Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 226, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 September 1916 — MRS. C. R. McFARLAND IS SENTENCED [ARTICLE]

MRS. C. R. McFARLAND IS SENTENCED

Wife of Former Jasper Court Reporter Given Six Months in Women’s Prison In Indianapolis. A few weeks ago The Republican contained an account of the arrest of Mrs. C. R. McFarland, of Chicago, on a charge of being an accomplice of Carroll Allen, who stole a fur collar valued at $35 at the H. P. Wasson store in Indianapolis. Mrs. McFaralnd is the wife of the former reporter for the Jasper-Newton court. Mrs. McFarland was sentenced to six months imprisonment in the women's prison at Indianapolis. The following article was taken from a recent edition of the Indianapolis News: “Carroll Allen, a young woman accused of stealing a fur collar valued at $35 at the H. P. Wasson & Co. store, apparently tried to shield Margaret Heath, accused jointly with Miss Allen, but failed to convince Judge James A. Collins, in the criminal court, that the girl had nothing to' do with the theft. Each was fined $1 and costs and sentenced to the correctional department of the women’s prison for six months. “After the theft was committed the Heath girl went to Chicago and was married to C. R. McFarland, a dentist. It appeared for this reason the Allen girl wished to absolve her friend from blame. The girls were together, however, when the collar was stolen and the court said in his opinion one of the girls was engaged in conversation with the clerk, while the other took the collar. “McFarland came from Chicago with his wife when she was arrested a short time ago. He was called as witness in her behalf. McFarland walked to the jail with his wife.”