| Show IT ral TO 11 ITH foreclosure THIRTEEN FOR STOPPING STOP SILE woun foreclosure fight puts men behind bais bals bt st joseph mo sept 21 fed eral judge albert L reeves late to day passed sentence ranging from 1 day in jail to 3 years in prison on 13 farmers who pleaded guilty to con tempt of court and conspiracy to in with an officer in halting a farm foreclosure sale at plattsburg Platts burg mo aug 15 judge reeves listed a number of crimes of which he said the were guilty including mayhem fel ontuos assault mall malicious cious and others declaring their actions bordered dangerously on treason the longest sentence was on the leader three years for contempt and 2 years for conspiracy the sentences to run concurrently the defense attorney said that all 1 in the crowd were technically guil ty the defendants admitted par but denied any violence the trouble arose when a farm on ft ich a debt was owing after due legal proceedings was to be sold the farmers protective association bent out post cards inviting members to go to the sale there a demon stra tion was made resulting in partial pants being jailed one man said he might have struck a deputy when a person monkeys with a united states court he d better eat a couple of buzz saws beforehand and then say he a had enough and get out of trouble sanity is geitt gritting ing back into the people and just such lessons as this will hasten full absorption of it |
