Harry Terpenny, the Coleta man who got into trouble in Dixon for shoplifting, Friday [01/26/1900] afternoon at 4:30 o’clock pleaded guilty to one of the indictments against him and was sentenced by Judge Crabtree to the penitentiary for and indefinite term. The specific charge to which the man pleaded guilty was that of stealing twelve yards of silk, valued at $2 a yard, from the store of Mrs. Anna Gelsenheimer in Dixon last October. The man was also indicted for burglary, but this case was dismissed by States Attorney Brewster, upon the confession of the other crime.

Terpenny was mixed up with the woman, Alma Alton, who was a short time ago brought back to Dixon from Chicago, on the charge of shoplifting. It is said that the two had a [line unreadable] city, which was fixed up at the expense of not less than $2000 since the pair left Dixon last October. The woman was caught by the Dixon officials without trouble, but Terpenny had escaped. He was finally found in an Indiana town and brought home.

Arriving in Dixon Terpenny broke down and did a tall lot of crying. His parents in Coleta were sent for and have been with him all week. W. H. A. Renner of Mt. Carroll was secured as his attorney and on Friday morning he made a desperate effort to have the case continued until Monday morning. This the judge refused to do.

The woman in the case appeared before the judge this morning and gave bonds for $1800 to appear at the April term of court. The case has attracted a good deal of interest in this vicinity. Terpenny comes from an excellent family in Coleta.