Evening Star Newspaper, May 8, 1931, Page 20

LINGLE SLAYER GET 14-YEAR SENTENCE Brothers Refused New Trial and 60 Days Are Given for Appeal.. ¢ By the Assoclated Press. CHICAGO, May 8.—Leo V. Brothers was denied & new trial for the murder of Alfred Lingle, Tribune crime reporter, and was formally sentenced by Judge Joseph Sabath today to 14 years in prison. Brothers' attorneys were given 60 days 0 file a bill of exceptions in preparation for an appeal. A new set of attorneys had argued that the punishment set by the Brothers Jury, the lightest possible under Illinois statutes, was a “travesty on justice” and indicated the jurors themselves were not sure cf Brothers’ guilt. New Evidence Claimed. New witnesses had been found to strengthen the defense case, the attor- neys said, and the defendant, beause of “improper advice by his former attor- neys” had not taken the stand. They promised that Brothers would testify if granted a new trial. E ln;rhc?] State produced l:n ;flflu.vl':‘ t!filey- at proposed new defense witness had once identified Brothers, but had been warned by union officials not to Red Cross Finds “Original Member”’ To Aid Celebration Affiliate of First Chapter Formed Asked to Gold- en Anniversary. By the Assocldted Pri ! " Red Cross.has found orie “origi- nal member” to help celebrate its golden anniversary. Not one of the 51 persons who signed its constitution 50 years ago has Te- sponded to the Red Cross appeal for surviving founders. But a charter mem- ber of the first Red Cross chapter has reported and received a special invita- tion to attend the anniversary banquet | here May 21. He .is Dr. Benjamin' P. Andrews of Dansville, N. Y., where the first Red Cross chapter was formed, winning for that town the distinction of being one of two post offices to be accorded first | cale of the Red Cross commemoration £tamp. ‘The other is Washington, where the national organization was formed. Miss Clara Barton, founder of the National Red Cross, herself formed the Dansville chapter when she went. there 28 & patfent in a sanitarium. Dr. An- drews, her physician, was secretary of THE THE EVENING WASHIN MISSING 10 WEEKS, |200 NEW DRY AGENTS WOMAN FOUND SLAIN Last Seen in February With Cons- in, 19, While Carrying $800, ‘Youth Sought by Police, By the Associated Press. FREDERICKTOWN, Mo., May 7.—A body, tentatively identifled that of Mrs. Emma Cole, 59, wife of a. variety store owner of-Pevely, Mo., who left her hotno last February 24 with' more than $800 in her pocketbook to visit relatives near Fredericktown, was found wrapped in a blood-stained blanket in a junk heap near here today. The body was found covered with automobile fenders: among some aban- doned automobile parts near an old mine shaft, where clothing was found February 28 which was identified by thé husband, C. D, Cole, belonging to his wife. Coroner C. U.“Davis said the clothing on the body was similar to that worn by Mrs. Cole when she djis- appeared Mrs. Cole left Pevely with her 19- year-old cousin, Amos Lewis. He has not been seen gince and officers hold a HAVE BEEN APPOINTED Rest of 500 Authorized by Con- gress to Be Named After July 1, District Reinforced. By the Associated Press. The Prohibition Bureau announced today that 200 of the 800 additional agents authorized by Congress at its last session- slready have been pointed. The largest reinforcements have been assigned to the New York, Chicago and Philadelphia areas. The rest of the 500 will be mobilized after July 1. All districts have received a share of the additional force, although New York ‘with 36, Chi with 32 ‘and Philadélphia with 28 head the 1ist. The tentative distribution of the 500, including agents already put to work. follows for the 12 prohibition distric Boston, 20; New York, 80; phia, 70; Richmond, 40; New Orleans, 40; Cincinnati, 40; ago, 80; Bt. Paul, 40; Kansas City, San Francisco, 20, and Seattle, 20. Neweomers are receiving immediate instruction in the agent schoels in the various districts. Of the approximately the organization meeting. Dr. Andrews | 2,000 men now in the service it is esti- | started practicing in Dansville 54 years mated that seven-eights have received ago, and is now 75. the two-week course of instruction. HECHT CO. MAY 8, 1931 ANNUAL SALE OF MAN-TAILORED SUMMERTIME WASHABLE SILK FROCKS . testify against Brothers. Fairness Pointed Out. After drawing sttention to the fact that Brothers himself and his attorneys had stated that he received fair trial, Judge Cabath turned to comment upon the jurors in the case. “The jury selected to hear the evi- dence,” he said, “was composed of men far above the average. They saw the ‘witnesses and heard the evidence. 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