Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-04-08
REQU|&|[|ON FOR
SHERMAN NORRIS
Agent of Oklahoma Government
Wants Him For an Alleged
Murder
HE CAN PROVE AN ALIRI
Records in the Governors Office Are
Said to Show that Morris, Alias
shercIiffe, Was in Utah Penitentiary
at Time When Oklahoma Man Is
Supposed to Have Been Shot.
necial to Times-Republican.


Des Moines, April s.-An agent of the
governor of Oklahoma is in the city
With a requistion for Sherman Morris,
alias Frank Shercliffe. Norris is
| wanted, according to this lequisition,
| for shooting man down in Oklahoma.
| The requisition is issued on an indict-
ment by a grand jury AMI to make
everything complete and thoroughly
convince Governor Cummins that there
was really tragedy and that someone
was murdered the agent of the Okla
homa government has with him the
shirt Of the dead man showing a bull
let hole in the back where the man was
supposed to have been shot. Governor
| Cummins will not be in The city on
his return from Washington until Mon
day and the Oklahoma officer is await
ing his coming to present the requisi-
tion which he expects will be honored.
AS matter of fact, however, the rec
ords of the governors office show that
Morris was in the penitentiary of
Utah during the time when the man
in Oklahoma was supposed to have
been shot.
The request for a reQuisitions for
Morris presented for the secondgtime
and under the circumstances is believed
by the friends of Morris 10 be a high
handed attempt on the part of the
friends of Tom Dennison 10 get Morris
out of the road before Dennison is
placed on trial in Logan. for the $20,-
900 diamond robbery. The requisition,
which unless the Oklahoma officer
changes his mind, will be presented
to Governor Cummins Monday, states
that Morris is indicted Tor the naur-
der of man in Oklahoma in June
1881. And the r.cords in the Office
| of Governor Cummins show that Nor
ris was committed to the penitentiary
in Utah In May of the same year. When
the diamond robbery occurred on the
East Side a short time ago it was
reported that friends of Tom, Denni-
son had endeavored to influence the
Des Moines police to arrest Shercliffe
on suspicion. There was strong
belief at the time that the robbery
was committed by frierds of Denni-
son for the purpose of casting sus-
picion on Morris. The fact now that
against Dennison at Logan this month
in the big trial there is the subject
Of requisition for an alleged mur-
der committed when he was safely in
the Utah penitentiary Is convincing
proof to Morris friends a. the des-
perate efforts of Den,lison and his
friends.
Ass
The first attempt to get Morris out
of the state was made some weeks
ago on reqmsition issued in Colorado
and was issued merely on an affidavit
before justice of the I,eace. Govern
or Cummins refused tn honor it be-
cause Of insufficient evidence and the
agents of Colorado left, stating that
they would secure an Indictment and
satisfactory evidence Of Morris con-
nection with the murder.
Dennison's trial at Logan is set for
April 16, and it is unde rstood that At
torney e. e. Thomas Of Omaha and the
county attorney at Logan will
insist on the case going to
trial at that time. The trial
will be one Of the mos. interesting and
severe legal battles il. the history of
crime in Iowa. Denrison, who has
long been at the head Of the gambling
fraternity in Omaha Is under indlct-
ment, charged with completely in what
is known as the Polio TX diamond rob-
berry. Under the ne me of Frank
Shercliffe Morris sery ed q term in the
penitentiary for the robbery and has
| later made affidavit that Dennison
was implicated in the robbery. Pol
lock was a travelling salesman for
| iewelry firm and carried the diamonds
on his person. He was robbed by
Shercliffe while on The train on his
way to Sioux City.
In connection with the supreme
courts decision on the biennial elec-
| tion case the friends and former class
mates of w. o. Payne at the state
university are saying that Payne never
could take a joke. Attorney r. u.
Sewers of Stuart was in the city yes
| terday and told some interesting stor-
| les at the expense of Mr.. Payne.
| They were classmates together at
| Iowa City in the law school. He re-
lates innumerable jokes which were
played on Mr.. Payne there. On one
|! occasion according 20 Mr.. Sewers. he
was awakened by some of the boys
in the dead of night and informed that
there was something doing. After
Mr.. Sewers arose and dressed he was
told that joke wa.s to be played on
Mr.. Payne. Mr.. Sewers part was nm
tied to going to Pay les room and call
| ing him out to rece We telegram ana
as PAYNE opened the door he was to
throw a bucket of ice water over him.
The Joke worked perfectly. 1t hap
nened that Payne's room was directly
over that of Carl Kuhnly, now the
mariner Of Secretary Shaw at Den
nison. and Payne was always sure the
| trick was done by Kuhnly.
According to Mr.. Sewers Mr.. Payne