Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-02-16
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Williams Feb 16-Since the jude-
ment against the church officials was
obtained. there has been little change
in the situation concerning the Roman
Catholic church fight of this place ex-
cepting that the former priest has been
transferred to another place. and new
one appointed. Many complimentary
things are said of the new appointee
and 1t is to be hoped some compromise
can be made.
The Williams Exchange, |. e., the
butter ard egg emporium of this place.
soon enters upon the fifth year of Its ex-
istence. There is no disposition on the
part of the incorporators OF this
scheme to change it any way. shape or
fashion. The business of the concern
Is conducted on yearly loss Of about
five per cent, but none of the merchants
interested claim they could personally
handle butter and eggs without that
percentage of loss. and have In addf-
ton the trouble of buying and selling
such produce The farmers like the
plan because they are sure of cash
market il they want Uncle Sans
money and If it's trade, they want, the
aluminium dollars. halves. quarters
and dimes pass at face value anywhere
for anything in town. Both of the
banks keep supply of aluminium
money on hand for exchange for those
who need il. SO popular Is this Will
liams Emporium plan that a committee
of Dows merchants came over here last
week to look it up the farmers in their
vicinity asking them to have a Dows
Butter and Egg Emporium on identi-
cally the, same plan as established
here four years ago.
Up and around Charles City stories
are being told concerning the actions
of Cullen, the murderer, after he COM
mitted the deed, that seem incredible
They are SO vile in substance as to be
unprintable and betray. IL true in de-
TAIL and animal instinct that makes
no one feel sorry that the mob ended
his career when it did. Crazy or not,
IL this man Cullen was anything like
the stories now told of him, it was
little wonder that the citizens thought
1t their duty to rid the world of him.
And that easily suggests that Judge
Weaver in his newspaper article in
condemnation of the work of the mob
at Charles City has all of the theoret-
ical sympathy of the readers of the
papers, but the writer has yet to meet
the man, woman or child, that would
undo the work of the mob at Charles
City, supposing such thing were
possible Learned articles from the
pen of our judges and lawyers cannot
remove the facts of the Bussey case.
The people of Floyd county were no
different from the people of Hardin
county where the judge lives. His
own neighbors and townsmen agree
with him theoretically, but just the
same Hardin county is very unsafe
place for wife murderer today.
Soon after the supreme courts &C.
ton in the Bussey murder case, one OF
our Iowa citizens, wrote one of the
Judges a letter severely criticisinS
their legal actions. The writer mas
seen the reply which was written very
much in line with the printed article o.
Judge Weaver, but it co.. ed this
significant sentence: Il hay 20 doubt
that Bussey was guilty and legally de-
served hanging" but l find no author :
ity anywhere for the right to take
human life and personally am opposed
to capital punishment" This quota :
ton is not verbatim ct literatim, but
in substance correct Now the man
showing the writer this letter, asks.
what's the use of trials for murder III
the first degree? If on the supreme
bench there are judges conscientiously
holding such opinions, all that is nee
essary is to appeal to the supreme
court and get verdicts set aside in the
lower courts, till a verdict is reached
that our supreme court can con-
scientiously affirm. This man also
raised the point Of what particular val
ue is the exact legal procedure so
earnestly demanded by Judge Weaver