The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-05-19
corydon Editor Says That II is Great
Outrage to Turn Banker Out Of
the Penitentiary So
Soon.
IS TALK OF MOB LAW
County Attorney viii Try and Proae-
cute Him on Fifteen indict-
ments Which Are Hang.
ing Over Him.

The parole Of Leroy Ware, who has
brought habeus corpus proceedings in
the District court here for his release
from the custody of sheriff Datin. does
not seem to please some of the people
of Wayne county, the editor of the
Corydon Times-R Republican being par
ticularly bitter over the action OF the
board of parole The following from
his latest issue will be of interest here
on account Of the trial next week be
/ fore Judge Bank in the flabeus corpus
| proceedings:
| Leroy Ware is at liberty. Tho
man who robbed the Farmers and
Drovers Bank, of Seymour, Of several
hundred thousand dollars and waa
probably the cause of the death of the
former president of that bank, Mr.
Aaron Evans, has been given his liber.
ty by the State Board of Parole. He
was sent to the penitentiary from the
Wayne county court on March Is.
1903, having plead guilty to charge
OF false entries in the bank books and
being given sentence of five years
in the penitentiary by Judge H. M.
Towner.
County Clerk H. P. Christman on
Saturday received an official notice
from the warden of the penitentiary
at Fort Madison telling him that the
Iowa State Board Of Parole had parol.
ed Mr. Ware out for the rest Of his
term OF five years. The man is now at
liberty, No reason was given as to
why the Board paroled him out but
simply the fact that 1t was done,
That is the whole story.
The act OF the board il an ou+ros !
on the peonle of Wayne county and
4 the State OF Iowa and all law abiding
4 people everywhere. Just think Of If
4 A man steals several hundred thou
sand dollars from the stockholders
and depositors, and Ware admitted II
ny pleading guilty. and after serving
time for little less than fourteen
months is again turned at liberty nv
some chicken hearted Parole Roard
/ men who do not know any of tbe ctr.
cumstances of the case and men
VINO evidently don't care whether thc
ends OF justice are satisfied or not 7,
IS the worst thing we have heard n
long time and resignation nm tbo
part Of the members Of the hoard
should be received by the Governor at
I once. such men are not fitted for the
position at all. - ''''
me Times-Republican Is not .
believer in mob law at al, An,s4s..a
out that. But such actions as tbis
certainly breeds mob law and breeds
IL FAST Think of the people IN tho
east part of this county who have
oeen robbed of a great deal Of the;r
earnings and then have the man wbo
did the robbing set at liberty after
serving only little more than one
years time. Can those people be
blamed II they do not like it and some
even talk of resorting to mob law,
lhey could not be blamed very mucb
County Attorney X. r. sal,man bas
sent warrant to Fort Madison "a
arrest Ware and bring him here to
| try MIN on one or more of the fifteen
or twenty indictments which are vet
hanging over him. But 1t is NOT
thought that he can be arrested until
MS time of sentence, FIVE years. has
expired, although he is not now serv.
ing 1t at all except by being at liberty
and doing practically as he pIeases
a parole Is not pardon and Civ
1 Ing a prisoner his liberty entirely hit
In fact 1t is about the same thing. He
Is set at liberty but must report so
often to some officer of the state and
behave himself while on parole We
think he must also remain within tho
bounds of the state of Iowa. but that
would not be very much of hardship.
1 It is q common saying and heard on
the streets of every town that IL a
man steals ham or chicken to feed
his hungry family that he gets the
full extent of the law and is com,
PEELED to serve the full time but
that If he steals much money he does
not go up at all or if he does is
soon pardoned or paroled out. Does
1t look true or not?
Again We say this turning Ware
loose is the worst thing that possibly
could have been done. We can see
no possible reason for it.
Mustn't Do it Again.
4, ssr