Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 77, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 March 1912 — SON SERVES FOR HIS FATHER [ARTICLE]

SON SERVES FOR HIS FATHER

Induces Court to Exchange Their Sentences So Parent Can Be Bet Free the Sooner. Baltimore, Md. —Asking that a sentence of three years in jail Imposed upon his father be Imposed upon him and that his own sentence of two years In jail be reversed to his father, Hugh C. Lyons broke down in the criminal court and wept bitterly. Judge Elliott complied with the prisoner’s unusual request and Lyons seemed much relieved when given the chance to exchange sentences with his father, giving the elder man* the. benefit of one year. Though neither of them ever has directly admitted that they were father and son, Hugh D. Lyons, alias Philip Psssavsnt, and Hugh C. Lyons, who bear a very marked resemblance to each other, have given the authorities much difficulty in proving their relationship. They were arrested some time ago by Detective* Schanberger and Kahler on a charge of obtaining money through bogus checks pawed upon tobacconists and confectioners. Several days ago they were convicted. . ~ ; ; . .r.i..-'-Touched by the loyalty of his partner in crime, “PassavanPV asked that the original sentence be adhered to, but Judge Elliott carried out the rs.versaL

“Mock" Wedding la Binding. Bridgeport, Conn.—Dr. Howard P. Mansfield and Mlaa Clara Georgia are trying to become divorced. They went through a mock marriage ceremony twelve years now find the