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Show TEH SENTENCED FOR CHAIN STORE FRAUD TRN Sr-NTKNCIH) FOR nedtlt Penitentiary Terms Meted Out to Members of Great Jobbing Job-bing Firms. St. Louts, Fob. 9. Ten men wero sentenced to penitentiary to'ms hero, today for participation In tho so-cnl-led mllllon-dollnr ImnkrupUy swlndla of tho Great Wostern Jobbing liouso and a chain of department Btores It operated. Tho caso against Morris Gnrllnkel, another defendant, was dismissed, dis-missed, and a twolth lied to Canada. Tho sentenco followed the conviction today of four of tho defendants. Six others pleaded guilty. Those convlt-od convlt-od said, they would appeal. Thoy aro Samuel Bernstein, Jacob Llppman, Alfred Goldberg and Harry A. Cohen. Judgo John Pollock, In tho United States district court, sentenced sovon men to serve a year and a day In tho federal prison at Leavenworth and to pay tines of $5000 each. Thoy aro Charles L. Greenfield, Llpraan, Cohen, Sam Brown, Honry Stelnhnrt. M. M. Llobowltz nnd his brother, Jacob Llo-bowltz. Llo-bowltz. Glldberg arid' Bernstein wero fined $5000 and sentenced to servo ono year In tho county Jail at St. Charles, Mo. Tho two latter, Judgo Pollock said, "evidently had crlmmtnnl knowledgo of tho swindle, but there was no evidence evi-dence of their" participation In tho con splraey." Mejer Itotman, a brothor-ln-law of Brown, was glyen tho lightest sentenco- $1000 Jliiu and six months In Jail. Wdence showed that he had gained leas'trby,tBwlndle. Special Prosecutor Homer Hall had asked fenlency for Greenflold, who was tho government's witness. Tho defendants all camo from Phi-adelphla, Phi-adelphla, but with headquarters In St. Louis and East St. Louts, III., operated operat-ed In Kansas City, Lounsvlllo, Ky Baltlmoro and other towns. According Accord-ing to tho testimony, tho parent ana allied stores, by a system of cross references re-ferences and fa bo llnanclal statements state-ments obtained largo credits. After secretly disposing of merchandise for about 50 per cent of cost, each storo bocamo bankrupt, leaving nothing for the creditors. |