Mt. Pleasant Pyramid | 1914-02-20 | Page 6 | Mine Guards Convicted

MINE GUARDS CONVICTED. Court Finds No Excuse for Slayers of Striking Miners. Houghton, Mich. The four defendants defend-ants in the Seeberville murder case, convicted of manslaughter for the kililng of Steve Putrich, a striking copper miner, were sentenced to indeterminate in-determinate terms in Marquette prison. pris-on. James Cooper, Arthur Davis and William Groff, guards employed by the Waddell-Mahon agency, must serve a minimum of seven years, a maximum of fifteen, with a recommended recom-mended maximum of fifteen. Edwin Polinghorne, a deputy sheriff, subject to the same maximum and minimum, received a recommended minimum of twelve years because the jury suggested sug-gested clemency in his case.