Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1889-02-20
A GOVERNOR INDICTED
THE POLK COUNTY, IOWA. GRAND
JURY lNDlCQs Gov. LARRABEE.

THE POLA COUNEL AOWAs nNAND
JURY 'sD'os GOV. IARHAsEE' Ran
The Trouble All ASout Pardon Asked Tor
Chester Turn.y-sugar Fraud Psrpetra
tors Arrestod-The Railroad Situation
Other Late News
Gov. Larrabee, Of lows, Under IAAictment.
Governor Larrabee has bean Indicted tor.
criminal libel by the grand jury OF Polk
county, Iowa. The governor said to re-
porter that thsscounty att otney came to his
house on the 18th and informed him that
an indictment had been reached. He told
the attorney that he should be glad to have
the case called ut once AZ he was ready at
any time to appear in court and answer TO
the charge. He said that while the pro-
ceedings were apparently in the interests
Of Mrs. Turney. the mother of Chester
Turney, the boy imprisoned at Anamosa,
yet there were other parties behind her who
vere pusAaag the *aits solely to annoy apd
injure him. Il am not at all surprised, +"
the governor is quoted as saying, that
this indictment was returned. 1have been
kept informed of the effosts that have been
made in this direction, and as long ago as
December was told by one OF the attor-'
neys for Mrs. Turney that if l didn't par
don the boy there would be trouble made
for me. More than that, the railroads
have been giving Mrs. Turney free passage
to 60 over the state and work up sympa-
thy and feeling against me, and have no
doubt have been glad to help bring this
about. But when the attorney told me I
would be much more comfortable if
would pardon the boy and thus avoid the
trouble told him that I was not discharg-
ing my duties with view to my personal
comfort, and had not so far looked to my
own convenience in doing what thought
was right, and should not begin to do SO
now. / am ready to 60 into court at any
time, and am half disposed to be my own
lawyer. l don't especially blame Mrs.
Turney, rs she is being used by others.
But ] may feel it my duty now to make
some things public in court that have
kept back heretofore ont of consideration
for other peoples feelings.
As to the published pamphlet upon
which the indictment rests, the governor
said it contained nothing except copies of
papers filed in his Office, without word
from him personally. He had received so
many letters asking why he didn't pardon
Chester Turney, that he told his clerk to
gather up the remonstrances against par
don that had come from citizens of Pres
ton where the crimes were committed, and
have them printed and send a copy to
everyone who wanted to know the other
side of the case. To these remonstranees
were added letters from the district attor.
ney who prosecuted and the lawyer who
defended the boy, giving information bear
ing on the trial. He had sent copy OF
this pamphlet to each member of the leg.
islature since the Turney side was present
ed to the Legislature last winter, before
these remonstrances were received, and he
wanted them to see that there were two
sides to the case. The statements con-
tanned in the remonstrances about Mrs
Turney we're not his own, but the state
ments of the former neighbors OF the
woman where see had Lived. These papers
were part of the pnblic records on file il
his Office. and he had loaned them several
times to people Who wanted tc know about
the case. Partly to preserve them from
being lost. he had them printed, so that :
printed COPY could he given when wanted
rather than the original copies.
When asked what he would do if he were
convicted the governor laughingly replied
that he hadn't decided whether he would g
to the penitentiary or pardon himself out
Electric Sugar Frauds Arrested.
All the parties ia the Electric Sugar Re
hning company frauds were arrested a
Milan, Mich, on the 10th, the sheriff tax
ing to Ann Arbor the following prisoners
Mrs. Olive E. Friend, William E. Howard
Emily Howard, Gus Halstead and George
Halstead, and placing them in the count,
jail. They were arrested for obtaining
money under false pretenses. Three in
dictments were found against them b;
the grand jury OF New Yorl
last January. One is issued fo
fraud against the sugar company, and TIVE
on complaint of Lawson N. Fuller, of New
York. On these indictments requisition
were made On the governor Of Michigan
who issued warrants for their arrest. Satur
day was the first time since that all partie
have been in the state. Howard threaten
that when they 60 to New York there viii
be sensation greater than ever stirre,
that city.
The Railroad Situation.
The situation in railroad matters il YER,
quiet at present, says a recent Des Moines
Iowa, dispatch. The different roads are
accepting the commissioners schedules
and putting their rates in force as fast a.
the changes can be made. Whether or no
the litigation begun in 3rdgc Brewer
court will continue at the May term is no
altogether certain. The roads have had
large force of men at work obtaining
mass Of statistics to show the loss tina
would result on years business if tn
commissioners rates were enforced. The
make a comparison between the old an
the new rates on a years business an
they expect to prove to the court that ii
loss would be so great as to nearly bank
rupt them. At present, however, they q,
giving the rates trial, and public sent
!nent !, very strongly in favor Of hayi,l
y them obey the law and try the rates awhi
and see whether the threatened loss wi
arise.
The Presidency IL No Sinecurc.
President Cleveland is said to be work
Ing very hard these closing days Of his I'D
ninistration. The pressure Of official an
social duties throughout the day is so gre,
that he is seldom able to address himss
to the documentary work aud correspond
snce which accumulates on his desk durir
almost every hour mp to nine o'clock
night, and it is said that he is seldom alb
to retire before two or three o'clock in Il
morning. He is generally in his Office
half past nine in the morning, and for :
hour b kept busy receiving members
congress and their constituents. A We
large majority Of the American peop
haze net the least idea how much Of . ta,
their chief executive has, but fancy th
the position is very nearly sinecure.
not . continual round of pleasure. II
but Just TO Mr.. Cleveland to say that
has been one Of the most industrious pre-
idsnts the country has ever had. and viii
the nscess sity hs has found for working
hard may b msasusably due, ~ he hims
says, 70 awkwaFdness, and perhaps also
want Of the Alghsst execntjve ability,
has shown cancellations devotion to
duties Of hts d0cs.