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Show LICIT JUDGMENT Husband of Abducted Woman andrDetective Tell . of Rescue and Condition of Victim LOS ANGELES, Cal., Feb. 2. Arthur W. and Floyd L. Carr, coiiKins, confessed kidnapers kid-napers of Mrs. Gladys Witherell, today were sentenced to serve Aitancra cf from ten ysara Iff Ufa id San QusaUn psnitentlary. Thia was tha maximum penalty provided by the law. ,No pleas for clemency were offered by the Cams, who for sis days and nights held Mra. Witherell prisoner while they tried to extort 128,000 from her husband. WOMAN 8TILL ILL. Mrs. Witherell was ton 111 to appear In court and tha only witnesses were hrr husband. O. R Witherell. head of 1 n TfiVefftmem coiiiiiany, and i:dward C. Kin?, detective, members of the rescue party. . An orderly crowd filled the courtroom, court-room, while hundreds who could not get inside overflowed into the streets. The Carrs snowed feeling twice. Once was when Detective Kins; described de-scribed how Mrs. Witherell greeted her rescuers early Monday. EVIDENCES OF ABUSE. The other time was when Mr. Witherell told of his wife's condition when she was found. "Hr hair waa matted and tangled." he said. "Her face and hands were soiled. Her lips were burned from the chloroform her kidnapers h-id ued to render her unconscious. Her face and throat were bruised from brutal fins-ers wnlch hsd choked her. Her knees were raw and inflamed. "She'a livlns: over every hour she was a prisoner." the husbsnd continued, con-tinued, almost shouting, snd rising from the stund. "Cod knows what the outcome will be." "LIKE A BISTER." "Didn't she tell you we treated her like a als.er?" interrupted Arthur Carr. "If that is the way you treat your sister, iod pity her," returned Witherell. With-erell. ) "Didn't she say we offered her no Indlrnitlea?" pursued Carr. "She said you threatened her with death If you did not get the money you demanded." returned Witherell. "Were we not considerate In dressing dress-ing her bruises?" Carr asked. "Very, very." returned the husband, hus-band, sarcastically. IN SERIOUS CONDITION. Witherell declared his wife was' In an "extremely serious condition," and her physicians had advised quiet and rest for months. "She cannot be here to face yon men. but' I am," ha said, looking at the Carrs. Questioned by the court, Floyd Carr had little to sav. but Ills cousin told the court all details. DESPICABLE OFFENSE. In passing sentence, the court said: "Yod have committed a most despicable ofrense. That one of you plotted a, year and the other three montha to commit this crime shows I how degraded and debased you are.' If it still is the ctiitnm of the stats parole board to consult with the Judge passing sentence before granting parole, pa-role, if I am fortunate enough still to be Judge ten years from now. I hope your esse will be brought before me." Arrangemecta were made to take them to Kan Quentin prison tonight. |