Show SENA SENATOR TOR BURTON GETS SHORT TERM IN PRISON 5 and and a Fine of 2 2500 OO Is the S Sentence Imposed i it t Bill of j d and an App Appeal al T Taken keri to th the Circuit Court of Appeals t 5 9 Joseph R It Burton t of recently non eon 4 v of at 1 fees from the A Securities oon CO as their att attorn was w today given a c Me months 4 4 la hr jail MI and wu IO by Judge Adams Adame In t tb tJ States district 4 4 wt c at St 10 J S 9 4 4 S tT 1 LOUIS LOUI M Mci April 6 S ii BUrton b by his lead 5 lug Jug er Judge Jud e Chester R IL Erum came Into the United States dt die dietrict triet at 1230 A case eaM WaS be being nS tried and Jude Adams Adam a mesas In that case to take tahe up the Burton e CI Judge Adams tor to stand up UD ad t th n s spoke of the that had bad Men been Mentor for tor a new DeW trial and for tor arrest of Judgment ud nt The court after briefly re reviewing viewing the motions overruled them t both T The e court then said to the de defendant i I Iia Have ve you anything to sa say as to why I sentence should not Dot ho bt passed upon you I Trembling and aDd evidently his emotions emotion with a strong streng effort Son Sen Senator ator Burton stood leaning with hoth hands on a 8 as he said Your honor will please allow me inc to o respectfully decline to say anything Oppressive Sil Silence nce The court room wu was almoSt empty with the of a few persons In ia Interested In the previous CAse and had out of oC curiosity and Ute the si silence I letice lence was almost oppre oppressive elve as Judge AdamS Adamd In lo low modulated tone began delivering the sentence to ha Imposed The court said paid After a fall fair and amI Impartial trial by bya b ba a jury jur Intelligence you OU have been een found Ul ot of the offe offenSes charged In the indictment against you youA A motton for a 8 new trial In your our behalf has a afforded me an opportunity to careful carefully review and c the ev evIdence evidence As A result of this I am sat that the jury reached the just and true result The evidence abundantly dantly warranted their verdict and I 1 find And no reason el either r Iu in the la law go gor the case or In the proceedings attending th trial for lor disturbing It Punishment Is Necessary Your conviction n resultS in your t l Its Importance n my opinion IS nOt to Its you the ther r t Of your gives an usual to your It demoR demonstrates tr tes that the th la law of t the theland land is Ie equal to an any emergencY and that k It can be administered regardless I of the personality or ot o the ae ac cuseL It also w to all tile the people the tha t pUblic ofFice be pro prostituted to and that pubIc otilee Is not a sure mire sat safe passport to private thrift The humiliation n attending your con conviction ft and the statutory resultIng which forever incapacitates you from any olilee of honor bono or 01 trust under uDder the gay I III 16 In Itself a I I for tor O r offense atad leave little In th WI way ot of w could fOuld be added I Sentence of the Court It Is neither my pleasure noli pur puri purpose i pose e to Impose any unnecessary punish I meat mente I r think the majesty of the a will willbe be sufficiently vindicated and aDd the wel welI welfare I rare fare su safeguardEd d b by I In lag a single se warranted as a It ItI Itis I I is on anyone any one of the Mx counts or of In Indictments on whIch you were ere convicted This sentence will m be that you be confined In the Iro Iron county jail for fora a period of six months aad that you pay a line of OO I At the conclusion of the sentence nee I Senator Burton who bd not taken and who had I II I his eyes ees from the cOurt eburt I scarcely moved as lie be sup supported p bl hIrn Milby self by th the chair back INIck tu and ad I down with his hed bowed eyes e on the leer I Burton Durton Declined to Taut Talk J Attorney Judge Krum Krull I filed a bill of In the ease I 1 and offered a bond of which I WItS was accepted and ami court took teok a re reI Sees until to t tile pro pre previous C case fIe Senator Senat 1 Burtea a and td Judge Jude e eKrom I Krum Krom then hurriedly ed from t the P court room In the corridor Sea Sen ator Burton stopped long e enough gh to light a 8 c cIar r and then aJ to lila hiI hotel He declined to dl disease the see sen senI tenor tence but said he be would 0 Iel depart depa rt to tonight tonight I night for hi home bome In Kansas rhe ea case will sow 0 ts appealed to lithe the United States ot of ap apI I peals 16 the bl highest het tribunal ia Ute te mat matI r I I Senator Burton who 14 none I tot tor from Reuses Kan as was after tIlt nn exhaustive trial In various letters front him to the Rialto Securities company the which he receIved In for hI services In behalf half uC of he be concern be before before fore the department and ancl the testimony of numerous a agnis ats of the government er introduced IntroduCe II Senator Burtons defense was s that tat he was acting merely Inthe capacity of an attorney and did not employ hIs senatorial influence In the work wk At the Southern hotel botel Senator Bur Burton Burton ton said to the Associated d Press I 1 have hae nothing whatever to sa say re regarding regarding garding the verdict I must respect fuRy fulty refer reter you to my attorneys on aU all questions concerning the m mattei Senator Burton then their went directly to his room Five minutes later Hugh C Dennis president or of the Rialto Grain Securities company knocked knocke l lon on the door and was ft admitted and aDd h versea toge together her for some sometime time S The Bill of Exceptions The t bUt of which wa 1 flied today Is a comprising more tJ LD pages o of matter It j Is a complete t transcript ot of the p proceedings ot of the trial anti and will be used by the States court Of appeals In revIewing the ease case Tile The bill of error which cop talus tile the grounds for tor appeal sets forth In detail aU all adverse ruling bY bi JUdge Elmer G Adams AdamI before whom the case wu was tried In the United States Statts dl district court One of Use the principal points forming the basis ba s of the appeal of the case i is that JUdge Adams U as evident several checks received elved by Senat r Burton from the Rialto Grain Securities ties company while he W was in Washing Washington ton D C The defense contended n the trial that it an offense had been committed wb when n Senator Burton at and ca cashed the checks it was committed In Washington ton and that th St Louis court y did n have bave jurisdiction Judge Adams sus I tamed the arguments of the t attorney who held that the bank in W at which Senator Burton cashed the cheeks checks acted simply as his ag t and that tbt In any aD event t the ques question tion or of jurisdiction in that instance Was wasa a matter for the jury to decidE Prejudice Alleged Another point upon which Senat r Burtons attorneys laid stress mess in I Ib b bill I ot of error was the introduction of 01 I testimony and Dei documentary evident which it Is alleged tended to I the minds of the t jurors against the defendant while It had bad no direct bear lag Ing upon unon the merits of the against Senator Burton A specific j Ir I Istance stance was the overruling of je by the defense to the attorney reAding resdIn veral telegrams which ped between betWee Senator Burton and W D former vice Ice pt president i dent of the Grain company n It Is 16 a coincidence Ce that thet the amount nf f the w Senator Burton Thirton Is Meatiest with the amount amoun t I which to the evidence rp le r received train from U Rialto S cantles company The Iron COUlt jail too in which Senator Burton was S sei 1 for six months is located in t hp he county seat at Iron Ironton ton Mo a of I 1400 population ei ht southeast ot of St Louis on the Iron Mountain railroad The Th jail Is a tW story awry brick structure and aDd in a portion n or of It Sheriff Polk makes hta hia home with wit ii his family According to the rule lule or of the jail which shortens each years sentence a prisoner b by three mouths months for go gc d behavior Senator Burtons period Incarceration there may be e ed o a linc four and mot |