EMMA BRADT GETS 

3 YEAR SENTENCE 

Emma Bradt, the 17-year-old Altamont and Delanson girl, who satisfied her longing for the things she could not rightfully get through raising express and postal money orders, was sentenced Tuesday to three years in the Girls’ Industrial school at Middletown, Conn., after she had pleaded guilty to charges of raising the money orders. Judge Frank Cooper, who passed sentence, told the young girl, bearing the facial lines of suffering in Humane society shelters at Albany, Schenectady and Syracuse, that the court did not desire to inflict punishment, but did have “a sincere intent to benefit the unfortunate girl.” 

The young girl, a victim of betrayal, showed little emotion when the court passed sentence, but her air was that of one who does not fully understand the enormity of her sentence. She listened to the magistrate and seemed to understand his every word. 

“Emma, the court has been troubled greatly to know just what to do in your case,” Judge Cooper said. “The court has been investigating and has finally decided that the Girls’ Industrial school at Middletown, Conn., is the proper place for you to go.

“In sending you such a distance from your home the court is desirous of removing you from the old environment. The court wants to give you an opportunity to enjoy sane living and it is with the hope that you will benefit that a rather long sentence of three years is given. 

“Much will depend upon you. If you go there in the right spirit, you are certain to benefit, but if you assume another attitude the court’s care will count for little. 

“To send you to prison would not do you any good. To impose a fine would be futile. You could not pay it. And if you served a short time in jail, you would only return to the old haunts.

“And, moved solely by a desire to benefit you and not to punish you, you will serve a term of three years in the industrial school.” 

Emma’s illegal transactions with mail order houses in Chicago, New York, Philadelphia and other places amounted to more than $300. Forced to live within the scanty means the family could provide, Emma, longing for the dresses which would “attract” and the clothes that would stamp her as “well dressed,” was told by a man posing as a distant cousin the way to obtain the finery by raising the express and mail orders. The crudely raised money orders which at first passed the mail order houses, came to the attention of postal inspectors and they investigated. 

In the meantime Emma was called to the home of her brother to nurse his wife, who was seriously ill. A relative of her sister-in-law drew her confidence, and her betrayal followed, it is alleged. Her condition was first noted when she was arraigned before Judge Cooper. The youth has promised to marry her, Emma says, but the Humane society officials decided she must pay her debt to the law first. 

BIG DAIRY FILM AT

GUILDERLAND CENTER 

A big dairy film showing show animals and highest record cows of all four leading breeds of dairy cattle, will be given at the Town Hall, Guilderland Center at 7:45 standard time, on Saturday evening, May 6th. 

This picture has been secured by Charles J. Hurst & Sons and will be shown free to Dairy farmers and their families. 

EAST BERNE, SUNNYSIDE 

F. H. Filkins has the agency for the Marvel Radio and has one installed in his home where several good concerts and lectures have been heard.