Show 1 L Not Afraid 1 j ASA KEYES KEYES Y 1 TO BEGIN I TERM IRM IN PRISON N Men He Hc Sent to San Quentin Quen- Quen Quentin tin Await His Arrival as as' Convict By JOHN C. C HARDY Associated Press Staff Writer LOS ANGELES March 11 11 Asa Asa Keyes for a quarter of a century a public servant in inthe the Los Angeles district strict d attorneys attorney's office goes goes' to I ISan San Quentin prison tonight to join the thousands of of convicts he sent there Murderers kidnapers robbers rob rob- bers bors embezzlers swindlers all the victims of Keyes' Keyes prosecutions await his entry as a fellow convict and Keyes says nya he Jie is not afraid of them Four thou thousand nd and thirty men mon monand and women were sent 5 to states state's prisons by Kc Keyes cs in the five years ars he was district attorney In tho I previous five lve years year while h he was I chief deputy and while the county I had less population to deal with I 1060 persons hero were convicted of felonies that brought them to either San Quentin or Folsom prisons ons Eleven fellow fello public officials all aU like hiko Keyes with the en enforcement en en- o of tho the law aw were amon among those whom tho the convicted district attorney had har sent to the tho big bib house Like Keyes Keres who lio tomorrow begins a one to fourteen year jear car sentence on Continued on page paso 10 S KEYES TO BEGIN TERM IN PRISON Continued from flom pa page c 1 l. a charge chargo of accepting bribes fro from III defendants he ha had sworn orn to pr prosecute prosecute prose prose- se- se cute six o of the tho public Officials he sent up UI ha had been een convicted v o of bribery or 01 other corrupt methods of obtaining monc money in office Like him al also o. o these men had hall he been n un- un ablo to obtain probation because of or their convictions cOl while holding public pub pub- public lic lie office I c es downfall came in ht tho rho af- af tet of or the gigantic sl sa swindle manipulated by tho rho ovet sue of or millions of sh shires shares res of or Julian Icum corporation stock Eleven en al alleged at- at sed conspirators In the swindle cro prosecuted by I e es Sonic Some were granted dismissals at athis tits his request and the remainder wet were wele e acquitted eyes was severely ar arraigned ar- ar ned rai for Cor his alleged failure allure to pt properly prosecute Subsequently Subsequent he heas was as charged with having ha accepted ac- ac accepted ac ac- more than in bribes g to Ia lay Jay own down n on an the prosecutions With th Jacob Ferman at asserted leader lead er el u of or alto Iho Julian swindle turning slates slate's evidence c admittedly to save sa c his own neck l e es was teas convicted con CONVICTED HICKMAN William WIant Edward HIckman who died on the gallows w at San Quentin for the murder mUrdel o of little Marion Marlon Parker was prosecuted and convicted convicted con con- t h by J CI Amon Among his convictions convictions con con- nl also o n cro several se other murderers who ho were hanged for tor Corthell their thell- killings durIn during holdups and robberies Behind rebind Iho bats bars to which Kens Ken's eyes sent them for murder minder arc Leo Jo Pat I Kelley asserted slayer o of or Ills firs M 1 tle tie Melius Norman Selby otherwise other other- wise Kid IId McCoy Jr murderer o of his sn sweetheart Freda Lesser Leaser I. I ser and Albert Marco Los Angeles 4 vice Ice baron baton serving a a a. one lo to fourteen 3 year ear car term for a assault sault 55 with ith intent lo to mw murder er Mar Mary Pickford's attempted kidnapers kidnapers kid kid- C. C Z Stevens Sto and anti C. C A Holcomb at arc c hardly well started on the ten to fitt fifty year eal terms meted out in The They were convicted con b by Keyes of or conspiring to lo kidnap anti and hold tho Iho film JIm actress for OO- OO ran ransom four Fifty four years cars old Jc eyes has him hirn the tho prospect of the best t hestor of or his remaining days day doing doln- pen pen- ance He lIe maintains that he hc is innocent in In- In lit rt BIJ the court of appeals anti and tho rho C California fornia c court our t bout both affirmed 1 his conviction con I do not fear them than the fife men he sent up reiterated as ls he mado mada ready to tu depart for prison If JC somo some of or them figure that thc they had received cd bad breaks' breaks in their convictions the they can console themselves them thern- selves sel with the fact that none o of them received ed worse tt treatment than I. I |