Salt Lake Telegram | 1934-07-05 | Page 17 | Dillinger Fall Laid to State

DILLINGER FALL ALL LAID TESTATE TO STATE Official Charges Indiana Made young Prisoner Into No 1 I Enemy I CHICAGO There There does not seem to be any escape from irom the fact that hat the state of Indiana made John Dillinger the public en enemy my No 1 I which he is today This was the statement Wayne Coy secretary to Governor Paul McNutt of Indiana made to the central states' states parole conference There is no doubt in my mind that John Dillenger's life would have been cen entirely different had the administration administration ad ad- ministration of justice in his case and andin andin in n the case of his partner Edward Singleton been comparable considering consid ering their previous records continued continued continued contin contin- Coy He was referring he explained to the he fact that Dillinger was sentenced to o 10 to 21 years for assault and battery bat bat- tery cry with sith intent to rob and also to towo two wo to 14 years for conspiracy to commit commit com com- mit a felon felony the sentences running I concurrently while Singleton who had lad a previous prison record escaped with punishment of a two to 14 year sentence for the same crime Singleton Single- Single Singleton ton on In addition to the lighter sentence sen sen- tence ence was paroled at the end of two years while Dillinger served six years ears longer before belore he was eligible for or parole Johnny Dillinger's gers ger's record since his lis parole from City iary upon the recommendation of the he commission on clemency of which I am a member said CO Coy indicates a faulty judgment on the part of ot members mem- mem bers bels of the commission Hind sight indicates that he was not a n proper person to parole although members of or the commission failed to see the Indications indications in In- among the many petty infractions in in- motions fractions charged against this man Taking the case before us we are forced breed to the conclusion that our penal penal pe pe- pe- pe nal nat institutions obviously failed of reformation or are forced to the conclusion conclusion conclusion con con- that Dillinger was given too long ong a sentence for his first offense or both