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Show WHITE 8LA.VER8 RECEIVE , ( HEAVY SENTENCES Herbert Gould It Given Seven and One -Half Years at Leaven- worth. Although found guilty on nil of tho counts against them, none of tho "white slavers" so far sentenced has received the maximum sentences. Herbert Oould, who was convicted as the procurer of Cora Frohm, received ( j only seven and a half years, while the maximum is ten years, and William Slegel, who was found guilty of having hav-ing brought Anna Matilda Anderson from Denver to this city, was given only four years who he might havo been given five. Eugene Hughes, who !i fti'Korevi, and does not understand nV ways A Ihls country very well waftgHenlonlysIx "months In tho countjr Jail. In the' case of Mrs. Mae Brown there Is a conflict. The attorney genera) gen-era) has designated that the male federal fed-eral prisoners shall be sent to Fort Leavenworth, Kan., but he made no provision for female prisoners and for this reason his advice in this line has to be secured before sentence can bo passed on tho Brown woman. In his arraignment of Oould, however,, before be-fore sentencing him,' Judge Brown referred re-ferred to the Brown woman as a schemer sche-mer and a defamer nnd the pal of Gould. When statements from the convicted convict-ed white slavers , wero called for, Gould made a dlsconectod appeal for mercy and denounced his "pal,"' tli.J Brown woman and the testimony '"of"'' the girl. Slegel made no attempt .at a statement, although his attorney seemed to try to picture him as a shining light, and Hughes, the Korean made no statement, The Brown worn-i worn-i f , i- ' 'JM.i ; ' art will bo sentenced today, providing WQrU-Jijj'recelyed (from the attorney general as to where she may be sent. Tbecefwere,!tho first Sfjutercs to ' bo passed onwhltd slavers.' Hn the i. west and they promise to put a check :fo thjs'illlift f traffic, 'Ihlfc&e&phvj u. Bdf&s Ind others', who also are charged with being white slavers, will df J flJ begin tlio- last of this week. K - - |