Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-03-26
| HAPPENINGS IN
| HAWKEYEDOM
What Has Been Going on
During the Past
Week
RICHARDS HAS SURRENDERED
Appears in Des Moines and Secures
BOndsmen and Then Goes to Knoxville,
Where He Surrenders-Says He Is Not
Guilty of u Crime.

Des Moines, March Civ. A. Rich
ards, former deputy United States
marshal for the southern district OF
Iowa, spent Friday in Des Moines AMI
left this morning for Knoxville, where
he will appear before the clerk of the
| district court and give bonds for his
appearance at the April term of court,
which will be presided over by Judge
| Nichols of Perry.
He is under indictment by the grand
Jury of Marion county on two charges
larceny from a building in the night
time and breaking and entering a
building in the night time, both OF
which charges grew out of the Sui.
Ivan robbery in January of this year
at Hamilton. Shortly after this occur
renee Richards left Iowa, going to
Mexico, from which place he returned
few weeks ago and since then he
has been Tor the greater part of the
time in Lincoln and Omaha, although
he has been in Iowa a part of the time
and Ottumwa was one of the places
that he visited
He arrived in Des Moines yesterday
on the o'clock train and at once went
to the office of United States Marshal
George M. Christian. With Richards
appeared w. G. Mentzer of Knoxville,
the attorney that Richards has en-.
gagged to defend him.
Richards and his friends remained
in conference in the Office for some
time and then he went to secure sign
ers to his bonds, which had been fixed
by the court at $4,000 for one of the
charges and $1,000 for the other.
The ex-deputy marshal has many
friends in the city and it was not long
before he returned with the bonds
signed by the following people:
Kelley r. Madden OF Bridgewater,
Adair county, who is one of the lead
ing farmers of that part of that com.
munity: Edward II. Hunter of the
Iowa State bank; George M. Chris
tain, United States marshal for ,ne
southern district of Iowa; E. r. Ma
son, clerk of the United States circuit
court, and A. u. Quint of the Bank
ers' Casualty company.
During the afternoon Mr.. Richards
rang up Sheriff Bybee, of Marion coun-
ty, and told him that he would be
down in the morning, and would ap.
pear before the clerk of the courts
and present his bond for appearance
at the April term of court. In reply
the sheriff said that this was all right
and that they would be awaiting him
in the morning.
After this matter is fixed up Mr..
Richards will return to Des Moines
during the day, and from here he will
probably go to his home in Creston.
Il am guilty of no crime" said Rich
ards yesterday, "and | am perfectly
willing to go before the court in Knox
vile next month and prove my limo
cence. l had nothing to do with the
Sullivan robbery, and it was only my
kind heartedness there that got me
into trouble. When | went home from
there and learned that | was wanted
for completely in the crime | lost nv
head and went to Omaha, where | pur-
chased a ticket for Mexico. | soon
came to believe that there was no
reason for me to remain away, so
came back to this country again, and
for the greater part of the time have
been in Nebraska in different places,
although | have no hesitation in say
ing that | was in Iowa, and that among
the places that | have visited were Of
tumwa, CrestOn and some other places
in the southwestern part of the state.
Since then, however, | went back to
Omaha, and there have been until
came to Des Moines today"