Show I S 4 Newberry and 17 1 7 Others Are re R n lection fraud Fraud o Case ase RIVEN FULL PENALTY PENAL IY BY 5 S. S JU JUDGE f Convicted Statesman Serves Notice of His His' Appeal to Supreme Court Brother Brothe x I Also Among g Defendants G RAND RAPIDS Mich arich March 20 Truman 20 Truman H. H Newberry junior I IUni Uni United d States senator from Michigan I was today convicted by a jury of having having hav hay haying ing conspired criminally in 1918 1018 to to violate the election laws He ITe was sentenced sentenced sen son by Judge Clarence W. W Sessions to two years imprisonment and md fin fined d r released on ox bond pending an appeal and at once issued a statement nt declaring ng o his Iris to reth retain n. n M his ilis s seat in tho the Senate unless that body body de de decides tides otherwise or the tie supreme court upholds his conviction Sharing Sharing- the fate fite of tho the senator r were I. I L. L w. w I. I L. L w. w his brother John S. S Newberry and fifteen fifteen teen campaign managers ors Including Frederick Cody New York and Paul II H. Kin King Detroit Both Doth these men roon re- re the limit sentence with their chief Charles A. A Floyd Flord Detroit was also sentenced to two years In tl trio the e penitentiary but he was fined tined only half as asI I much as The brother was fined tined and was one ono of or four who wore were not sentenced to Leavenworth Tho The lightest sentence went to George a S. S Ladd of or Sturbridge Miss Mass and ho was fined tined 1000 of ot Convicted Frederick Frederic Cod Cody two two years In L Leavenworth Leav- Leav av aY an and fine Cine Paul King two years cars In Leavenworth Leavenworth Leaven Leaven- worth and fine Charles A A. Floyd Foyd two years in Leavenworth Leav and fine William J. J Mickel Micke two years Allan Alan A. A L Templeton ore year oar and six sis months Roger M. M Andrews Androws ono one year and six months Milton Ilton Oakman one one- year and six months Richard H. H Fletcher one year r r and an three months James F F. F McGregor or one year and three months 1 Fred red Henry one ono year and three months Hannibal Hopkins one year and ono one day daj E. E V. V ono one year and one day John S S. Newberry fined tined Continued on Pare Pago 2 V I 1 f. f f. f SENATOR GIVEN TIME AND FINE C 1 IN FRAUD CASE Seventeen Defendants Sentenced Sentenced Sen Sen- by Court on Charges r of f Unlawful Election 1 I J Continued from Page 1 1 Harry Barry 0 O. Turner tined fined 2000 1 B. B Frank l f Emery m r fined fired 2000 o S. S Ladd tined fined 1000 I Jury Jorr Verdict I t The Tho trial passed 1 Into history with great velocity The jury was ready read with its ts verdict at 1112 a. a m. m Less than halt half an hour later they ha had 1 been discharged by the court after aCter freeing treeing sixty eight ht of or tho the fiVe hE o defend ants There Thore was a brief briet r respite for tor I luncheon and then tho the senator and his sixteen associates wore were brought Into court again News of ot the convictions con had been spread around the city an and 1 the tho room was Jammed Ordered to stand before the bar the tho themen men men ranged themselves In a n crescent tl the e senator on the left and antI his brother I next S Sentence nt The stir of ot ranging tho men before belore the bar died 1 away to absolute stillness still still- ness In quiet tones Judge b Sessions asked It if nn any of ot the men wished to sJ say before sentence was pro pro- Th They y stood mute Then tho the court in even en voice rea read 1 the tho time Ume- h honored formula of or sentence Truman II H. Newberry In your our case It itis It Is tho the Judgment of oC tho the court that y du du Ju bo ho confined In tho the penitentiary r at l Leavenworth Le for tor the full tull timo time and pe- pe and be bo fined tined of or two years ears said the tho Judge No o one stirred as the tho audience caught c. taco tho words that showed the jud judge e had hadac ac against tho the principal defendant defend defend- ant aitt the heaviest sentence allowed b by bythe bythe the law There was a 3 deep breath or t two vo aud- aud ible ble as tho the samo measure of ot justice gas r s meted out to King Icing and Cody One or OT two of ot the tho defendants stirred a Q bit when Floyd was given I a n slightly less severe penalty but each succeeding sentence to prison or v hea-v heavy fine was recel received cd in I stoical to Ical silence Ten Ien Are Arc DI d Immediately after aler the sentences ba had bad 1 of or In Indianapolis Indianapolis Indianapolis In- In been passed 1 rank Frank C C. Dailey special assistant attorney general g and chief prosecutor of or tho already famous case wiped the slate clean elean by moving tho dismissal o of ten ten of or tho the respondents to tho Indictment Indictment Indict Indict- ment moat who had pleaded no no contest Ho He also moved tho the discharge of or Elmer ElmerE E E. E White of ot City who was of ot illness given a severance because an and 1 of or James Dane Dalley a Muskegon contractor contractor contractor con con- tractor who wont went to South America on business government officials could servo 0 him with a warrant tho the at- at Ninety days das were granted for VM th the M-io M convicted men In Which lUi U. U W 1 u to perfect an appeal Then court ad ad- Testimony Itc While hUe the tho Jurors id hl they had agreed 1 not to discuss their deliberations the tho rule did not hold good after aCter the they had been released from service ser Several said that the defense testimony Itself was was largely larget responsible for tor tho the adverse verdict particularly Kings King's statement on the stand that ho had hatt warned Now- Now berry borry in New York that tho the campaign would cost at least It was M also learned that In view of ot this testimony and tho numerous letters letters letters let let- between King Icing and Newberry Introduced introduced introduced Intro intro- by bp tho defense defenso to show enow patriotic moves and innocent Intent In the tho campaign cam cam- campaign th the Jurors had no difficulty In to agreeing ag yesterday est that a conspiracy had existed With this as a basis thoy they started to ballot on whether all an tho were guilty and five eighty defendants stood tood at 9 0 to 3 all day ay Friday on this today this vote was proposition Ear Early changed to 10 to 2 but when a deadlock deadlock dead dead- tho the majority majority ma ma- possibility lock loomed 1 as a attempt to convict convict convict con con- agreed 1 not to vict tho minor defendants Ono vote voto It was Newberry only was taken on 12 13 to 0 for tor guilt gull Truman Truman II H. Newberry was as elected United States senator from Michigan by a n majority of or votes over Henry Henry Henry Hen Hen- ry Ford according to tho the official re report report report re- re port ot of tho the state canvassing boar board 1 Tho The announced were Newberry Newbern I Ford ono one of ot tho the closest races ever over cr recorded in a 3 Michigan senatorial son sen atonal ejection First formal Cormal of or irre irregularities In tho the 1918 1913 campaign came camo January mn 6 6 1919 when Henry Ford filed with with the tho Senate an appeal for tor a 3 recount recount- Ho lie alleged Improper use of or mails ty y tho the Newberry campaign campaign cam cam- manager Intimidation of ot voters oters Improper rejection of ballots and charged that at at at least ballots were unlawfully c tl for Newberry IIo lIo charged many t l ejection cUon c-cUon boards In Included included In in- Intense partis jis ns of ot Newberry Charges of or fraud 1 and corruption also wore made mado b by Go God Gov D. D Dickinson Dickin Dickin- son and amI It was on these charges barges to the tho federal department of or Justice that tho grand Jury Inquiry was order ordered The Tho grand Jury jur returned tho the f ments naming Senator Newberry Newbern j hand and others Including virtually ev every everyman r man connected with the campaign n. Tho list however was narrowed down to five eighty after aCter tho the trial sot got under underway underway way moro than eight weeks ago were dismissed on motions daB daily and many voluntarily by the tho court Tho The chief burden for tho the defense was borne by Attorneys James O. O MurIn Murfin Mur- Mur fin In of ot Detroit Martin W W. Littleton of ot Now ew York and George Georgo Nichols of Ionia In addition personal counsel for Individual Individual individual Indi Indi- vidual defendants numbered more than thirty five Tho The governments government's case cas-c was Vas conducted mainly by Frank C C. Dailey and William H. H Eichhorn of In Indiana Indiana In- In I diana and II IL Dale Dalo Souter of or Grand I Rapids Court stenographers stenos reP reported when tho c se ent to tho Jury that the re record record re- re cord contained C a pages pas averaging words a page pabo 1 |