Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-05-02
Two trips with Martin White

Two trips with Martin White
and Bob Clancy !. :. 54.0(
One trip to meet Tom Nc
CURE ol.o'
Two trips to Sioux. City TO get
case record of trial i. ;. 20.Ot
/ Getting letter from county at
torney at Logan and trips
UP there ;. :. ;. :. 1900
| Attorney S II. Cochran :. ;, 1900
ExptNse to go and. see Gov
| ernos jackson :. 49,. -. ;. $500
In seven years mace ten trips
to Fort Madison ;. :. 80. 263oo
Paid c. G. Hipwell ;. -. $500
Six years interest on $4,000
| | borrowed in Denver ;. ;. Loco. 90
Interest of John Dennson 70.
| five years on $1,000 :. . 10000
Cash to some Won an in Fort
Madison ). :. J.. $500
Paid TO Omaha Savings bank,
| interest for four years on
| money borrowed in 1892 =. $4,000
| Warden Jones bro her, a trip
ITO Omaha $500
Money sent by me to Fort
Madison in seven years 80. $4,000
| Paid John Baldwin to abstract.
case to put before COVER
nor 49,. :. ;. :. $500
Two trips to Creaton, Iowa,
to see tCongress,n an Hepburn 5000
Cash to take niggers to Coun.
ell Bluffs and vote them for
Senator Gear, to get
Biythe's help to governor 10000
One trip to meet Mcmillan at
Des Moines :. -. :. 1900
One trip of myself and LEV.
ellyn to Cedar Rapids to see
Mcmillan ). Z. -. ;. ;. -. 25 90
Gave Llewellyn for his time ;. 1000
Paid cash in to help Congress
man Mercer so he would see
governor =. 10000
Expense of our trip to Des
Moines and Fort Madison !. 10000
Gave Mcmillan cash.. ;. ;. ;. 100000
Cash on Christmas 10000
Two watches and pistols and
500 In cash :. ;. :. 225. 90
Cash while out to get clothes
and spending money ;. -. 5000
losat ..S14,S50.50
Below this itemized statement is
note. which sheds some light on the
amount which was secured for the
Pollock diamonds.
Had six thousand. seven hundred
dollars With me, SO he owes me, out
side Of my trouble and lots I can't
think Of, Sherman owes ms, $3.50
50'
The above is taken to mean that
Shercliffe's share Of the stolen booty
was $1,000, or that the diamonds sold
for s13,40u.
That statement is Denison's and its
truth rests upon Denison's veracity
What receipts and proof of Its integ-
rity he may have is not known. Those
who know Denison best believe II to be
correct. There may be found corrobor-
alive evidence in newspa per files of the
5000 alleged to have been expended to
take niggers to Council Bluffs to decide
a close election and thus gain Mr..
Bly.l8e's assistance for Shercliffe. There
are other items that have bean corrob-
GRATED in greater vi. lesser degree
since the stencil began to rise. Mr.. Nc
MILAN avow some connection with the
case. The Clinton Advertiser says that
"ex-State Senator Hipweli, of Daven-
port was interviewed a few weeks ago
in regard to the correctness of certain
items in the above statement and adj
mitted that considerable sum of mon
ey passed through his hands which
was paid to him by Tom Dennison. He
states that of the 1857, which was
charged up against him, consider
able portion Went to a prominent Iowa
politician, for which he has a receipt.
He said that he received from Mr.
Dsnnison as a part compensation for
acknowledgements of his services a
large diamond stud which he was
wearing during the Ney campaign,
but which some person stole from him
at a political meeting held at Claus
Groth hall, in Davenport.
Mr.. Hipwell expressed himself as
familiar with much of the expense ac-
count which Is shown in the above
statement. His connection, 1t aAs
pears were simply to introduce Dennh
son to the prominent politicians who
finally engineered the deal"
II Dennisons statement is true and II
ex-senator Hipwel Is correctly quoted
it III not far out of the way Shercliffe's
parole cost Si<Gb050 besides THE per-
suasion of Judge Hubbard, Mr.. Baldwin
and others OF influence. 1t would be
big price to pay for the release of an
innocent or deserving man. No price
should be high enough to purchase the
release OF one absolutely guilty of
crime like Shercliffe's and at the same
time utterly unrepentant and refusing
restitution. No onV not even his bit
tersst enemies, will believe that any OF
Dennisons dirty money influenced Gov
ernor Shaw directly but there will be a
universal desire to know more of the
modus operandi by which the under
world of thieves ard gamblers worked
it's way in disguise OF decency to the
clemency OF tho pardoning power.
Brothers Men Of High Character.
Homer and William Morris are two
eminently respectable Marshall county
farmers, honest men. who stand high in
their community. They recognize that
their younger brother has been justly
punished but feel that his accomplices