Omaha daily bee., 1909-02-28
Iowa
AEDCPETH AFTER A PAROLE
Investigation Of his Record Puts a
Crimp in His Aspirations.
LEGISLATORS LEAVE FOR HOME
railroads Evidently Abandon Hope Of
Heading off Legislation I'm the
Senate and Bills Pass
Unanimoualy.

Nrom a staff Correspondent
DIES MONIES, Feb E.-Cspecial)EMarion
Hedgpeth sent up from Council bluff is
serving an indetermediate sentence for
breaking and entering a store building al
Council Bluffs. He has served nearly "
years. He asks the Board OF Parole TO
fix a date for his release. The board. as
is required in all such cases made an
Investigation into the record Of the man
IL was found, that Hedgpeth had Travelled
under the name of Sam Woods ana also
as L. l. williams. that he had been sent
TO the Missouri penitentiary for twenty
five years for connection with a train rob
berry at Glendale. Mo. in 1898. that he was
paroled from the Missouri prison In isoS.
and that later he had apparently been con-
nected with a band OF bandits In Omaha
AS 1t developed that the man is far from
being the innocent person he had repre-
scented himself to be and that his case will
probably remain without action for some
time.
Legislators Leave fer HSme.
Perhaps twenty Of the legislators failed
to get away until today. But not one viii
remain during the recess to consider mat
tiers here. The last action OF a committee
was 70 recommend the passage OF the
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three state educational Institutions, and this
bill will come before the senate immed-
lately after the recess. This with tenn
peranoe legislation viii be the first thing
taken up after the recess.
Railroads Give Up.
II is stated now that the railroads have
given up the idea of heading off meas
uTes they regard as obnoxious in the
senate This was made apparent when
the Allen bill went through unanimously
yet most of the senators agree that the
hill is Of great Importance in establish
ing the relations between shippers and
transportation lines. 1t cuts out OF the
present law all those modifying phrases
behind which the railroads have shielded
themselves when cars are demanded for
the use of shippers. 1t is far more drastic
thar any OF the reciprocal demurrage
Hills which were fought TO death last
session. But after the passage OF the
ClGrkson bill and the Peterson bin. both
relating to damage suits. the bill fathered
by the senator from Pocahontas went
through without an effort to amend II
arc not a vote against It II the meas
ure is to be disposed of II must oe Ir
tho railroads committee Of the house. II
remain to be seen whether the fight will
DC uhut InSfc 10 prevent It's becoming q
law. 1t is the only bill regarded as OF
general importance 10 shippers now in
position to be taken up by the house.
Oats Special Leaves.
The first oats special, which is a modi-
ficsuon Of the famous corn special. left
Des Moines today over the St Paul 6
Des Moines railroad. Among those or
board were: Profs. Holden. Bowman
Crossiey. Bell and Quaife of Ames; Georg,
A Wells. b. A, and Lee lockwood and
W. r Sterett. representing the St. Pau.
& Des Moines road.
on its wal 70 Mason City thirty-minut,
talks were made al all principal towns
along the lire.