Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-04-05
R1CHl' IS PARD0D[D.
Young Man Who Obtained Honey
From 3. q Let's BY False Pre-.
# lenses, Released.
Has Served One Year Of q Three
Years Sentence Conditions Of
His Parole.
Ritchey Is Of 9 Good Family and Is
Not q Criminal at Heart
His Crime.

-. d. Ritchey, Jr., the young man
who, a little over year a go. defra uded
Col. +. G. Let's. of this city. out Of a
small sum OF money by getting him to-
cash a draft upon the pretense that he
was in the employ Of a Chicago COM
mission house. and who was sentenced
at the April term Of the district court
last year to three years hard labor in
the penitentiary upon a charge of OBJ
taining money under false pretenses, is
a free man, and was released from the
Fort Madison penitentiary Tuesday
word to that effect having been received
in the city Wednesday afternoon.
Ritchey's case was one which caused
no small amount of interest at the time
of Its occurrence. His crime was COM
mitted. he skipped to Chicago. wac there
located and arrested by Sheriff McPher-
son, returned to this city While the
grand jury was in session, indicted,
brought into court and sentenced ana
taken to the penitentiary, all in the
short space of ten days.
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order from Governor shaw, who sus-
OF the district court OF Marshall county.
The suspension willremain in force dur
ing the pleasure and discretion of the
and providing theSyoung man,
who is now barely 20 years OF age, will
behave himself as a good young man
should.
The prisoners release is accepted by
himself with the full understanding and
agreement that inacase the same be re-
ivoked for any cause. whatever allow
lance and rebate of sentence he may
heretofore have earned by reason OF his
good conduct while characterized, will be
forfeited by the operation Of the revo-.
cation, and he Will. serve the remaining
period OF his sentence without the all
:lowance Of good time already earned by
good behavior.
4 Governor Shaw has also fastened upon
Ritchey many conditions which will be
necessary for him to live up to provio-
ing he wishes to retain his liberty any.
great length of time. Anloi s them he is
not to engage in the sale or use of in
toxicating liquors. or be u frequenterof
places where liquors are kept on sale:
he must return tosthe home of his par
ients in southwestern Iowa at once and
remain there aud must industriously oc-
scupy his time in some honorable en-
sployment; also he must, unless for some
good reasons, spend his evenings at
home. and must make monthly reports
to the chief executive as to his wherea-
bouts, wages earned. and money ex-
pended within the different periods OF
thirty days each.
Il is Governor Shaw's intention, in
suspending Ritchey's sentence, to pre-
sent TO him the option of being n good
respectable and Industrious citizen. or
serving the balance Of his term wit the
forfeiture Of the good time he has so far
earned in the year he has been in pris-
on
.Altho 1t is no. definitely known. it is
thought Col. Let's used his influence to
some extent III getting Ritchey cut Of
the psnitentiary. The young man. altho
smooth and inclined to be Somewhat
fast.is not a criminal at heart and has
in him the making of good man. Mr..
Let's realized this at the time the crime
was committed and during the prosecu-
ton that followed. but as 1t was neces-
gary to teach him a lesson he did not
stand in the way Of the law. $RitcheS is
a distant relative of Mr.. Let's, and it
was in this manner. largely, that he put
enough faith in his words to accoinmo-
date him in cashing the draft.
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