Jasper County Democrat, Volume 13, Number 98, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 March 1911 — COURT SUSPENDS SENTENCE [ARTICLE]

COURT SUSPENDS SENTENCE

New Albany Politician Pleads Guilty to Family Desertion. New Albany, Ind.. March 24. —Henry J. H. Koch, arrested in Lafayette on a charge of deserting his family in this city; arrived here in custody of Samuel Frazier, sheriff of Tippecanoe county. He pleaded guilty in the circuit court and was given a sentence of from one to seven years in the reformatory, which was suspended on condition that he provide for his wife and children in the future. Koch has been prominent in politics and labor circles.