Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-06-09

Dcs Moines, June 9.-Elmer e. Thom-
as of the Civic Federation Of Omaha,
said while in the city yesterday that
the civic federation had not the slight
est thought of dropping the prosecu-
ton of the other case against Tom
Dennison. He stated furthermore to
the governor in the hearing for the
requisition that they expected to have
the second trial at the next term oe
the Montgomery county court and that
Judge Green had said the case could
be tried at that time. The next term
is the October term. There is common
talk with the public to the effect that
the first trial was on the strongest
evidence, and that therefore the sec
Ond trial can not be as strong and
hence there is no use to try it. This
is based on the supposition that the
strongest indictment against GRIM
inal is always tried first. The case
against Tom Dennison, however. was
a peculiar one and if the public had
watched carefully the reports OF the
VI AAAS AtAVy "OAlN 4ieLSC AlSSOtSIGQ lllS
reason as we are quite sure it has been
stated, why Dennison was tried on the
charge Of receiving stolen property
first. 1t was the intention Of the at
torneys to try him on the other charge
first for the reason that 1t was felt that
the charge of being an accessory be-
fore the act was the strongest. It was
at Judge Smiths suggestion and on his
advise after he came into the trial
that he was tried first for receiving
stolen property.
The reason for this was because in
the trial of the indictmen1 for receiv-
ing stolen property a great deal of
evidence could be gotten i'll that could
not be gotten in on the other case.
Furthermore this evidence is consid-
cred essential to conviction on the
other charge of being an accessory be-
fore the act. In the minds of the pub
lie it has been believed quite thorough
ly that Dennison had something to do
with the Pollock diamond robbery. But
it was considered by the attorneys
much easier to prove that he told Sher-
cliffe where the diamonds were and to
go and get them than to prove that
Dennison came over into Iowa to get
the diamonds, or received the property.
but because of the necessity Of having
evidence in the one case that could
only be secured on the other case the
strongest case was left till the last.
sAs
Sheriff Lund. of Oklahoma, says
he will never return to Iowa, and the
requisition matter may therefore be
dropped. Since coming to Des Moines
he has remained almost constantly
at the saloon of Bob King, one of Den
nison's bosom friends. He would tele-
phone to the police station and the
sheriff's office to learn ii there was
any mail for him, and these officials
finally became much vexel. He would
telephone and ask if they had seen
Shercliffe and wanted them to arrest
Shercliffe for fear he would get away.
All the while he was fooling away
the time in Bob Kings saloon with a
big six shooter strapped to him under
his coat. He met Shercliffe on the
street twice in one evening and made
no effort whatever to arrest him or
call in an officer after he. had located
him.
Senator Warren Garst, who was in
the city yesterday attending the state
bankers convention, says that he is
confident that sooner or later Iowa will
have statewide primary election
law ut may not be passed at the next
session of the legislature, but the peo-
pie will demand the law. So far as
can see there is no reflection on Iowa
to ask that the primary law include a
vote for United States senators. Iowa
perhaps does not need that provision
but for the sake of the effect it will
have on the other states that provis-
ion should be included in the law.
believe that it will be quite generally
conceded that as nation there is need
ed a vote on United States senator's
and Iowa should include that provision
in the primary election law for that
rea-on. do not believe such pro-
vision would weaken Senator Dollive1
in the least and would not favor it for
minute for that reason if it did, and
don't believe there is any thought in
the minds of any one of using the pri-
mary election law for that purpose"
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