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Detroit police arrested him in April 1934 on charges of contributing to the delinquency of a minor (six months' probation), and in November some of his would-be followers got disgusted with his teaching, drove him out of town. He set up permanent headquarters in Chicago, preached against the...
The charge against William J. Korpa in San Francisco Municipal Court was battery: he had beaten up two youths at a beach party. A husky 18-year-old with a stammer, Korpa had been in trouble with the police since he was 13, and his record, Judge Andrew J. Eyman...
Judge Eyman retorted that he had not forced Korpa to do anything: "There was no obligation on the young man to accept the grace and clemency which I offered him. If he had not accepted the probation terms, he would have gone to jail. However, in accepting the offer of...
Last Gasp. In Cincinnati, Travis Zellis. sentenced to 90 days in jail for larceny, was sent home on probation after fellow prisoners and guards complained that his snore was too loud.
The Administration is also under pressure not to let the transgressions of its students reach the public. Some Boston papers are eager to receive any report that will lower the public estimate of Harvard, and Harvard authorities are just as eager to frustrate them in their desire. Thus the beating...