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AUG. 3, 1928.
TEXAS JOOOE’S
SOBZE JUSTICE
JARSJOTHAM
Fits Punishment to Man,
He Says, Fining One
$500; Another Penny.
• BY THOMAS L. STOKES
United Press Staff Correspondent
NEW YORK, Aug. 3.—A modern
Solomon from Texas is giving New
York a judicial education.
Federal Judge William H. Atwell,
whose native bailiwick is Dallas,
but who is doing vacation relief in
Federal Court in Brooklyn, metes
out a form of justice that is a con
tinual puzzle to the native bootleg
gers in this haven of speakeasies.
“What can you expect when he
fines one man SSOO for doing the
same thing for which he fines an
other 1 cent?’’ they ask.
The answer' is easy, says the
judge, a white-haired, dignified man
who comes from the South, but is
not a Democrat, and admits that
he was an anti-prohibitionist before
the Eighteenth Amendment was
adopted.
Grades the Punishment
“I fit the punishment to the man,”
he explained today.
The judge was asked what differ
ence he finds in the attitude toward
the prohibition law here and in
Texas. He said he does not like to
give interviews on such subjects,
explaining that they may be con
strued as with a political purpose
and a judge has no right to make
political utterances, but he answered
in a judicial, slightly enigmatic
way.
“The first is this: There is a
difference between enforcement and
advocacy,” he began. “Enforcement
is judicial; advocacy is political.
Enforcement is a duty; advocacy is
voluntary.
“I detect another difference. The
journalist is not an apologist in my
district for any man who breaks the
law, whatever it may be.
Formerly Used Liquor
“If the journalist misrepreesnts
the enforcement of a law to those
who do not have opportunity them
selves to see it enforced, then it
creates a false set of facts so that
the reader necessarily will draw a
false conclusion.”
Judge Atwell was an anti-prohi
bitionist, and used liquor before the
Eighteenth Amendment was
adopted.
“I took a drink and enjoyed it,”
he said. “But I haven’t taken a
drink in ten years, either at home
or abroad. I can lean over the
bench and tell the man down there
before me: ‘l’m no hypocrite, old
fellow.’ ”
The Texas judge studies the peo
ple who come before him and when
the trial is over he knows his man
thoroughly. He renders his judg
ments accordingly.
He is strong on the truth. He
gave an old man who had been sell
ing liquor a light sentence because
he told the truth. He gave another
a heavy sentence because he lied.
Fined One Cent
A young man came before him for
selling a quart of liquor to factory
employes. He had been in jail
forty-five days, unable to get bail.
“You’ve been punished enough,”
the judge said. “One cent fine.”
Judge Atwell fined a grocer who
sold liquor $125.
He explained that. if the grocer
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Here is the man who is accused
by supporters of the Mexican ad
ministration as the "intellectual
author” of the assassination of
President-Elect Alvaro Obregon.
He is Luis N. Morones, and was
minister of industry, commerce
and labor until his removal from
office by President Calles. He was
known as the bitterest enemy of
General Obregon and had’ been
quoted as saying: “Either Obregon
or I must go.” He sought refuge
following the assassination.
was breaking this law, he might not
be quite honest in other matters.
“You might no give me sixteen
ounces for a pound,” he said.
He talks in a kindly way to those
whom he sentences, but there often
is a rude shock when he pronounces
his verdict. The Texas judge said
he often visits the jails in his dis
trict and corresponds with many
men whom he was sentenced and
upon all sorts of subjects.
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Musical Program Presented
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music at the Crispus Attucks High
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“The Prophet,” a reading, was
given by Miss Mattie Stovall.
Ministers and laymen took part
in the “Young Peoples’ Forum,”
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T. Gorham, district superintendent,
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Boy Drowns in Winona Lake
By Times Special
WARSAW, Ind., Aug. 3.—Robert
Hartzell, Jr., 6, drowned in Winona
Lake Thursday evening, his body be
ing found in eight feet of water near
a spot where he had been playing on
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Muncie, Is Accuser.
By Times Special
MUNCIE, Ind., Aug. 3.—More
trouble is piling up for Alpha L.
Holaday, who served three years in
a Federal prison for operating a
“get-rich-quick” scheme. He is a
fugitive from justice in Delaware
County, wanted on charges of em-
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of wife and child desertion.
The latest charge w’as filed by
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parents, Mr. and Mrs. Dorsey Mc-
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suit to forfeit a bond for Holaday
which they signed to obtain his lib
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Holaday disappeared several
months ago, and despite efforts of
private and public detectives, not
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PIPE REPLACES CIGARET
Young Men of London Take to
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By United Press
LONDON. Aug. 3.—The pipe has
returned to fashion with the young
men of London. The briar has re
placed the long cigaret holder in
Bond St. and Sanle-row. And as
usual with any change in style,
the Prince of Wales receives the
blame, or credit.
Pipe manufacturers point out
that the Prince has never wavered
in his allegiance to the briar. Per
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his lead in> wearing the Fair Islf
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