Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-01-20
Lost Rights of Divorced WI :
Made Basis of Defense j
jerome Hoot Case
MuRpERous PLANS UNAFFECTED
Hoot Was Sentenced for Sending Dy-
Mantle Package to Wife But Defense
Claims II Was Addressed to Mr.. Hoot
Does Not Alter Intent of Murder, in
Courts Opinion.
Special to Times-Republican.

Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines, Jan. 20.-The state SUI
preme court convened again today for
the January term, with Judge Charles
A. Bishop presiding as chief justice.
The first cases to be submitted are
those from the First, Second, Third,
Fifth and Twentieth districts, includ-
ing counties in the southeast and
southern parts of the state. Among
the state cases to be submitted at this
time is the Jerome Hoot case from
Blackhawk, in which Hoot was sem
fenced for seven years for having sent
Ibis wife dynamite package. The
defense relief on claim that inasmuch
as the package was not sent to Mrs.
Foot at all but was addressed to her
husband and she opened it without
authority or right, since the two were
divorced, no crime against her could
have been intended. The state contends
that the intent of murder was without
regard to whether the victim was
going to act wrongfully. The Clemons
case from Hardin county is ready for
submission, but Is not likely to be re-
versed as the sole reliance OF the ap-
peal is on claim that the evidence
does not sustain an indictment for
murder in the first degree and he
should not have been tried for that
crime. He is serving twenty years on
a verdict for second degree. The cases
|of Wesley Irwin and Edward Dennis
from Page county have been appealed
to this court but the Irwin case is
not yet ready for submission. The
Chester Tyler case, altho docketed from
Jasper county, is not ready for sub
mission. A stipulation has been filed
in the DR.. Crofford case from Decatur
county continuing it for further ar
gument. The case against w. w. Ames
be submitted. An important case to
Involving the right to punish a man for
violation Of the quarantine orders of a
local board of health. DR.. Kirby de-
|liberately defied the board in Greene
county and left quarantine before his
time was up. The criminal business
of the court appears to have been on
the increase for some time. Since the
first Of December, the attorney general
Mr.. Mullan, or rather his assistant.
G. w. Van Week. has prepared nine
teen briefs in criminal cases for sub
mission to the court.
Contrary to what has been the Gus
tom in the past there will be no clasa
examination for admission to the bar
at this term OF the court. The bar
commission will not meet again until
time for the classes from the law
schools OF the state. Some criticism
has been INDUCED in of this commits
sion for having made a rule requiring
that applicants for admission to the
examinations shall show diploma
from high school or bachelors de-
gree diploma or submit to an examina-
tion in the high school branches. This
rule was established when the com
mission was hrst organized and no
complaint was made last year from
those who were examined. The rule
has the appearance of being redundant
but 1t is justified by the fact that
some Of the law schools OF the coun-
try admit students to their classes
without very rigid examination as to
their preliminary qualifications. The
result is that in the past young men
have presented themselves for examin-
alton who were very deficient in the
rudiments Of education. The examina-
tons on high school branches are not
rigid nor difficult.
The annual meeting of the Iowa Fra
ternal Congress, or association of fra
ternal insurance men, which COM
menced In Des Molues today, is not
likely to be exciting. unless there is
some contest over offices. The Des
Moines members of the congress have
determined that all the offices, or lead
ing offices, shall he filed by Des
Moines men. They have picked e. c..
Corey, Of Des Moines. Chopper to
be president, and ]. R Campbell, of
determined by the Des Moines delegates
that they will oppose George B. AL
bert. of Marshalltown, as secretary
treasurer and try to bring the secre-
taryship here. Inasiluch as there was
an agreement entered into between the
National Fraternal Congress, the
Association of Fraternities and the
Association of Insurance Commission
ers not to make any fight for or against
any special legislation, the legislative
matter is not causing much interest.
Nothing will be done ut present looking
to new legislation.
ssIs
Discussion of the case Of the alleged
Blind deaf child al Knoxville has
brought out the fact that there are now
thirty blind-deaf persons under state
care in different states of the union.
seven Of them being in schools for the
blind and the others IN schools for the
deaf or private Institutions. In some
of the states the boards in charge COM
nit the children thus unfortunate to
two schools and draw s double per diem
for them. thus obviating any special ap-
preparation for a teacher. Wisconsin
has blind deaf child at the deaf school
who is making better progress than
any child since Helen Kellar The
name of the child at Knoxville is found
to be Eva stein, ans she was Z years
old Jan. s, but was able to spsfk until
3k years old. when she was seized With
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