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Show loss than one yonr and not more than 20 years in the state penitentiary. peniten-tiary. The first duy he came here last January from Elko. Nov., to organize a ehanler of tho Klan, Yant told Jndo Hanson in asking leniency for the charge to which ho had pleaded guilty, he was introduced to several youn.s men of the city. One of those invited him to his home where whiskey whis-key was served freely. This party. Yant told the court, was the hei;in-n hei;in-n ins of his downfall and from then on he was continually under the influence in-fluence of intoxicants during his four months here. "Tho fellows with whom I was associated used to come to me during dur-ing that time for money with which to buy moonshine," Yant said. "I became so heavily involved financially finan-cially for that reason that before I realized it I had to get money some where." At most of the parties, which became of frequent occurance, Yant, said, he vas the ''king," footing the bill and paying for all of the ex-' penses. He also declared that many of Jhe men. associating with him nt that time borrowed money from him which they have never yet paid back. Although he made money easier in Provo than he had ever made before) be-fore) he said, he soon ran behind due to the manner of life to which he was inaugurated on his arrival here. wnced to Serve from One (Twenty Years in Penitentiary Peni-tentiary for Forgery ciug the entire responsibility -j downfall and wrong-doing on ."uling men of Provo with whom iime In- contact as an organizer :he Ku .Klux Klan, Milfred R. : told avivid and highly colored ; to Judge Eiias Hansen Wed-y Wed-y nioTHiug when sentence w as -'1 on Yant for forging a draft late last -jAprll. He was given ii'ifterminate sentence of not |
