Show M ON HINt I GIVEN liMn LIMIT BY COURT OU J 1 Six Months in Prison the I Sentence Meted Out to toMan toMan toi i Man Who Confessed He I I. I Had Made Illicit Whisky JO JOSEPH EPH N F or Cr Eu Eureka ek was AVES J sentenced this thIS' morning by Judge Tillman Tiliman D. D J Johnson in the United States district court to six months' months imprisonment after pleading ling guilty to operating a small still at Eureka His Mis partner Oscar Oscar Bloom who was a arrested rested with him February 16 is ill III in a hosp hospital tal and could not appear for arraignment District Attorney Isaac Blair Evans told the bourt ourt the evidence showed I that Neff Nett and Bloom had been selling I moonshine to miners at Eureka PRISONERS PRISONER'S STORY Upon being questioned by Judge Johnson Neff Nett said he had made only a small quantity of moonshine and that he had not sold any any of ot it He said he e had not even given any any away as he only had a g gallon Uon He told the court he was an an electrician and had always worked hard for a living Furthermore he said he had a wife and two children Upon your statement of ot th the case said Judge Johnson I 1 cannot see the slightest excuse for you You are ed educated bated and have been peen able ble to make an honest living Nevertheless Nevertheless' you deliberately break the la law and take the Uie ch chance nce of bringing disgrace upon your family I Upon inquiring the extent of ot th the possible penalty from the district attorney at at attorney torney and learning it could be six months or a fine of of 1000 the court have the prisoner the full six months Neff eff had already been In jail for two sixty-two days I TWO YEARS IN PRISON Two years at Leavenworth penitentiary penitentiary was meted but to Stanley Cecil Gordon 25 who pleaded guilty to the tha impersonation of ot a secret service of officer of- of Gordon was arrested here several sev- sev eral leral weeks ago by William H H. Dav Daven Davenport Davenport n port local secret service chief affer he had victimized two young men of Idaho to the extent of 10 each for which he was to give them commissions Inthe in inthe inthe the secret service Gordon told the ourt court he had been in the British army In France and also In hi the American army He said he had been confined in a mental hospital hospital hos hos- pital and that he did not remember taking money from anyone The court gave him two years of the three that could have been under the law ADMITS FORGERY Joseph J John hit MacNeil formerly with the S Salt lt Lake naval recruiting office pleaded guilty to the charge of forging forg forg- ing four ur government pay checks for 62 each each He said he had no excuse to offer arid and was sentenced to fifteen months months' at Leavenworth The crime was committed l last st November alter after which h he went to Chicago where he was arrested He said he was raised at and nd had been in the naval transport service for two two years an and four months He is 24 OTHER C CASES SES G G. B 13 Hilt Hilton n who nho has been in jail since last July pleaded not guilty to the charge fo counterfeiting He willbe will willbe willbe be tried later Frank Fisher charged with having drugs In hi his possession al also o pleaded not guilty Charles Charles' Ford negro adm admitted tte 1 tak taking ing 52 worth of blankets from the theU U U. S S. government mine rescue car on which he was employed as a cook He was sentenced to five months in the county jail K C C. Westfall charged with using sInt the mails malls to defraud In c connection n with i ithe Ithe the promotion pf of the Consolidated I 1 Mines and Transportation c company pleaded n nOt t guilty The da date e for trial was not set King Low a Chinese w was s not present present present pres pres- ent when hi his name was called H HIs He is charged with having opium In his possession and ald wIll be next Saturday William Stone negro also charged with taking property from the mine rescue car pleaded not guilty |