Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-12-09
Dubuque Young Man Secures
Release From Colorado
States Prison
WAS SERVING LIFE TERM
A Rug and Cane Secure Young Man
a Friend Who Works Four Years to
Secure His Release on Showing of
Innocence - Governor Grants Par
don
Special to Times-Republican.

| Special TO IlmeS-RepuOuchn.
Dubuque. Dec. 9.-ln the pardon Of
Frank Herold from the Canon City
Colo, penitentiary, on Thanksgiving
day, by the governor Of Colorado, there
has come to light the story of an Iowa
boy and former Dubuquer that Is OF
| the deepest heart interest the story OF
a poor German lad without friends and
without money, who was railroaded
into the penitentiary for life on the
charge of murder, and on the weakest
of circumstantial evidence. The story
tells OF lad in the pride of youth.
who, having lived somewhat wildly In
his native country, at last goes off into
the far country with the intention of
turning over new leaf and making q
man Of himself, of how he made great
progress but in one moment fell in
with bad company and then--it is the
old, old story of the follies of youth,
and where they too often lead, either
to the commission of crime or to so
surrounding the victim with circum-
stances, which lead to the suspicion
that he had committed crime, that
he is arrested, tried, convicted and
condemned to spend the remainder of
his life within the prison CELL
Into this story is also woven the
story Of an unknown friend, how that
friend learned the facts Of the case
and how he, well known gentleman
of Dubuque, spent four years in an
effort to have the boy pardoned and at
last succeeded. The story is Of inter-
est to Dubuquers because the lads
parents live within a few miles Of this
city and because Frank Herold CHS
right name is withheld), once worked
for we'll known fruit firm here and
has a host Of friends within the city.
Wanted Rug.
1t is an odd and interesting story.
that Of the manner in which Harry
Barmeier became interested in the boy
and secured, thru Mrs. Henrietta Bar
meier's personal acquaintance with the
governor of Colorado, the boys par
don. In speaking Of the matter to a
Times journal reporter, Mr.. Barmeier,
said:
-Four years ago received a cane
from Herold, tho I had never seen
him. He sent me a letter stating that
the cells were cold and if l would
send him an old piece of carpet he
would consider 1t fair exchange for
the cane. 1 wrote and asked him for
the measurements of his cell and sent
him rug which l made. Then l got
to thinking about the case and asked
him to have some friend there write
and tell me all about the facts in the
case When 1 had received these facts,
spent several months investigating
his record, which found had not
Sunday school teacher had gotten hold
of him and tried to make a man Of
him. On her advice he went west
with a promise to turn over new
leaf and from what can learn from
the police of Colorado he was doing so
when he got mixed up in this O'Hara
affair. / then set to work to secure
his pardon, for I believed that he was
absolutely innocent Of the crime. l
turned the evidence had over to
mother, who knows the governor, and
she has been working on the case and
has at last secured his pardon.
have many letters from him which
show that he is not man of bad dis
position and 1 believe that he will
make good.
II never saw the boy in my life, but
from his letter about the cane and
when I sent him the rug l got to-
thinking that he was innocent. He
had no friends and no money and
never let his people know of his trou-
BILE until after he was sentenced. He
has written me that as soon as he gets
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