The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1909-11-25

any young man to enter upon a life
of crime and make success out of
lit. The Almighty has not so con-
stituted this universe. No matter
what our beliefs may be, If we pos
sess any intelligence whatever, we
must know that the Almighty has not
SO constituted this universe that men
may engage in crime and profit by it.
The wages of sin is death. All wrong
must be punished. Whenever man
commits a crime and escapes punish
ment for it and thinks that he has
escaped the penalty for it, he makes
a great mistake. Every time the
wrong-doer succeeds in avoiding the
just penalty it only piles up the PEN
atty still higher; it only makes it in
the end more terrible. And so you
have found it now, and so you will
ever find it in the future.
But, Mr.. Heathman, this is not,
and ought not to be for you the end
of all things. 1t only ought to be for
you the beginning of better life.
You ought now to resolve that this is
all the experience you want in wrong
doing. I sincerely hope it will be.
such lesson to you, not only for
your own sake, but for the sake of
those who are dear to you, and for
the sake of society. / could not in
view of all these things, having in
mind my duty to enforce the law in
Decatur county and in the state of
Iowa, give you light punishment in
this case. 1t would not be justified.
Mr.. Heathman, you may arise. You
have been indicted by a grand jury
of this county for the crime of send
ing letter with intent to extort. To
this charge you have, entered. your
voluntary plea of guilty. Have you
anything to say to the court why
the judgment and sentence of the
court should not now be pronounced
against you?
The Defendant: l have only this
to say, that / fully realize what a
mistake have made, and ask the
court to be as lenient as possible. !
would like to try and make amends
for what have done.
The Court: am glad of it, and I
hope you will do so. You have yet
opportunity of doing so. 1t is the
that you be committed to the state
lreformatory at Anamosa for an in
determinate period, not to exceed
/
be taxed against you, and that judg-
ment be entered and execution issued
accordingly.
Let me say to you, also, Mr.. Heath
man, the Board of Parole will doubt
less grant you parole if your con-
duct deserves it. That matter will
depend upon your own conduct; it
lies almost entirely with YOU l want
you to observe every rule of the insti-
tuition, not only because it is rule,
but because you want to do right and
obtain all the credit you can. sin
cerely trust that you will do this.
In the case of Carl Banks, who was
charged with bigamy, written plea
of guilty had also been filed with the
court, and his attorneys made
strong plea and showing for leniency,
but the court after reviewing the case
which showed that Banks had desert
ed his first wife in Kansas City, and
then come to Lamont and in a few
months had married another girl un-
der an assumed name, without first
securing a divorce from his first wife.
The court sentenced him to five years
in the reformatory at Anamosa, but
stated that if he showed an inclina-
tion to do what was right, and his
first wife would obtain divorce from
him as it was stated she would do
at once, and he would agree to return
and live with and care for the second
wife, the court would recommend
that parole be granted to him after
he had served a portion of his SEN
tence.
Sheriff Andrew took Heathman
and Banks to Anamosa Friday morn
ling to commence serving their SEN
tences.
France Hamilton, who was in
dicted for murder in the second de-
gree, was arraigned, and entered a
plea of not guilty, and his trial was
postponed until the January term of
court.
The following cases were disposed
OF since our report last week:
Probate.
/ Estate of Michael Poland, final re-
port approved, executor discharged
Estate of F. N. Harp, question of
priority of liens to be submitted in
vacation.
/ Estate of ]. G. B. Harp, question of
priority of liens to be submitted in
vacation.
Estate of Ivan Beach, final report
approved, SAeCutTlA discouraged.
Estate of Josiah Hamilton, final
report approved, executor discharged.
Estate of D. F. Nicholson, final re-
port approved, executor discharged.
Law and Equity.
| w. S. Frazier & Co. VS.. J. W. Math-
er, settled and dismissed.
Atlas Cement Co. VS. Isaac Carlile,
settled and dismissed.
| Lumber Mfg. Agency VS.. Griffin &
Lee, settled and dismissed.
T. J. Griffin VS.. Frank Hickman,
settled and dismissed.
Margaret Hayden VS.. Thomas Hay
den, decree of divorce granted with
custody of child.
Emma A. Black VS.. Ora Black ct
al, partition and sale ordered, S.
Varga appointed sole referee with
bond of $4,000.
Marriage Licenses.