Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-04-20
MRS. HOSSA5K FREE
Famous Murder Case From
Warren County Will Not
Tried Again
NO ALTERNATIVE LEFT NOW
NO ALTERNATIVE LEFT NOW

u
lts Lawyers Alone Are Sufficiently
Familiar With Case to Make Strong
Presentation Of 1t.
Special to Times-Republican.
Des Moines, April 20.-The Hossack
murder case will not be tried again. 1t
I fs now on the criminal court docket
Of Madison county, to which county it
was taken on change from Warren.
where the murder took place. 1t Will
be dismissed because Warren county
is unwilling to stand any further eN-
pepse in the prosecution. The case has
already cost Warren county about
So 900, and there seems to be no prob
ability of convictions. Mrs. Hossack
was tried and convicted of murder in
the first degree on account OF the mys-
|terious death of her husband and she
was sentenced to life Imprisonment.
But the case had been badly tried and
the record was full Of errors and the
supreme court could not do otherwise
than send 1t back for new trial. 1t
was taken to Madison county on ac-
count of the prejudice existing in War
rem county. A large number of wit
nesses were sent to Winterset and the
x-county attorney Of Warren county
and other lawyers were hired to assist
In the prosecution. Last week the
board of supervisors Of Warren county
adopted resolution directing that the
county attorney Of Madison county be
not given any further assistance in
the case and cutting off the employment
OF the Warren county lawyers, who
alone are sufficiently familiar with the
case to make strong presentation of
lit The resolution also asked County
Attorney Cooper, Of Madison. to dis
miss the case and make no further ex-
|pense to Warren county. There will
be no alternative for him and Mrs.
Hossack will be at the next term of
court declared free and her bondsnlen
wiz be released. The case has been
ona OF the most interesting ones III
criminal annals of southern Iowa. The
defense OF Mrs. Hossack was by Sena-
tor Berry and Judge Henderson. who
have thus added greatly to their rep
utations. Mrs. Hossack is now some
what broken In health and as she Is
getting old she will be allowed to end
her days with her children and the
mystery of the murder of John Hos
sack will never be solved.
Speaking of prosperity and what 1t
is doing for the country and the chance
of dts continuance, State Treasurer
Gilbertson makes the most sensible
talk in regard to the same. He has no
doubt Whatever of the continuance of
prosperity but is not unaware of the
dangers Of the situation. He has stat
ed.
I'VE are enjoying prosperity now In
this country. see no reason to doubt
the continuance Of this prosperity for
many years to come. The tendency
right at this time appears to be to
check the speculative movement and
to get down to conservative and
safe basis and to stay there. In only
one way can this prevailing prosperity
be turned back, or rather. there is one
lin which it seemed for a time there
might be danger, and that is by over
speculation. There was too much of
tits going on and the imitation was
getting to the danger point; but the
stringency in the money market no.
ticeable the past two or three months
has had wholesome tendency to check
speculation and to end the danger in
to which the country seemed to be
drifting. The trouble has been for
some time that there is too much money
going out of the United States. For
instance, it is known that millions have
gore from the United States into en-
terprises in Mexico and the stream is
continuing In that direction. Then there
must be great sums carried into Cam
ada by the homeseekers and land spec
ulators. 1t would not be so bad If the
money remained in the United States,
for it would get around and be used
again and again, but this tendency to
send the money away for speculative
purposes has been comewhat danger
Gus. The banks We're filled to over
flowing, even the small country banks
had money they did not know what
to do with. The result was that bor
rowing was easy and men who had not
previously been able to get money were
given loans. This led to more general
borrowing and more numerous debts
and consequent speculation. This pro-
cess was going on rapidly and con-
servative men saw danger in it; but
happily, there has been some check to
this tendency without any crisis and
the outlook for continuance of the
present business prosperity on safe
and sensible basis is very bright in
deed"
j. NJ. Anderson, representative from
Warren county, who is the author of
the road law which was passed at the
last session of the legislature. was In
the city last week and attended the
good roads convention. Mr.. Anderson
is very we'll satisfied with the reception
the new law has had. "Of course there
are those who think the old way is
best" said Mr.. Anderson. but time
will demonstrate that when this meth
cd of handling road funds is in full OPP
GRAFTON the people will never want to
go back to the old plan of working the
roads, There has been some COM
.plaint from the large land owners who
were always able to get their road
taxes worked without much effort and
they feel that to pay In cash VIII be
Ia hardship. Generally speaking the
law is working all right. It has few