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Show W.LCUMMMGS PLEADS GUILTY -Young Man Sentenced To Three Yean In Utah State Prison For I Blackmailing Salt Liiko, Jan. 20. W. L. Cum-mings, Cum-mings, 23 years old, pleaded guilty in the federal district court he.-o yesterday and was sentenced to three years Imprisonment for attempting o blackmail Miss Dorothy Dambcrgcr, a wealthy society girl. Tho attempted hlackmnll attracted wide attention last July because Cum-mings Cum-mings threatened to kill Miss Bamberger Bam-berger with an Internal machlno of his ow;n Invention which could bo exploded ex-ploded at a dlstanco by the use of a wireless attachment. Tests of his machine which was confiscated by officers proved that It could do all that Cutumlngs had threatened. Tho court showed leniency" because tho evidence Indicated ho had been tho tool of others who havo not been caught. |