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Show REFORM STORY FAILS TO. SECURE SYMPATHY i CHICAGO. Fob. 10 A. letter telllnc Judge Landla that ho had "learned his lesson and had reformed," failed to win sympathy for Hally L. Watson, confessed mall hiiK thief, in tho rederal court to-duy, to-duy, and Wat.son was sentenced to spend two years in the Jollet penitontiary. "I tlnd that Watson was sent to a reform school when a boy and later served a penitontiary term for setting flro to his property. This letter has no weight with me." said Judge Landls.' Watson stole mall bags from a wagon In Bollc Plalno, Iowa, and ln Chicago tried to cash tho checks he foundj. |