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1 0 -4F CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE: SATURDAY. 5 1935. .11111 1 0 -L; CHICAGO DAILY- TRIBUNE -SATURDAY fog pc NUARY -1 PP I AIDS' BROTHER 1 GOVERNOR OPENS ILLMOIS FORUM ON CRIME TODAY, Springfield, Jan. 4 Vs 18TH AllSONIST CONVICTED; GETS 1-20 YEAR TERM mu, tJull 1 CRIMINAL COURT. BROR JOHNSON.

robbery, sentenced to one year to life in the penitentiary by Judge Harry B. Miller. LAWRENCE COZZI, murder, sentenced to fourteen years, and CHARLES WHITE and HARRY POZAR, robbery, sentenced to one year to life. by Judge Walter Steffen. ABRAHAM SHILLETT.

arson, sentenced to one to twenty years by Judge Donald S. McKinlay. SAM MATIGAN. rape, sentenced to two years by Judge William V. Brothers.

JOSEPH CUSTO. BOY COSTA, CHRISTY DATTALO, and SAM CASTAGNINO, rape, sentenced to 3 years by Judge Cornelius J. Harrington. Convicted Slayers Convicted Slayers I s. :0 i 1 I 1 vie :,,:.1 t---- 4 A' 411-' --1 i i ::.1.

r- I ,1 '-n it14.4,!'''''''' i 't )4 SENTENCES FOUR GUILTY OF RAPING 111011 SCHOOL GIRL Accused Juror Freed in Quiz by Court. COURTS CONVICT 8 IN CRIME WAR; DEATH FOR ONE x-Convict Guilty in Hold- up Murder. Continued from first page. ectiltctirce Entin PIIHOTS, CONVICT uLli 1 LituLu Fuult 'FOUND GUILTY ApIN 0 7 A' 0 II ,.4,, DEATH FOR ONE .,..:.....,....,.,,,:..,:.:3:......,,,,:.,...,,.... GIRL 1 1 Accused Juror Freed Guilty i i ul In, Hold- Quiz Court.

ourt. up Murder. ----i', Continued from first page. I I FOUND GUILTY COURTS nntlui uuriviCT I FOR ONE 21 Ex-Convict Guilty in Hold ii Murder. 4 Pleads Guilty to Hiring Store Incendiary.

'17-Cleads 4,, .,....11:,::::,...,..: ,:::::::::::,:1 i.N.,..1,..,,:::.,,,, Nearly 1,000 law administrative and enforcement authorities from Illinois cities and counties expected to attend Gov. Horner's second annual crime conference to be -held-in the auditorium of the Centennial building here today Joseph E. Keenan, assistant United States attorney general, heads the list rof Harold Nathan, assistant director of the investigation division of the department of justice, also will speak. Other representatives of the federal government include district judges and federal prosecutors. -1 Gov.

Horner will call the meeting to order and after outlining his program for greater efficiency in fighting crime will turn the gavel over to Attorney General Otto Kerner. Speakers will include Federal Judge Charles G. Drizzle of the southern district of Illinois, State's Attorney Thomas J. Courtney of Cook county, and Chief Justice Denis E. Sullivan of the Cook county Criminal court.

One objective of the conference, Gov. Horner said, is to promote closer cooperation among federal, state and local authorities. New laws to speed justice and remove loopholes employed by criminals will be discussed. and nois tend rime lited the tiee, proLting to triet )mas 7hief flee, Loser and peed oyed Chester Novak (left), condemned to die for murder during holdup, and George Gross, whose punishment was fixed at 99 years. rour men accused of raping a 14 year old high school girl, after holding her prisoner for two days, were centenced to three years each in the penitentiary by Judge Cornelius J.

Earrington in the Criminal court of raping a 14 rour men accuse old high school girvl, after 1.1Id frIr ixl, davs. were 1,, hrPr. years each in tile I lk 1 I iI State's Attorney Courtney's staf won the 18th consecutive conviction yesterday in the campaign against arsonists. Abraham Shillett, 38 years old, father of three children, was sentenced by Judge Donald S. McKinlay of the Criminal court to one to twenty years in the Joliet penitentiary.

Shiflett pleaded guilty to hiring an incendiary to fire his dress shop at 3261 Armitage avenue on Jan. 13, 1929, so that he might collect $6,000 of insurance money. ing at 1200 Taylor street on Aug. 11, 1928, to collect insurance of $11,200. In this fire, Joseph Pecori, 17 years old and a cripple, was burned to death.

Others Sent to Prison. Convicted besides Siegel and Shillett are Mrs. Betty Fisher, sentenced to one to five years in her husband, Max, six months; Sam Fraga, one to five years; Salvatore Roman, one to five years; Nick Bauris, one year; Rudolph Pisani, one to two years; Abe Blank, one year; Milton Goldberg, one to five years; Samuel Nordenburg, one to twenty years; Steve Gerlach, one to ten years; Andrew Ratkovich, one to ten years; Edward Kramer, convicted and placed on probation; Louis Oliff, one to twenty years; James Santy, one year; Edward Brownstein, one to five years, and Ellis Goldberg, one year. Fourteen others are awaiting trial. Ten more, under indictment, are fugitives.

Among the latter is Harry Brown, an insurance adjuster. said to be the guiding mind behind the operations of the gang. HOME BURGLARY INSURANCE RATE CUT 9 PER CENT 1 'A 1 I ..7, 1 $1,000 to Arson Queen. ed by a motorist who had seen the accident. What's your hurry?" the motorist asked, according to the evidence.

Don't you know you've killed a woman?" Dragged from Hotel Room. Codman leaped from the car, the state charged, after telling the motorist he would investigate, and ran to the Commonwealth hotel, Pine Grove avenue and Diversey parkway, where he had a room. Left behind in the car were Paul Norman, 6151 Winthrop avenue, and his wife. They told Lincoln Park Policeman Paul Winton the identity of Codman. At the hotel Winton found that Codman had locked him.

self in the room. The hotel manager furnished a pass key when Codman refused to surrender and the defendant was dragged from his room. Codman is employed as a salesman for a Chicago concern. He was graduated from Harvard in 1931 and is said to be a member of several exclusive clubs. Alf red Codman Harvard graduate and son of wealthy broker, found guilty of manslaughter in auto death.

He faces prison term. (TRIBUNE Photo.) Alfred graduate an found gull auto death. Charles B. Chase, brother of the indicted John Paul Chase, after arriving yesterday from San Francisco to aid his kin at trial for slaying of two federal agents. TRIBUNE Photo.

(Story on page Residential burglary and street holdup insurance rates have been reduced 9.1 per cent in the Chicago area during the last year, according to a letter received yesterday by State's Attorney Courtney from W. T. Blew, insurance broker at 175 West Jackson boulevard. The letter, which commended the state's attorney for his drive against crime, said that the reduction was the first in this form of insurance for many years in the Chicago area. We are glad to be able to pass down to the public as a whole the benefits of the campaign against crime," State's Attorney Courtney said.

One thousand dollars of the money was given to Mrs. Bertha Warshovsky, grandmother and so-called arson queen, for her fee for starting the fire, the state charged. Mrs. Warshovsky has been used as witness in chief for the state since her arrest and confession to starting more fires than she could remember." Results of the steady march of successful arson prosecutions are shown in figures given out by the Chicago Board of Fire Underwriters. This report showed a drop in fire losses and a reduction in the number of fires since the members of an arson ring were seized last June.

Chief in importance among the arson cases tried was that in which Harry Siegel, 47 years old, a public insurance adjuster. was sentenced to 14 years in the penitentiary on a charge of murder by arson. Testimony in the case, which was heard by a jury and completed on Nov. 23, showed that Siegel conspired with others to burn a build BEG YOUR PARDON BEG The sentences came after an extraordinary incident had interrupted The trial, and the four defendants con-rented to plead guilty and take the light punishment. The four are Joseph Custo, 44 years old; Roy Costa, 23 years old; Christy nattalo, 22 years old, and Sam Castagpino, 2,5 years old.

Held at Apartment. According to the charges, presented by Assistant State's Attorney Emmett Moynihan, the men had taken the girl 10 Castagnines apartment at 1307 West Adams street last Dec. 2. There llad been drinking continually, the girl said, and she was raped by several men. During a court recess the girl suddenly called Mr.

Moynihan and declared that one of the jurors hearing the case had been in the place Where he was held prisoner. Judge Harrington was informed and quickly called the girl into his chambers. Frees Accused Juror. Ho then summoned the jury to chambers, and the girl again picked cut the man, who protested vigorously. Judge Harrington and Mr.

Moynihan Immediately started an investigation. The juror in question is employed by the Chicago Surface lines, and time sheets and pay roll records were examined. They convinced the judge that the juror had been working at the time mentioned, and was innocent. However, on agreement of counsel, he declared a mistrial, and immediately heard the pleas of guilty on the pa rt cf all four defendants. Prosecution Is Favored in Illegal Practice of Law Carbondale, Ill.

Jan. 4.Special. Prosecution of justices of the peace. real estate and insurance agents, and notaries public illegally practicing law, was favored in a resolution by the Jackson County Ear association, made public today by Attorney Orwin Pugh, its secretary. The association declared it is joining a state and nation-wide campaign to curtail the unlawful practice of law.

The resolution asserted it is the lay, individual who does the most damaging unlawful practice in the drafting of wills, contracts for deeds, leases, bonds, for deeds and mortgages. raw 101 ace, and law, the nade H. ttion I na) un-solo-livid-Lging of ases, Wife of Building Manager Sues Woman Secretary Miss Adelaide Hedlund, 30 years old, 75:9 Yale avenue, was named in a $100,000 alienation of affections suit filed in the Circuit court yesterday by Mrs. Marie L. McGrath, 38 years old, 1916 Bradley place.

The bill charges that Miss Hedlund, a secretary in the office of the Midland Club building, conducted herself improperly with Mrs. McGrath's husband, James, superintendent of the building. It was incorrectly stated yesterday that Transcontinental Western Air, would open its four hour and five minute service between Chicago and New York on Jan. 28. The service will begin next Tuesday, Jan.

8, company officials said. It was In( that Trans( Ty," grxresIllfi War Department Awards $1,563,954 Dam Contract Washington, D. Jan. The war department today awarded a contract for construction of dam No. 5A, In the Mississippi river, near Winona, to the United Construction company.

Winona, for $1,563,954. COZZI SENTENCED IN JAIL SLAYING; NEW PLEA FAILS HOBS UTE FLOOR OFFICE OF $100. An armed man yesterday robbed the office of Harvey Orchestras, on the sixth floor at 7 South Dearborn street, of $700 after forcing a woman cashier and a client to lie on the floor. 110' iv tVoe 41, 4, 4 iii en 6 co 474 itg.l.'w Motion for a new trial in behalf of Lawrence Cozzi, 25 years old, was denied yesterday and he was sentenced to serve 14 years in the penitentiary by Judge Walter P. Steffen of the Criminal court.

Cozzi was found guilty by a jury of the murder by poison of Rocco Pisan, a prisoner in the county jail. The death of Pisan grew oot or the attempt to silence Harold Cliftold, another jail prisoner, who was to testify against friends of Cozzi in an assault case. Poisoned sandwiches were delivered at the jail and Clifford, who was not hungry, gave them to Pisan. Otto F. Nau, who was honored on Thursday by the Illinois Central railroad after fifty years of service, is not retiring.

as was erroneously stated in an item yesterday. Mr. Nau will continue as treasurer of the railroad. Railroad equipment supply men in Chicago denied yesterday that their prices were raised with the announcement that the state was to advertise for bids to equip 275 railroad grade crossings in the state with improved signal devices. A statement to that effect was made in a news item Thursday, based on a statement by a state official.

Inquiry developed that the assertion arose from a misinterpretation of facts by the official. 7-11 ta t.fir 01 Ernest Thompson Seton Files Suit for Divorce El Paso, Jan. 4.OP)---Ernest Thompson Seton, naturalist and authority on Indian lore, has filed a suit for 'divorce in the Juarez Civil court gainst Grace Seton, charging incomratabilit y. 2 CHILDREN DIE IN FIRE. Foss, Jan.

children were burned to death today by Bre which destroyed the Williamson home. The children. John B. Williamson 5, and Nita Faye Williamson, 3, were left at home when the parents went to work. kr, It, 0 Irt taa A4-44ifftr', I- I 11 tt.

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