Show f- f Sweet So Sou ec Church Worker Draws 8 to 12 Years in Prison NEW NEWARK RK N. N J S. Feb 25 UP UP Mrs Amelia melia M. M Carr known for years as a sweet sweet- church h ork was sentenced sen sen- Wednesday t to from rom eight to 12 years in prison on eight charges of obtaining money under under under un un- un- un der false pretenses Sentence was pronounced on her birthday Her arrest last Christmas day shocked friends in her community community community where her husband J. J Clarence Clarence Clarence Clar Clar- ence Carr is chairman of the board of trustees of the Roseville Roseville Roseville Rose- Rose ville Methodist church A fingerprint checkup however however however how how- ever revealed an amazing Career career career ca ca- reer of crime including convictions convictions convictions for fraud forgery bad checks and confidence game swindles extending back to 1901 Prosecutor William A. A feld described her as the country's country's country's coun coun- try's outstanding confidence nce woman She was arrested on a charge of defrauding a year old member of her church of and it developed that this was but one of several similar swin swin- estimated that she had taken a total of 1000 in such schemes Once convinced that her real identity was known Mrs Carr dropped her pious pose She stood in unemotional s si silence s- s 1 lence while Judge Daniel Brennan sentenced her I |