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Show SENTENCED TO JAIL. In New " ork they are beginning to Inflict severe penalties for speeding. On Wednesday the pollco brought ln a load of offenders to be registered in the bastile and among the prisoners j was Frank M. Gould, son of Edwin Gould and grandson of Jay Gould. The ' millionaire was booked for speeding ' Without delay he was taken before a magistrate, r.nd fined $40. Had the sentence ended at $40. FYank M. Gould could have laughed at the reprimand Rich young men are not punlahed beyond be-yond a mere trifle when they are called on to pay fines that poor men cannot meet. There is a great injustice injus-tice in fixing punishments ln dollars. iThe law breaker who has not a pen-Iny pen-Iny and is lined 510 must languish in IjsiL The fellow who is rich, pours lout a lltue of his odd change, scarcely scarce-ly mi3ses his contribution to the law !i..i Anr y,ia w o in ain qrrni, mnrr If hp so pleases Iiut young Gould was fined i0 and on top of that he was given a day in the Tonibe He was handcuffed and subjected to all tho other indignities heaped upon a petty offender and finally fi-nally he was relea-sed. Will Frank Iff. Gould continue to speed? Not while his memory serves him well in reminding him of the humiliation hu-miliation which was his while he stood handcuffed among a croup of other violators of the law. Some of our bootleggers might re- j form if they received a fow months of ; the treatment accorded the rich young man in New York. Now and then a all spntence helps dear the atraos- phere. |