Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-11-23
.l01[D CROOK ESCAPES
John Hayne Who Caused q
Big Sensation In Northern
Iowa Released
,SAs CONVICTED IN NEW YORK
vonn o. Hayne, Whose Operations
/ Extended Over the Continent and to
/ Pacific Isles, Was Once Connected
With Sensational Affair in Iowa
/ decision Not to Follow the Case.

decision Not to Follow the Case.
9pscial to Times Republican.
Charles City. Iowa, Nov. pa few
months ago there was released from
Sing Sing prison, New York, one John
y. Italian, who was one Of the three
schoolmasters who tutored the com
Nicts In that penal Institution. Hallan
was once practicing lawyer Of New
York City, before that an editor In
Honolulu. and Q friend OF the then
royal family Of Kemmeharneha and
The agent OF the late Queen Liliuck-
alini and confidence man Of about
4wssty yeas assiduous and success
full practice. Italian. or Hayne, as he
is sometimes known had reasonable
expectation. Of issuing from his pres
ent restraint only unfortunately for
him. to enter upon another In Iowa,
whence 1 lequisition had issued IT,
return him to Usage, Mitchell coun-
". to meet an indictment for forgery.
But In conversation with Robert
Brush. the well known ball player, Of
Charles city. who 10 son OF the Mrs
Brush, at Osage Of whom Hallan OF
Hayne was once the husband, your COR
respondent was informed that the
noted forger would not be returned to
lows at ALL The Brushes at Usage
had supposed from conversation with
their attorney, Hon. willard L. Eaton,
that at the conclusion Of his eight
year sentence In Sing Sing that he
would be turned over to the Iowa au-
thorities and that the. state would
prosecute They afterward learned
that this was not the case, and unless
"a large amount OF bonds were put up
20 cover The cost Of prosecution, and
Incidental expenses OF transferring
Hallan to Iowa he would be released
and 50 the Brushes did not feel like
going to the large expense, having
trouble and publicity enough already,
they let the matter drop ana Italian
was released last spring at the end of
his seatence, and is at large when he
Is free to return to his old practices.
Hallan, while practicing at the
New York bar as the active attorney
IN the Arm Of which Colonel Campbell
(ais-barred,) of Cincinnati was the
head and directing spirit, defaulted In
1884 IN the matter Of trust fund
amounting to $4,000. The affair In
cluded forgery. He fed. or rather he
moved away from New York. for to
say that digniaed man like Italian
ned is scarcely fair. He kept on
moving slowly, visiting most Of the
earth, and interrupting his forgeries
here and there to marry woman of
fortune making UP In time a poly
gamous record Of at least four wives,
he travelled far abroad and pursued
the study Of history on the spots
where the events which interested him
occurred, and occasionally fioated a
scheme Of profit and moved on.
In course of time he settled for q
while at Honolulu and established
there the Hawaiian, q weekly paper
opposed to the revolution, which
would not be stayed, and swept him
out Of the islands at last. He then
travelled In America as Julian D.Hayne
and ~ the advocate OF the dethroned
family. posing as a man OF wealth
and leisure, but as the devoted & SER
want Of his Queen Liliupkealant. h
this xuise he appeared at Melboyne,
Fla, where he met among other guests.
the widow 0f Jesse Brush, a banker
of Usage, Iowa. and married her
subsequently she learned his true
character and went home, but mean
time italian had obtained her fortune
BY fore,erfes said to embrace the coun-
{erfeiting Of q seal, making the crime
it's most serious form.
Later on he was arrested In New
York ana convicted Of his earlier for
geries The Iowa people came In to
Identity rim and to assist in the pros
ecution which resulted In the convic-
tion witch enabled the school at Sing
Sing to profit by his flne abilities. Hal
fan was born at Addison. N. Y, and
being Orphaned at an early age, was
adopted 10y lawyer Of steuban coun-
ty. whose name ne took ana stu, bears.
his protector dying. hananf married
his widow and took UP his practice
Subsequently he moved to New York
and the general outline Of his career
y as presented.
During the trial Of the case In New
York CaoN 0x-Speaker Eaton and the
late widoiA 81 Italian went to New
York CITY TO assist in the dentiAcA-
ton. AZ the trial Halian denied that
he ever met the woman and attempted
to make out that 1t was q case Of mis-
taken identity.
The Story Of his obtaining Ahe wo-
mans money was sensational. He had
so en1neshed himself In the good
graoes OF his wife that she decided to
him all her real estate d Usage
This he quiu1iy turned into money and
then obtaining her consent to his
wath.drawA Of her stock end securi-
ties held for her in the Usage Ma
tonal bank. he visited Usage for the
purpose Of obtaining the money
Avery Brush. then as now. presiden,
Of the bank, refused to give the
money up. and proceedings were
threatened by friends of Mrs. Hallan.
or Hayne. % she was known. to have
Z guardian appointed for her. Matters
dsifted along and hn9lly the widow
beoame convinced OF her husbands
per,idy, and was only too willing to
assist m his prosecution when he