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Show "SMILELESS WONDER" IS SENT TO PRISON Charles La Mars Is Sentenced to Two and One-half Years in Stato Prison for Burglary. Charles La Mars, known widely as "The Smileless Wonder' was sentenced sen-tenced to serve two -ears and six months in tho stato prison for burglary by Judge M. L. Ritchio in fho district court yesterday. He pleaded guiltv to having burglarized the Irving Hnic store. n h La Mars told tho. same storv to tho court that he told to tho police at tho tunc of his arrest, namely, that, it was a case of tteal or starve." lie declared that it was the first time ho had ever attempted to commit a crime and he did it becauso there was no other way out of his predicament. Ho -said he had been out of work for many weeks nud not only he, but a young girl friend, who was dependent on him, were facing actual hunger when ho decided to rob Iho drug store. |