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Show COUNT VIOLATES THE WM ACT Found Guilty By United States District Court and Given Ten-Year Sentence. Davenport, la., Oct. 10. Brunsw ick j I De Corompa, who claims he is an Austrian count, was found guilty in! the United States district court here last night of violating the Mann white slave act. He was sentenced I to serve ten years In tne pentten- j liary at Stillwater. Minn De Corompa was charged with I having enticed Autumn Stonebraker, j 15-years-old, from her home In I rawfordsvllle, Ind , aud taking her to Chicago, then to East Mollne Davenport Dav-enport and Muscatine for Immoral purposes. It was shown that they were married in Chicago and wit- I I nesses Lestlfied that he had received j mnoey from her which she earned by Immoral acts. Girl In Pitiful State. The girl was In a pitiful condition I v hen I)..';, v. .-re ;i rret-t.-d on a eoun-tiy eoun-tiy road near Muscatine. She had no clothes but a torn skirt, a tattered waist and a pair of Bhoes Farmers Ives furnished her wltn clothing. I I She was on the stand as a witness against her husband and told a story , w bich brought tears to the eyes or the Jurors and court officials. |