Bingham Bulletin | 1927-12-29 | Page 3 | Clerk in Prison as Burglar Studies Law, Appeal Wins

Clerk in Prison as Burglar Studies Law, Appea's, Winn Poplar P.lulT, Mo. The story of how a former postal clerk sentenced ' to five years In the Leavenworth Federal Fed-eral prison on the charge of hurglnriz-Ing hurglnriz-Ing the post office here, studied law while In prison and prepared briefs and an appeal of his case to the United States Court of Appeals has just been received here. Hayes Vangorder was accused of . burglarizing the post office in 1024 and convicted of stealing two mail j box keys. j His appeal asserted that do one had witnessed the theft of the keys ; and that they had not been found on ' lilm until eighty-seven days af'er the theft, too late to establish e legal hypothesis that he had stolen them The Appellate court upheld this contention and the case probao'y will be dropped. Vangorder was mall ordi r clerk here for some time. !