Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-02-07

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the city, county and state for the cap
ture Of IRobson's murderer, would be
paid 10 his wife.
Peyton has been. a mystery to the
Sioux City authorities ever since he
was brought here from st. Louis and
lodged In jail several months ago. His
confession to the Robson murder which
was made in St. Louis, has always been
looked upon with doubt. because OF the
prisoners degeneracy. due to the use of
morphine
Peytcn has lived a quiet life in Jail
here He has refused at all times tobe
seen by newspaper men. He also de-
clinad to participate in the religious
services at the Jail. He has eaten but
little at any time and the condition OF,
his health is very poor, he having been
d part Of the time under the care Of the
county physician. He declares that
bullet which is lodged in his body is
gradually working its way to a vital
Ipart and that it is only matter q
thine when it will kill him. He has
written good deal and while he has
never shown his manuscript to any one
he declares it is an exciting recital of
the daring deeds of lawLessnesss which
he has committed In his lifetime He
says he has tlairty-two bullet wounds
and scars on his body and has commits
lied hundreds of burglaries and rob
lsberies.
No one here has yet been able to dis
cover Peyton's motive for canfessing 70
the Robson murder. He simply denied
Lit to his attorney and the work of es-
lStablishing the alibi was begun, which
has finally resulted in clearing him Of
1.-the charge.
John r.. Robson was prominent
lsbridge contractor in Sioux City. On the
informing Of December % 1899, he was
| found in a. dying condition in his office
lard his safe was robbed Of sl00 in cash.
| He had a fracture of the skull and died
4 two days later He had gone to his Of
Lice, located on a dark street, at IL
o'clock at night on an GRAND and is
supposed to have surprised the robber,
1 who struck him With a Ratchet. Peyton
lis the third man to be atrestee.i and
/ charged with the Robson murder, and
1.-The crime still remains almost as much
of a mystery as it was the day it was
committed.
Peyton CONSENTED to be interviewed
4 JUST after the dismissal OF the indict-
Ement. When asked If he had anything
sto say he replied:
No. don't know that | have any
Thing 70 say, because don't think it
would do any good to say anything.
When q man is placed behind the bars
he iss Immediately condemned as guilty.
People generally seen, to forget that a
man. altho he may be charged with a
4 crime is human nevertheless. The
new spapers have published whole lot
fIsof things about me that are not true.
i Particularly down at ST Louis. the Re-
sIpubiic came out one day with a column
and half about ME and then the re-
4 porter for that paper came around tc
Interview me. called him down IN
lspretty good fashion. / hated to DO it,
4 but the way he treated me was unjusti-
ilified. Ailcf that stuff printed about my
sihaving induced my wife 10 usa NOR
s|sphine is, a fake from beginning to end
4 Any one With a speck Of common sc nse
sIswould know that a man would not treat
4 hil Wife in that manner. knowing the
sEeffsci hat the drug has had upon HIM
|sself. Yes have heard from my wife
slsregularly two and three times a week. =
Il suppose s.,e will be glad to see yor
Il when You go back TO ST Louis. sug-
gested the reporter
a Parliamentary Responded, Yes. pre-
I. sumo she viii, but 7 m not going back /.
q st. Louis. This statement was base,
8 upon his belief that the court would rul
4 favorabiy upon the iabeass corpus peti
$. ton which his attorneys filed for him.
Nov about that confession. wen
] on the prisoner Ed just like FOR you l.
!, produce any man With a written c6nfes
Il sion with my signature to it, It's all &
q fake. They could not prove anytime
q against me here. That name al Franz
a Hammond that was said to have beer
I used by me is some more nonsense.
never used that name in my life But Il
4. all goes 10 show just what things vii
be Matched up against a man who is be-
(hind the bars
a Then the prisoner began to reason
!. Iabout the matter and said:
"Of course, from another point OF
view the men thought they We're doing
!. their duty, l suppose. but it does seen
q to me they are prone to jump at con.
illusions. i have been treated courteous
!, Ily enough by everybody sinca have
been under arrest. and Sheriff jackson
!, |sis one of the finest men ever met. My
81 treatment in Sioux City has been yer,
kind and on the whole can not scriti.
Il else the treatment accorded me in ST
Z Louis. was only provoked once ane
!. That was when the Republic man tool
advantage. of me in my condition.
What about the charges pending
against YOU in St. Louis, FRANKIE hi
was asked.
Well, don't know anything abou,
them. I noticed in my re-arrest this
morning that there We're charge.
against me there. but I have nothing IL
!, say about that matter. IN be here 4
:. week longer aud if 1 have anytime
!, more to say about myself I'll let YOU
know"
AZ the reporter started % leave he
!, told Peyton @ cheer up and the repl,
came back thru the bars: oh. I'll com,
!, out all right
LeGrand Items
:; Special to Times Republican.
LeGrand Feb. Mr.. Robert voor
HES. of Chicago a former Leoirand res
ident, renewed old acquaintance here {
few days this week.
Mr.. Ira Gaunt left LeGrand last Fri
day, bound for San Francisco. having
enlisted in the United States navy for ;
!, term of foui, years.
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