Jasper County Democrat, Volume 18, Number 4, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 April 1915 — Torre Haute Election Conspirators in Federal Prison. [ARTICLE]

Torre Haute Election Conspirators in Federal Prison.

City Mayor Donn M. Roberts and all the other convicted election conspirators of Terre Haute sentenced to federal prison, were taken to Ft. Leavenworth, Kan., Sunday, they having been unable to secure appeal bonds. In fact, most of them seemed to realize the futility of an appeal and, after reflecting over the matter, decided that It was best to get busy serving their sentences at once. The federal prison at Fort Leavenworth is said to have been packed to over-flowing before the sentencing of this crowd of conspirators, and it is probable that many will now have to sleep two in a bed, thus proving the truth of the old saying that "politics makes strange bed-fellows.” Those given jail sentences, 82 in number, will serve out same in the Marion county jail.