Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 58, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 March 1915 — HORSE THIEF GETS PENITENTIARY TERM [ARTICLE]

HORSE THIEF GETS PENITENTIARY TERM

Walter Miller, Who Tried to Escape, Will Spend 3 to 15 Years in Northern Prison. Walter Miller, the self-confessed horse thief who made an effort to escape from the Jasper county jail early Sunday morning, is now in the Northern Indiana prison, where he will serve an indefinite sentence of from 3to 15 years. Sheriff Hess came after him Monday and took him to Kentland, taking the precaution to have him handcuffed. Milled pleaded guilty and was sentenced by Judge Hanley and Sheriff Hess took him to Michigan City. ■ No steps were taken to ascertain Miller’s identity. He undoubtedly went by an assumed name and beyond much question was schooled in crime and has probably served time before. As he passed out of the Jasper county jail and by the sitting room, he bade a cheerful goodbye to Mrs. MeColly and apparently was not very much concerned at the prospect of serving a long term in prison. There are no other prisoners in the jail now but Dunlap and Howard, whose trial is set for Thursday of next week.