Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-09-16
Editor Of Prison Press, Serving
Life Sentence, Not to Be
Transferred
HALEYs SERVICES IN DEMAND
Could Convicted Murderer Secure Re-
lease, Good Positions as Magazine
Writer Would be Open to Him -
Haley a Man Of Mystery and .
Bright One.
to Times-Republican.

Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines, Sept 16.-Briiliancy Of
intellect has saved Haley from being
transferred from the Anamosa REFORM
atory to the Fort Madison penitenti-
ary Haley is the man who with one
Robbard was convicted and sentenced
TO life imprisonment for killing po-
sliceman in the railroad yards at ,Du-
buque.
According to the terms of the indeter-
inmate sentence law all persons serv-
ing terms for murder in the first degree
must be transferred to Fort Madison
to the penitentiary. First offenders
and persons guilty of the lesser crimes
are incarcerated in the reformatory at
Anan1osa Haley is the editor Of Pris-
on Press, published monthly from the
printing plant at the Anamosa reform
atory, and is foreman of the printing
establishment. He is man of bril-
liant intellect He has written poems
and literary articles of rare merit that
have commanded attention. If he is
transferred to Fort Madisan the
printing plant at Anamosa would be
crippled, and the publication of Prison
Press would have to be/suspended.
Tho it has never been published be-
fore, Haley has an offer of employ
ment on Worlds Work as a writer II
he should be freed from confinement.
and has a further offer from Chicago
concern. Last session of the legisla-
ture Haley made application for g
pardon. He had previously applied
for pardons. but at former sessions the
legislature last winter refused to free
him. In defense of his position Haley
prepared and had printed at the Prison
Press booklet setting forth ms rea-
sons for asking a parole and analyz-
ing the evidence presented at the trial
which resulted in his conviction.
There has always been a mystery as
to where Haley came from. He is rec
ognized as being a man OF educatlon
and ability His poems and article
that have appeared from time to time
in the Prison Press are proof or tnat'
He was arrested, however, in company
with Robbard, who was convicted WIN
him. Robbard was common tramp
according to all appearances, ana 1oi-
lowing the murder of the Dubuque po-
liceman the two men crossed the river
into Illinois and were tracked across
the country for some miles before cap
tured They were finally found sleep
ing under a straw stack.
Because of his ability as the editor OF
Prison Press the authorities nave ue-
cided not to transfer him to Fort Mad
ison. but to keep him at Anamosa.
Three democratic candidates are IN
the race for the nomination for state
superintendent of schools. These are
Can't. E. Miller, superintendent OF tne
Sieourney schools; r. A. Griffin, SUI
nerintendent of the Holstein schools
and Miss Matte Lee A. Lair, OF SID
ney, Iowa, county superintendent oi
Fremont county.s
Figures made public today by Sec
retary John C. Simpson of the state
denartment of agriculture show fha'
s35 501.79 was paid in premiums bs
the state fair this year. A full repor'
of the financial part of the fair IS te
he ready for publication the latter par
of next week. According to the re.
mort of Mr.. Simpson of the amoun
Maid in premiums s17,3SS was paid OF
live stock and of that about $S,4OO was
Maid on cattle. On the speed program
there was 1925 Mn premiums and the
remainder of the $35,501.79 was OF
agricu,tural products, mainly, and or
the woman's department and poultry
An interesting circumstance OF the
fair is the fact that A. g. Turner, the
big corn man, was defeated by his oWr
tenant in the sweepstakes prize Tor the
hest ten ears of corn of any variety
Mr. O. Osborn captured the prize. He
lives at Maxwell on one of Mr. Turn
er's farms The sweepstakes Tor the
hest single ear was won by George
steen of West Liberty.
On corn alone this year the state
fair paid in premiums over $1,000
There was the biggest corn exhibit
thar the fair has ever known or thai
has ever been. shown in the west. There
we're 1876 exhibitors and sixty-four o.
these received premiums.
In the county exhibits Polk took first
Dallas second. Story third. Mahaska
fourth, Warren fifth.
Some of the most valuable papers
and documents in the state of Iowa
were endangered Of being destroyed by
fire in the blaze that broke out Sn the
old court honse building of Van Burer
county at Keosauqua last week In
cluded in the documents was mucf
material relating to the first Iowa
courts. The fire will probably result
in an effort to get permission of the
legislature to have the documents
turned over to the archives depart.
ment here.
The Van Buren county court house
has been occupied continuously since
1874 and is the Oldest in the state
1t was occupied by the courts during
the territorial days when about al
there was of the state was at Keosau.