Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 265, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 November 1915 — COURT MAKES QUEER ORDER [ARTICLE]

COURT MAKES QUEER ORDER

Robber Gains Two Years* Parole on Condition He Repays Cost of His Trial. Houghton, Mich. —John Spelich has been released from the county jail for two years’ probation on one of the queerest orders known here. Spelich was given his freedom by Judge O’Brien on condition that he repay within two years the costs of his capture and his trial. Spelich stole SI,OOO from a teapot belonging to Mrs. John Messner, a widow. The money was the life insurance of' her husband. All of the cash was recovered and the woman did not want to prosecute. He will return to the widow and work for her.