 Forbes was prosecuted and convicted of conspiracy to defraud the U.S. Government , fined $ 10 @,@ 000 , and sentenced to a prison term of two years . He was put in prison on March 21 , 1926 . He served one year , eight months and six days at the Leavenworth federal penitentiary . Forbes was prisoner number <unk> . On entering prison Forbes said , " I don 't suppose any prison is a pleasant place to go , but I shall try to make the best of it . " Forbes had appealed his trial , however , the United States Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago upheld his conviction . 
