Originally published in The Vidette-Messenger of Porter County on April 4, 1931.
VET IS OUT OF COUNTY JAIL
Henry L. Baker, “man about town,” world war veteran, who claims to have spent many months in government hospitals because of wounds, is out of Porter county jail where he has been the last two weeks.
Baker was arrested on a petit larceny charge. A Valparaiso woman who is said to have befriended Baker charged that he appropriated a table cloth, dresser scarf and pillow tops from her home. The property was valued at $15.
Arraigned before Judge Grant Crumpacker in Porter circuit court Friday afternoon, Baker was given another chance when his case was explained to the court by Prosecutor Howard D. Clark.
One dollar fine and costs and sixty days at the state penal far was the sentence meted out by the court.
Judge Crumpacker suspended the penal farm sentence, and then released Baker on his own recognisance when he promised to pay up just as soon as his compensation check arrived.
