OCR Text |
Show EMBEZZLING BROKERS I GET SEVERE SENTENCE PI TTS B L" B U, Feb. 22,-Cou v ic ted o f embezzling -100 shares of capital stock ot tho American Sewer Pipe compnnv, ' valued at $12,000, intrusted to tlio'ir care, L. D. Gartner and A. ,J Ilarnnck, ' well-known brokers, wero sentenced to- I day each to pay a fine of $250 and ' one-half the costs of prosecution and to ; I serve one year and throe months in the ' : penitentiary j The sevcrily of the seutencc caused I I a gasp of surprise from the spectators, I ! and the prisoners were dumbfounded. |