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Show PAPERS OF WOMAN GET STIFF SENTENCES I PLIGHT OF YOUNG I WIFE DESCRIBED BY H US B ft N 0 I Hair Matted and Tangled. Lips Burned by Chloroform of Captors WEEKS REQUIRED TO RECOVER FROM SHOCKS Judge Flays Abductors as He Gives Them 10 Years to Life OS ANGELES. Cal., Feb. 2. Ar thur R. and Floyd L. Carrr cousins. H confessed kidnapers of Mrs. Gladys H Witherell. today were sentenced ti H serve sentences of from ten years IS J , life in San Quentin penitentiary. H This -mas the maximum penalty pro H irlded the law. ,'1 No plens for clemency was offered H by Carrs who for six days and nights H held Mrs. Witherell prisoner whilst H they tried to extort $20,000 from hef j H husband. , H TOO ILL TO UT'KAR. Mrs. Witherell wm too HI to appear JH tin court and the witnesses were bet H husband. O. S. Witherell, head of an investment company; and Edward C. iLH King, detective, member of 'ho rescue I party. ill IrltLLV An orderly crowd filled the COUH jH room, vvhllo hundreds who could no- 1 get Inside overflowed into the street.--. dH The t'arrs' showed feeling twice. jH Once was w hen Detective King de Jl scribed how Mrs Witherell grafted iH him early Monday morning. The other time was when Mr. With- ! erell told of his wife's condition when i H i she Was found. H WIFE'S PL!'. Hi DOMX Her hair was matted and tanglod." 1 be said. "Her face and hands were 1 soiled. Her lips were burned from tho chloroform her kidnapers had used to 'render her unconscious. 'Her face and throat were bruised ' from brutal fingers which had choked ;her. Her knees were raw and in- "She's living over even' hour she was a prisoner,'' the husband said al- H :most shouting, and rising from the stand. "God knows what the outcotno win be." TREATED LIKE SISTER. "Didn't she tell you we treated her like a sister?" Interrupted Arthur dH "If that is the way you treat your sister, God pity her," returned Willi- Didn't .she say we offered her no indignities V" pursued Carr. "She said you threatened her with death If you did not get the money you demanded," returned Witherell. "Were we not considerate In dress- dH lng her bruises?" Carr usked. "Y'es, very." returned the 'husband sarcastically. SI RIOl s CONDITION Witherell declared his wife was in .in extremely serious condition and thai her physicians had advised quiet and rest for months. "She cannot be here to face you men. but 1 am." he said, looking at tho Questioned by the court, Floyd Carr had little to say, but his cousin told dl the court all details. .iigLLa COURT FLATS PRISONERS. mam In passing sontencc. the court said: Hf committed the most do-splcable do-splcable offenso possible. That one ot dotted a year and the other three H months to commit this crime shows H how degraded and debased you are. J tho of the parolo board to consult with the Judg'i passing sentence beforo grantingpn- role, if I am fortunate enough still to H be Judge ten from now, I hope H i your cose will be brought before me." H Arrangements wero made to take H them to San Quentin prison tonight. |