Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 219, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 September 1919 — VEILE GOES UP; 1 TO 14 YEARS [ARTICLE]

VEILE GOES UP; 1 TO 14 YEARS

AUTO THIEF SENTENCED TUESDAY—WILL “BARK” FOR SHOWS NO MORE. W. C. Veile resigned his position at the county jail this Wednesday morning and left for" Michigan City" in company with Sheriff True D. Woodworth, where he has accepted a similar position with a much Larger firm, secured for him through the efforts of Judge Hanley Tuesday afternoon. ' - —- .But two short weeks ago Veile was “barking” for a side show with a carnival company at LaPorte and would have continued to extoll the wonders to be found beneath the canvas droperies had it not been that an officer of the law silenced the “barks” by arresting him and presenting him with a pair of bracelets. Veile was considerably put out and decidedly discommoded, but readily agreed to accompany the officer to this city to see what it was all about.

When arraigned before Justice Irwin on a charge of having stolen the Ford automobile belonging to William Mackey about a year agOr the prisoner recalled the incident—but it had been so long ago that it bad almost slipped his mind, don’t you know? Following the preliminary hearing, Veile was confined in the county jail and lingered there until court convened this week. Veile plead guilty on being brought to trial and within a very short time was given a sentence of from 1 to 14 years in the prison at Michigan City, which sentence was not any .too severe considering the nature of his crime. The only regret expressed by Veile was over leaving the local bastile where he found everything so modern and convenient.