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Show PLEADS GUILT! TO THEFT Jff SHU Former Deputy State Treas urer Is Sent to Prison Spec a o The T bune. BOISE Ida o Dec. 6 The doors of the Ida o sta e pen tent ary opened th s afternoon and c o-sed o re a Fred M Co eman former depu btate treas e o serve at ard abor a sentence of f om two and one alf to en jears. He c e ated a sensation by appear ng befo e Judge Car Da is In the d strict court at 1 30 o lo k and c ang ng h s plea of not gui ty to gu. v for e neft of $2 00 from he au s of t e s a p t eaaurj whe Uepu y de O "V A en who p eaded gi a month ago o he em bezz ement of 70 000 f om h easu y ads now se & a pe e ce of f om f q o te yeart Co eman s r a was se for Mondav of ne week T e state was i pobsess on of t o g e de ce aga nst him Ju t before be ng senten ed a p t fu seen vas e acted tv en co eman sa d good bv o his wife and ch d en- Tears ame in Co eman s eyes when Judge Dav s passed sentence. The m n mum sen ence under he law Is one yea but t e cour an ra se th s up o f e On the recommendat on of the county at ornev Judge Dav s a sed tho min mum o two and one ha f ears. Co eman on s ov.xi eq est, was a owed o cod t h mse t to t e warden at he peniten ary and was accompan ed to e p son b a depu y she ff was n ned ate y en e ed and passed through the regu atlon measu emen s and gi er a- ce Befo e leaving for the pen tentiary Co eman sa d I ho d no enmity toward any man I propose to take my medic ne ad af er t s over I I tend to show the wor d and my friends t lat I can ye make Bood The crime Sot wh ch Co eman was com m ted to the sta e pr son s supposed o a e been comn t od at a ous t mes du ing the past four years w e 6e v ng as deputy Btate treasure under O len a so ser ng a te m n the pen ent a y fo en bezz ement of state f nds The exact a nount c arged aga nst Cole man nts nformat on was theft of $22 000 e dence of wh ch was in t e form of a clec v. thou date bu des gnat ng t e amou t wh ch was found n the cash d awe of th s a e easu y we ha office was take c a ge of by Go e no Ha nes fo ow g a d na d made b ep e a es of A n s bond or p s on o ma e n e an a on of s s e Co e n n s gned a d pu a eas u e as Aut,us o d v n Port a whe e e en a ned V en e w en e e u ned o Bo so Befo e b s a a Al en p eaded gu tv Co eman s arrested as he stepped from a n om n tan He was a a gned on the charge of embezz ement and ente d a pea of not g t Hs bond was fi ed at $20 000 wh ch e promp y furnished Ihe ourt set the t a for December 8 a d Co eman ret ned to Por and He came back f on there several days ago There "has long been a pens s ent umor that Co eman v 1 appear before the g and ju j wh ch s ca ed to meet Mon daj January 4 to n es gate cond t ons at the state ouse and w te all e knows about the and ng of the state fu ds over a term of several vears du in wh ch he se ved as depu y Etate t eas rer It Is be e ed that 1 s prom ise to make a ean and corap ete state n ent to the grand ury had much to do w th the recommenda on bv the coun y atton ey s office for me cy from t e com mitt ng judge Just what d sc osures f an Co eman can nak o he than ha e a ready been ia e through the pleas of gu ty made ly 1 m and by Al en are not know n It s urrently rumored that others tl an the state t easu er and Co e man a e bpen rec p ents of at east a port on of t e oney no en from t e state e exact amount of which has not yet been made known |