Jasper County Democrat, Volume 9, Number 43, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 January 1907 — “GETS HIS” AT LAST. [ARTICLE]

“GETS HIS” AT LAST.

The report that was generally Eublished in the newspapers that L B. Kellogg, the Canadian land swindler who buncoed Rensselaer people out of nearly $4,000, was sentenced and taken to Michigan City immediately after his recent trial at Lafayette, was a mistake. He has been lying in jail there since that time pending a motion for a new trial, but Saturday his attorneys decided not to ask for a new trial and he was sentenced by Judge De Hart for not less than one nor more than fourteen years, fined SIOO and disfranchised for one year. He is 44 years of age. The other cases against him were dismissed. He was taken to Michigan City the first of the week. Had Kellogg stolen a sack of flour or a pair of shoes instead of honswoggling over $7,000 out of bis would-be investors, he would no doubt have gotten at least five years.