Salt Lake Telegram | 1909-02-04 | Page 5 | Criminal's Mother Pleads for Accused

I CRIMINALS CRIMINAL'S MOTHER PLEADS FOR ACCUSED CHICAGO Feb 4 Mrs Mary Van Yan Dinen mother of the car barn bandit hanged several years year ago ao urged Judge Landis Landi to be Lc lenient with Daniel E. E I Kerr tho the former clerk who admitted stealing from the mails mails' for ten I years Mrs Mm Van Dinen says BayS she found tho the defendants defendant's home in in a pitiable piti able state big sister is dying ding from consumption and that his bis brother alto also is i dying I Judge Tude Landis Londis sentenced Kerr to serve eighteen months in the l Leavenworth prison which is is considered to be an nn exceptionally ex cx- light punishment