Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-10-03

tiie SouIlS WHel ne mas Sloou up tt
receive sentence, as he is now standing
and / have no faith whatever in his
| penitence at the present time, eX-
cept he may assume It as he has here
tofore assumed it, for the purpose u
! deceiNing courts and getting a light
sentence
Nov if he can show in any way that
| he has reformed and viii lead an hon
/ est life, l have no doubt but that tha
governor will be very glad TO send hin,
on his parole, but the state of Iowa has
| spent too much money IN convictine
| this man. Ii should be in such shape
| that il he doesn't go to work and earn
an honest living, like other people. that
he can be put back where he makes a
| good prisoner. without the expense OF
/ another trial
Therefore. it is ordered ana adj
| judged that you, Fred A. Marson, in
dicted under the name OF Fred A. Mai
son, be committed to and Imprisoned
in the penitentiary of this state at TT.
Madison a hard labor for term of five
years and to pay the costs Of this pro-
secuton. The amount of Your bail
will be $1,000
The Letters From Daughter.
Marson has a nice family. as he
claimed while before the court this
morning. He has had a nice family,
too, for q great many years. but this
fact does not seem to have worried him
much before. He has not felt sorry for
his children until he Is in the tolls of
the law. His family consists of four
4 70,
mont n. Y. The oldest daughter. Eth
el, is %, and is married The next
oldest daughter Is Erie. aged Is. Mae
the third daughter. is u. and the son
is Harold. aged Q. The older daugh-
ter has written Marson. pleading with
him to change his manner of life and
be good Letters received by the
prisoner from the eldest daughter
showing the love she bears him. and
how she is PRAYING for his welfare, are
given below, as follows:
Dear Father: | wrote you Mt your
last address and sent you two or three
pictures of myself, unmounted If you
did rot get 1t. IL must have gone to the
dead letter office. At Christmas time
l sent YOU a neektie ana handkerchief.
Where and they were returned 20 me
SO l don't quite think you have much
reason 10 COMPLAIN. You see, YOU don't
stay long enough in one place for me
to get q letter to You. half expect
this ore 10 eor7e sailing back
Il 8sn very e'aa IL you are settled
Town aratn. / think YOU would enjoy
life more # you stayed longer in a
place and maze some good friends. Yes
the ci.ilIfen ata all wall Harold was
last winter ard May WAS L. Erie viii
BE is CHS summer. Can you realize
that we are growing up so? was II
when YOU left and now l am %, and
have been married almost two wears.
Fred is very good to me. We have
never had a quarrel since we began go
ing together. seven years ago. His sis
ters are just like my own. I was sick
yesterday and Jess came down after
school and di6 up all that days dishes.
hope that You may make some good
friends there and make piece for
Il am very sorry for you. papa. You
have truly been your own worst enemy.
1t seems as though there must be times
when you think of us children. but per-
maps you have got used to IT. | know
I used to seem TO me that could never
Dear that our family should be broken
I'D as II was, but / have come to the
place where l accept 1t and leave it all
With Him. If / should have a family of
ny own it would be very hard to ex-
olain some things to my children. l
Wish dear. that for your sake and the
shildren's and mine, you might settle
Town, DEAR and live out the past. You
ire in the prime of life. Start over
md leave a name that we may all be
proud Of / must stop now. Write |
when you can.
Your loving daughter.
Ethel"
After Marson's arrest in Muscatine,
all, he talked OF his family, and in
me statement said that they resided in
he south. He said that he had four
'hildren and that as soon as they |
inished visit in Florida, they would |
ONE to Muscatine, where they would |
make their home. On the same day. |
forgetting the previous con- /
-ersation he said that his family re-
ided in Augusta. Maine. He spoke of
lis daughters and how glad they would |
,e when he got out of his trouble, ana
hey would be with him again. Before
lis arrest he had once said that he had |
son who was attending school in
.nles, but his remark Is not borne out
n letters written by his Oldest daugh-
err
In every letter from home came the
epeated suggestion for Marson TO set
lie down The ambition of his child
en- seemed to be for him to go to
own and stay there. They apparently
ad no doubt of his ability to gain
lace of prominence In a community
One of the last "home" letters that
larson received. before he was arrest
d in Muscatine, to await the ARRIVAL
t the officers from this city. is as fol-
}ws.
Belmont, N Y. Dear Father: l was
ery glad to hear from you and know
nat YOU are well. | sent 4 necktie and
at the address you gave
,e in Wauegan, but it was returned to
le. I wrote to the postoffice for your
ddress II you left any, but did not get