Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-11-10

good She has since returned to her
husband and they are living in another
state The parole stands and in the
meantime the. appeal from the decision
of the court was taken but never
pressed to a conclusion. 1t became evi-
dent it would never be needed, for the
paroled person has met the expecta
tions of her friends.
The Bullard trial at Spencer has s
tracted a great deal Of attention J 5.
in Des Moines and also caused an
ance to large number of Des M 4, 3
witnesses in the case. DIR. w. 81.
Bullard conducts sanitarium or e
thing of the sort and does extensive .ld-
vertising. He lives in Des Moines. and
was indicted in Clay county for the
unlawful conversion OF negotiable In
strument The specific accusation Is
that he agreed to do certain things and
treat Mrs Carleton for certain dis
eases, that he took note for some
thing over $l0O which was to be paid
in case he effected a cure. that he
brought the note to Des Moines and
traded 1t for a horse and later 1t turned
up for collection, and in the meantime
his patient was getting worse. 1t is
also part of the accusation that he
misrepresented things a little and was
prone to exaggerate. 1t is stated that
he represented that he had seven doc
tors and twelve nurses working under
him in his sanitarium and on the let
ter heads he showed a picture OF the
Iowa state house which was supposed
to be his place of business. number
of persons in and around Spencer were
taken in 1t is stated that they dubbed
together apd found that medicines CIV
en- for three widely different classes of
ailments were found to be identical in
constituents At any rate the Clay
county people became enraged and In
vestigated the cases A large number
of witnesses were taken from here,
some to prove his standing and rep
utation and others to prove various
matters.
The case involving the entire parole
system of the state which was brought
from Jones county has not as yet been
submitted to the supreme court. Some
papers were filed but not all OF them.
The case was one in which convict.
Frank Davis, had been returned to
the prison for breaking a parole. The
warden, as had been the previous Gus
tom, expected to keep him for the full
time for which he was sentenced, but
the convict claimed the good time"
earned previous to his parole. The
court in Jones county decided that he
was entitled to his good time" and
released him. The state has appealed
the case SO as to get ruling on this
phase OF the parole system in Iowa
In the meantime 1t is regarded as pos
sible that the legislature will take hold
OF the matter and decide it by some
special legislation on the subject. There
Is not now any law in Iowa for parole
but the paroles granted are In the form
Of suspension of sentence" which
have come to be recognized as legal
by the courts.
The state conferences of char3sies and
corrections now In session here Will
take sholH 10 stliisrfAnd3 lstn.asssls,ssnats.
ters and may make some recommends. :.
tions. The address of the president,
Judge Clifford S. Robinson. to be de-
livered this evening, will point out some
of the weaknesses of the present law
and indicate what might be done to
improve the Iowa system.