Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-02-13
vROOTH TARKINGTON,
Author Of "cherry," "Monsieur Beauc aire

words OF the cold blOOded nature or the
crime. The slayer, who bad formerly
made a murderous attack upon his VIC
tim lately quarreled with him and ut
tered threats. as we have stated, upon
his life. The dead man came to him
with protestations of friendship and
was struck down Il corpse
.It Is understood that the defense
will in desperation set up the theory OF
self defense. based on an unsubstan-
tiated claim that Cory entered the
room with drawn pistol. No pistol
was found in the room. The weapon
with which the deed was accomplished
was found upon the person OF the muir
derer when he was seized by the police.
one chamber discharged. Another re-
volver was discovered upon the person
of the woman when she was arrested
on the scene Of the crime. This upon
being strictly Intercepted she said she
had picked up from the floor in the
confusion, thinking it was her nus
bands and hoping to conceal 1t. The
chambers were full and undischarged.
and we have heard it surmised that
the defense means to claim that 1t was
Cory's. Cory doubtless went OH his err
rand OF forgiveness unarmed. and be-
yond doubt the second weapon belong
ed to the woman herself, who has an
unenviable record
1.-THE point of it all Is plainly this:
Here Is an unquestlonable murder IN
the first degree, and the people Of THE
city and county are outraged and III
censed that such crime should have
been committed in their law abiding
and respectable community With
whom does the fault lie? ~ whose
head is this murder? Not with the au
thorities, for they do not countenance
crime. Has it come to pass that. count
ing on juggleries of the law, criminals
believe that they may kill, MAIN. burn
and STAY as they list without punish
ment? Is this to be another instance
of the laws delays and immunity for a
hideous crime, compassed by a cum
ming and cynical trickster Of legal
technicalities? The people of Canaan
cry out for a speedy trial, speedy con
viction and speedy punishment of this
cold blooded and murderous monster.
II he is not dealt with quickly accord
ing to his deserts the climax Is upon
us. and the limit Of Canaan's patience
has been reached.
zone last word, and we shall be glad
to have Its Significance noted. j. Lou
den, ESQ, has been retained for the de-
tense! The murderer before being ap-
pretended by the authorities went
straight from the scene Of his crime to
place his retainer in his attorneys
pocket! How long is this to last?"
The Tocsin was quoted on street
corners that morning, in shop and store
and office, wherever people talked Of
the Cory murder, and that was every
where, for the people Of Canaan and
Of the country roundabout talked OF
nothing else. Women Chartered of 1t
In parlor and kitchen; men gathered in
small groups on the street and shook
their heads ominously over it; farm
ers, meeting on the road, halted their
teams and loudly damned the little
man in the Canaan Jail; milkmen lin
gered on back porches over their cans
to agree with cooks that it was an aw-
full thing and that IL ever any man de-
served hanging that there Fear de-
served this lawyer along with him.
Tipsy men hammered bars with fists
and beer glasses, inquiring If there
was no rope to be had in the town, and
Joe Louden, returning to his Office
from the little restaurant where he
sometimes. ate his breakfast, heard
Kisses following him along Main street.
ed, pimple checked youth, stood in the
open doors Of a grocery and as he
passed stared him in the face and said
''Yah!' with supreme disgust.
Joe stopped. "Why?" he asked
mildly.
The clerk put two fingers in his
mouth and whistled shrilly in derision.
you'd ort to be run out O. town!" he
exclaimed.
Il believe" said Joe, chat we have
never met before
go on, you shyster"
Joe looked at him gravely. "My
dear SIR he returned, "you speak to
me with the familiarity of an old
friend"
The clerk did not recover so far as
to be capable of repartee until Joe had
entered his own stairway. Then, with
bitter sheer, he seized a bad potato
from an open barrel and threw 1t at the
mongrel, who had paused to examine
the landscape. The missile failed and
Responsibility, after bestowing a slight
ly injured look upon the clerk, followed
his master.
In the Office the red bearded man sat
waiting. Not so red bearded as of
yore, however, was Mr.. Sheehan, but
grizzled and gray and, this morning,
gray Of face, too. as he sat, perspiring
and anxious, wiping troubled brow
with black silk handkerchief.
"Here's the devil and all to pay at
last Joe," he said uneasily on the 9TH.
ers entrance. "This is the worst I
ever knew, and hate to say it, but I
doubt yer pullin' it Of"
1--WE got to, Mike"
II hope on my soul there's chanst
Of 1t! like the little man, joe"
$50 do L"
II know ye do, my boy. But here's