Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-11-22
Three Counties Interested In
Application to Come Before
the Legislature
KILLED GRUMPY COUNTY WOMAN
GIyndon Twice Convicted of the Crime,
Once in Hardin and Once in Story
county-Has Served Twenty seven
Years-Many Prominent Men Aided
at the Trial.
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Ames, Nov 22-Three counties,
Grundy, Hardin and Story, will be
especially Interested in a pardon case
to come before the Thirty-second gen.
.eral assembly, which convenes January
Ia. The case is that of William p.
Glyndon, who was convicted of the
murder of Miss Wipke Martin, of
Grundy county. The crime was COM
mitted Sept. I, 1877, and Glyndon was
first tried in Hardin county, to which
place a change of Venue was taken
from Grundy county, where the senti-
ment against him was SO strong as
to make an impartial trial impossible,
AT the trial in Hardin county he was
convicted of murder in the first degree,
but an error in the courts instruc-
tons the case was reversed by the SUI
preme court. and when it came up the
second time it was tried in Story
county.
Among the men connected with the
trial and conviction of Glyndon We're
Judge Mitchell, who heard the first
trial in Hardin county, and Maurice
d. O'Connell, at that time prosecuting
attorney OF the Eighteenth judicial
district of Iowa Mr. OConnell secured
the first conviction. The leading law
yer on defense was Hon. Henry L..
Huff, who is still practicing at Eldora.
When the case came to trial the sec
ond time and was brought to story
county. Attorney O'Connell had been
succeeded in the Eleventh district by
Judge j. l.. Stevens, who is now well
known in law circles. He secured the
second conviction and Glyndon is now
serving his sentence.
Glyndon first asked for a pardon in
the Thirtieth general assembly in 1904.
February 14th of that year he wrote
statement of his case and his reas-
ons for asking a pardon and sent them
TO Hon. H. w. Byers, of Harlan. The
article covers thirty-five pages and is
still in possession of the pardon COM
mittee at Des Moines. The statement,
tho poorly written, and containing
words wrongly spelled, appears to be
IL
as viewed from the prisoners stand
point.
According to the general trend Of the
article and in fact several statements
made therein, Glyndon was not fairly
tried/ He contends that Sheriff Boyd,
of Hardin county, and man named
Geek Killgore were bitterly set against
him and Influenced witnesses against
him. The only man who tried to have
a fair trial. he contends, was Sheriff
billy, of Grundy county.
One Statement in the prisoners az
count of his case is as follows: "A.
the trial Geek Killgore was allowed 20
set inside the bar about seven feet in
front of the witness stand and coach
every witness for the state. Not sim
gle witness for the state answered any
question that could be answered by yes
or no till Killgore had given the sig
nal as to which it should be and he
stayed there all thru the trial, not
withstanding the fact that I. protested
more than score Of times. And when
the supreme court set aside the trial
and ordered a new one, it was the
same at the second trial, same evidence
and Killgore inside the bar telling the
witnesses for the state how to answer"
circumstances.
When tho fact became known that