Jasper County Democrat, Volume 14, Number 6, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 April 1911 — McCOLLY FOUND GUILTY. [ARTICLE]

McCOLLY FOUND GUILTY.

And Brandenberg Plead Guilty —Both Go to the Pen. The petit jury came in Monday and heard the incest case of the State vs. Joseph McColly, from Wheatfield. McColly was charged with having criminal relations with his stepdaughter. He and his wife were parted and he set up the plea that he supposed she had obtained a divqfce. She testified, however, that she had not; she gave an attorney $24.50 to get a divorce, but he had apparently put tfye money where it did the most good and did not jjet the maritial bonds severed. " * The relations of the prisoner and the girl were admitted by

the latter and there was evidence that they had been living together for some time as husband and wife.

The case went to the jury at 5 o'clock p. m., and a verdict of guilty was returned at 9:00, and the age of the prisoner found to be 44 years The court was expecting to pass sentence yesterday afternoon, the penalty being two to twenty-one years. McColly will be sent to Michigan City. 'Win. E. Brandenburg, aged 26, the Walker tp. young man arrested on the charge of forging the name of J. C. Calloway to a check for $2220 payable to W. J. Smtih and passing same on A S. Barlow-, a Wheatfield hardware man, entered a plea of guilty yesterday morning and threw- himself on the mercy of the court. Another Check, however, passed on R. G. Anderson, for some sl4, purporting to have been given by John C. Burgett and made payable to Wm. Russell, which endorsement Brandenburg placed on the back of the check, as he also did the name of Smith on the Calloway check, was in evidence. The court wanted to be lenient with the young man, but it having came to him that he had done time before in prison, he questioned him on that score, and he admitted that he had been convicted in Warren county when but 15 years old of horse stealing and was sentenced to the reformatory at Jeffersonville, but was paroled after serving about one year. Mr. Jensen, cashier of the Wheatfield bank, was also in court and thought the law should

take its course, so the court passed sentence, sending him to Jeffersonville for from two to fourteen years. Mr. Barlow, who had made the amount good to the bank, was not in court pressing the charge, and the prosecutor was also willing that leniency be shown. Brandenburg was very penitent and wept considerably while the court was questioning him and pondering over the matter. His aged parents and two sisters were also in the court room during this time. The jury was dismissed yesterday morning until