Salt Lake Telegram | 1935-06-21 | Page 1 | Both Waleys Plead Guilty

PLEAD GUILTY Sa Salt I t Lake L ake Couple Admit of Tacoma Boy In U U. S. S District Court VA 4 Iii 4 L i p 4 1 V 2 r 4 46 4 4 5 4 t rt y x F 4 Harmon L I L and Margaret Walcy HUSBAND IS GIVEN 45 YEARS Judge Refuses to Accept Ac Ac- C Wife's Plea I V i By As Associated Pita Pes f TACOMA Wash Vash June 21 21 Both Mr l and Mrs I Harmon Wi W Walcy Waley pleaded guilty today t to and conspiracy ons iracy in inthe inthe the abduction of George Weyerhaeuser Wey Vey but Federal Judge E E. E E. E Cushman refused to accept accept ac accept ac- ac the tho young oung womans woman's plea after the husband had asked askel leniency for or her p t She will viII p ncr er a 3 new plea at 10 a a. a ni m m. m tomorrow Waley Valey was sentenced to 45 years in prison at McNeil island d. d Both Waley Walcy and his wife entered entered en cn en- en their pleas picas in firm voices the c entire tire action taking but two minutes Judge E. E E. E Cushman had the two prisoners brought before the bar of justice at 2 o'clock and ond asked them if they were prepared to plead they indi indicated the they were he asked what tho the plea would be Both answered guilty guilt Then Judge Cushman Cushinan asked if the they meant both charges and both Walcy Waley and his wife said Yes Waley Valey made a desperate plea for Cor leniency for his wife who wh he ho indicated entered participation tion on in the crime blindly When she rented the house housein in Spokane where George Weyerhaeuser Wey Wey- was concealed for several days she did not know why nor for what purpose it was to be used He said I 1 never told her for lor a long time First determined not to employ counsel because we haven't any friends Waley yesterday consent consented ed to let Stephen J. J OBrien O'Brien Tacoma Tacoma Ta Tar coma represent them after atter the la las las- guage of the indictments Indictment as r read nd b by b Judge Cushman puzzled the de de- de As Waley Valey listened to the tho indictments indictments indict indict- ments meats charging that he his wire wife and William Mahan Mahau a fugitive violated violated violated vio vio- the Lindbergh law Jaw conspired to use the mails malLs to de defraud defraud de- de fraud and to use the mails malls to extort and to the thc single indictment chargIng chargIng charging ing Mrs Waley Valey with mailing a ransom ransom ransom ran ran- som contact note to John Philip Weyerhaeuser lumber er millionaire the accused man nan interrupted the proceedings The indictment says all three of ofus ofus ofus us conspired to kidnap the boy h hg said Docs Does that mean menn before or after ho was V 1 The question a cru crucial cia I one Inthe Inthe in inthe the Vales fight tight against punishment punish punish- 1 ment was not answered Instead Judge Cushman advised them to accept O'Brien's services ns M agent for John F. F Dore Dorc famed Seattle attorney whom Mrs Mr ValeTs Waley parents parents par par- recommended The defendant accepted and the tho three three three-O'Brien OBrien O'Brien and the prisoners prisoners- went into conference e. e The arraignment arraign arraign- ment then was wa postponed until this afternoon