Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 39, Number 46, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 February 1907 — Fred Gilman Has Gone The Road. [ARTICLE]

Fred Gilman Has Gone The Road.

ThC' Indianapolis papers were wrong as usual in stating that Fred Gilmau was sentenced Wednesday and that he would withdraw his motion for a new trial etc. He was not sentenced until six o’clock Thursday evening, and previous to the sentence his attorneys moved for a new trial, which was overruled by Judge Hanley. Then they moved for an arrest of j udgment, which was also over-ruled. Then they prayed an appeal to the Supreme Court and were given 60 days in which to prepare a bill of exceptions. Judge Hanley then passed the sentence the law provides on a verdict of guilty of embezzlement, which is an indeterminate term of from one two three years in the penitentiary, and within 90 minutes from the time sentence was pronounced, Fred was on his way to Michigan City, in charge of Sheriff Stoner, and going’ by way of the Indiana Harbor railroad. None of Feed’s relatives were in court when sentence was pronounced and none of them accompanied him to Michigan City. I \ There are no doubt a good many people who, to use a much over , worked expression, believe Fred was “more tinned against than sinning” by some of the parties who [got into his confidence and made away with the funds of the bank. And it is quite common to hear the opinion depressed over there that Fred ought not to have gone to the pen alone. As an illustration of how completely the money was lost whichsome of these largest borrowers got hold of may be mentioned a $6,000 note with several years’ interest, from some of the Hartleys. Trustee Wiles has been selling these notes for the best prices he could get and Thursday he sold this $6,000 note for the enormous sum of five /lollars. Which was less than one tenth of one per cent of its face value.