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Show FOUR YEARS IN PEN FOR THREATENING S PR ECKELS SAN PJIANCTSCO, Cal., .Inly 3- Benjamin Wellington Soule was sfMi- iB&l Icnccd to four years in San Quentiu wll1 today for sending threatening letters to Rudolph Snrcckols, president of the In? First National bank, and to other per- jSE"; sons. Soule wrote, that unless Spreck- fSFl ols sent him $3000 he would cau.se his Wu death by means of a subtle- poison. When his case was called today he fflki entered a plea of guilty, but staled that ho sent the letters only as a M "joke," his counsol pleading with the .ll court to bo lenient with the defendant. Judge Dunne said, however, that he Mm could not see the ".joke." 'WW |