The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1903-12-03
SENTENCE DAY.
Dave Perry Gets Z Years. Leona
Shaw Gets 2 Years.

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county district court Friday after
noon, ending the work that had been
commenced in the morning. Two
persons were sentenced during the
afternoon, Dave Perry and Leona
Shaw. Some other work of the court
was first taken up and disposed OF
and the pronouncing of Judgment did
not occur until about four-thirty
o'clock.
Dave Perry, of near Givin, who
pleaded guilty to the charge Of rape
as brought in the indictment, rsceiv-
ed sentence Of seven years in the
penitentiary at Fort Madison, and to
pay the costs of the case.
The crime which Perry will have
to expiate is the raping of 13-year-old
Olive Barton, a little girl who haI
been adopted by his wife soon after
her first marriage. The story con-
nected with the affair is more than
sad in several ways. Several years
ago Mrs. Perry became the wife of a
man named Barton, and shortly after
their marriage, so the story goes,
there came upon the scene another
young woman with an infant in arms,
She set up the claim that Mr.. Barton
was the father of the child and stated
that she was wholly unable to care
for it and pleaded with Barton to
adopt the infant,to take it in his fam
lily and care for it. Mr.. Barton laid
the matter before his wife and she,
through a love beyond the compre-
hension OF most of men, consented
to this adoption. After the death of
Barton she remained faithful to the
charge through may Universities and
kept and supported the little girl
through the fruits of her own labor
as though the child had been her
own.
Things seemed brighter for the
woman, however, and she was mar
ried to Perry, the defendant in the
charge of rape. The crime for which
the man was indicted is said to have
been particularly revolving in nature
and to have been several times re-
peated. The truth of the matter
coming to light, it was brought to the
attention of the courts and this has
resulted in the above sentence.
Perry was taken to the state prison
at Fort Madison by Sheriff Cricket
Friday evening.
Leona Shaw, who was found guilty
of the charge of prostitution as
brought in the indictment, was SEN
fenced to two years in the peniten-
tiary. In pronouncing Judgment the
court took occasion to say a few
things to the girl before him. The
lecture was severe. The judge drew
the picture of the parents of the girl,
both living, honest and respectable
folks, who had provided home for
the daughter and who had pleaded
and begged for the child to live at
home and to be with them. She had
disobeyed, had disregarded all ties of
the relationship and had willfully ana
wantonly sought out bad company
and had continued in the course or
her misconduct. She had had no re-
gard for the parents and even now,
whatever punishment the judge
should impose upon her, would rest
far heavier upon the shoulders of the
parents than upon herself. The girl
faced the Judge as the lecture was
given. Whatever her inward feel
ings may have been, to all outward
appearance she remained unmoved.
Not a tear was visible, not line of
the face was altered. She had moth
ing to say. The case is appealed to
the supreme court and the bond fixed
at one thousand dollars has been fur
nished.
In the matter of the case of Will
liam Smith, charged with attempted
rape of a little girl, and sentenced
yesterday morning to a term of two
years in the penitentiary, the court
re-opened the case for the hearing OF
certain evidence tending to throw
more light upon the man and the
crime with which he was charged
The evidence in the case, it appears
was largely circumstantial and the
measure of punishment in this par
ticular case seemed unusually severe
The sentence of two years may be
re-considered by the court. The de
PENDANT, Smith, in the eyes of the
court and of many people has already
had punishment to a certain extent
and all things being considered, the
sentence may be. shortened.
Court has adjourned to Monday
evening, when Judge Clements will
open a session for the hearing Of
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