 j found at a camp on Black Lake, near *, Couverneur.* In the meantime his business had been forced into bankrupt-h! cy. Thirteen indictments were broughtagainst him and he pleaded guilty to I a charge of grand larceny, first de-: * gree. 1. i ....... * i\ During his incarceration in. Auburn : w1 prison he has ’seen two of the worst ’ lo* iprison riots this country has ex-peri- ’ ni , enced but refused to participate in J K I either and .is reported as being a model prisoner.He will be paroled in the custody of ' Capt. Alfred S. yVood, probation offi-1 cer of Jefferson county.thblseanit
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Lowville Black River Democrat
Lowville, New York, US
Thu, Feb 06, 1930
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