Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-10-06

100 60l00 ker0le0 anu HIS Case nay
b Dismissed The Court
Proceedings
=. w. Russle. convicted OF raplng his
young sister-in-law, Myrtle McAfee.
will have q long time to repent u the
Sfiendish indulgence Of his lust. Judge
5Caswell this morning sentenced him to
serve term OF twenty years m the.
spenitentiary at Fort Madison.
Russie. with the other prisoners
awaiting sentence. was brough. into
court shortly before 10 O'clock. The
court room was packed and number
of the residents OF Green Mountain.
where Russie and his young victim re-
side, were present. In. pronouncing
sentence Judge CasWell scored the
prisoner numerically, saying that this
was the only similar case ever called to
his attention in which there was not
some extenuating circumstance and in
which witnesses did not testify to the
possession on the part of the defend
ant of some redeeming qualities. Rus
sizes attorney made plea in his cli-s
ent's behalf because OF his wife and lit
tie child The wife has been faithful to
her young husband since his arrest,
strange az 1t may seem, but will now
go to the home of her parents. She.
seemed affected TO greater degree by.
her husbands sentence than the prison
err himslf Russie's term in prison will.
k1S
behaves himself.
The sentence gives general saeisfac-
ton to the people Of this city who are
residents Of Green Mountain and vi.
sic is very bitter.
Charles Hesser and Ed Block, the two
young men convicted Of breaking ond
entering Great Western fraigh. car,
were sentenced to eighteen months
leach. Joe Seine, the Italian who par
ticipated in the drunken brawl ut the
Timber Greek quarry. during which Joe
Corodo was shot thru the head, was
paroled and the case against him will
| probably be dismissed il he keeps out
| OF further trouble.
MONEY ORDERED RETURNED.
Judge Caswell has issued a writ OF
lmandamus ordering the county TO re-
turn to Mrs. Magdalene Diesing the
amount of money collected thru the tax
ferrets as back taxes on mortgage
loans. which Mrs. blessing proved was
Iher pension fund. The costs OF the
suit were taxed to the county.
OTHER COURT DOINGs.
Motions were argued by the city at
torney for a dismissal Of the Van Ornaan
and Wallen paving caees. but were over.
airuled. s.,
a "A motion by defendants In the Thomp-
eon- Babcock case to compel the plain
lin to turn over property In his posssee-
4 sion was overruled.
\ "A writ Of error in the case Of Bolts We
i Darling e Mundy was sustained. there
5isby setting aside the verdict rendered in
4 Justice court
4 Marguerite Hay was granted oil
|vorce from Frank w. Hay.
4 +. w. Van Derveer was on the witness
a stand again this afternoon for a contin-
8 uation of his examination relative to his
Finances Nothing of Importance was
4 developed. and the case was continued
funtil next week, when Mr.. Van Der.
Iyeer.s father will be examined concern
ling money that he once had In his pos
! session. II is Understood that Mrs. Var
& Derveer has about given up hope of OBJ.
{ tanning any portion of the interest o.
q her husband in the business of Van Der.
AIveer & Griffiths. Creditors Of Mr.. Grit
|fiths attached his stock Friday whit.
the process of removal was under way
and az portion of it has already beer
moved there was little left for the cred
!, Iitors.