Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1857-09-04
STATE DEM00RAT

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John Shaw
Attorney q Law"
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peesssated 70 IL suoesssful aoconplish-
meet, 10 which It ses0s that 8. Q. Fes.
sssden, fosussly . Black Rspuoliess
minister, one Of The immortal thres
thousand, and now Judge Of the Muoi-
cipsl Court IN THE city, We deeply i'm
plicstsd Look q The faees, end sss IL
euv other eenelusien esa 30 arrived q.
J. g. Day 10 supposed % eoomite-
iue adultssy With The wife o. Wu. Biek.
mere. Fearing thas Biskaers viii enter
. eoDplsist a9sinet hias end breeding
ths consequences, Dey eoes 70 Hsssso
den end has several co0vspsasjoue with
bin upon the mates, before any warrant
10 issued Or complaint 10 made . d prov.
"a By Hssssodsa's own ststsnsst. Day
then goes 10 bic Srisod Ase Aoee, and
pPoeaPes this fsised 70 sotsr sooplsints
aeaiase hin before reeDendsn, for edul.
terry end rope committed With and upon
Biskoofs's wife. Auee consents; and
one rainy dark morning, when bet few
ere stirring. Day asd Amss, The accused
sod complainant, fest friends, 70 sPn in
arm 70 The Municipsl Court room, end
there AWes before Fesssndsn enters DOM.
plsintss9ainst bic friend Tor the two
crimes OF rscs end sdultsry, committed
Of the ssme time end place and with one
and the ssme women.
The testimony Of both Biekmors and
bic wife shows that Amss wss an entire
strange o. TO them; and il 10 amasiug, iu-
deed. that Amss, hsving no acquaintancs
With Bioknors and bic wife, should be
% deeply interested 10 their behalf, and
20 eager 70 punish bic frissd. Fssssn-
deu issues the wsrrauts, Ames takes
them, and the two friends then 70 10 the
Office Of Sheriff Anderson. Day waits
at The entrance, Anss goes up flight Of
Stare to the ONCE, sees Anderson, puts
tho warrsnts into bic hsnda, and tells
him that Day 10 below waiting to be Or.
rested, and Of the came time tells Auder-
son that he 10 acting - Day's friend to
prevent any investigation OF the csses.
All three Immediately repair to the mu-
nicipsl court room. Tho complaint 10
not even read to the prisoner, not sim
Rle witness 10 cslled on either case.-
Bistmore and his vito knew nothing OF
what 10 going on, the prisoner wsivss
examination, and 10 ordered 10 recognise
in the email sum OF $50 in the case Of
rape, for which tho penalty 10 imprison-
mont Tor life. The bondsmeu we're An.
dsrson, the Sheriff, man worth no real
eatsse, and . person by the name Of
Place, who vas not known 30 have any
property. This Judicial farce took place
on the llth Of July. Judge Fssssnden
did not enter either OF tho GASES on HE
docket. but left blsnkt which we're filed
after Day was arrested bv Bickmore.
Ion Monday, August 10th, tho husband
OF the women upon whom the crime 10
alleged to have been committed, enters
complaint before Justice N. O. Wood
ward, against the accused, Who 10 arres-
Cd and held to auswer in the sum Of
$1,000, the accused endeavoriue to evade
the process BY setting up the judieial
farce which had been played before
Judge Fessenden. Fessenden, tho acting
Justice in the shsm case, called into
course deposed a. followed
81 have two dockets; will produce
the other; had several conversations
With Day upon tho subject before I is
sued the warrant; knew wsrrsnt would
DO asked for; Day told me 90; The oom-
plainant 10 Asa Ames; Day and AIMEE
came into the oonrt room together; AIMEE
made two complaints against Day ct
same time-one for rape and ono for ad-
dultery; complaints were made July IA,
1851; crimes alleged to hsve been com-
mittsd on the 81 day OF July; do not put
oil the cases on the court docket; have
. private docket from which l trans
cribe; not single witness vas sum
monsd in either case, and none examin-
I'd; never took any pains to investigate
merits OF truth Of the charges against
Day, or notify any OF the constables or
city marshsl. that they might investi-
gate the meter Both complaints made
at the same time, BY came Ass Amss:
both offences slledgsd to have been oom'
mitted the same day With tho same NO.
man; did not Cause Bickmore or any
OF bic friends 10 be notified; don't know
that any ono wss present at the time Day
came 10 to plead TO The warrants but MI.
Anderson, Deputy Sheriff; did not put
the oasss on the docket until after Day
was arrested on complaint Of Biskmore;
Day told me not to put them on the
docket; did not; LETT blauks on the dock
Of; did not inqire Of Amss when he made
complaints whether hs knew arythiue
about the rope or the adulssry; did moi
recognise any witnesses 10 either case;
did nothing to have case brought before
the grsnd jury; did not ssk Day's bouds'
men II they had eay property. don't ksov
whether they he'd or not; Day requested
me to keep IL secret; complaints vert
not read 70 Day; hs waived the reAdipe
and bic sxsUinatiou; consider when 81.
a0instiou 10 waived that charge in The
complaint 10 - BE- tokoo - true, put