Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-11-29
MAN CONVICTED WITH WEEMs
TO ASK LEGISLATURE FOR
FREEDOM.
HAS BEEN LONG INSANE,
70 NOW RECOVERING
Eleven Pardon Cases to Como Before
Legislature At Next session-pes
Moines Anti Saloon Forces in Earnest
In Thsir Cam paisn-offieiaI Vote on
consrsssnsn.
to rimes-Republican

Des Moines, Nov. 29.-John C.
Hamill who was convicted in Polk
county of murder and given the death
sentence, will ask the state legislature
to recommend q pardon at the next
session. Hamill has been for many years
an inmate Of the insane section OF thu
reformatory at Anamosa. He was con-
victed with George Weems and George
Krau. of the murder Of Conductor Red
path in Des Moines. Kraut had so ar
ranged it that he was let off with
light sentence. which he served. Hamill
and Weems were sentenced to hang,
but Governor Drake, who was some
what familiar with the facts, committed
this 20 life Imprisonment. Afterwards
Hamill became violently insane. In re-
cent years he had partially regained his
reason and i'll the opinion Of the parole
board he would not be dangerous
man out provided someone would agree
to care for him. His plea for pardon
will be based on the theory that If
Weems was innocent then Hamill also
was innocent. This does not follow,
however, as only two men were ac-
tually concerned in the murder and the
belief is strong that Kraut and Hamiil
We're the two. Besides. Governor Cum
Minis never went on record as officially
declaring the innocence of Weems, but
based the Communication to thirty years
on clemency alone. There will be elev-
en- pardon cases before the legislature.
namely: John b. Hamill, Polk county.
Harry Hortman Cherokee; William
Lucas. Page county; Ira N. Noble.
Muscatine; John II. Cater, Fayette
county; G.. EckerlebeA Clinton county;
Joe Bogdany, Monroe county; Albert
Parntzke, Van Buren, county; Hugh
Robbard. Dubuque county; Leonard
Haley Dubuque county; Sophia Krue-
ger, Union county.
That the anti-saoon forces Of Des
Moines are in dead earnest in their de-
termination to shut up the open saloons
in Des Moines was shown this week
when they brought Evangelist William
A. Sunday to the city for one speech
to arouse the people against signing
the consent petitions. The report is
that Sunday was to be paid $4,000 for
the speech. The business mems con-
mittee is spending money freely for In
fuence and Is making such Roadway
that the saloon men now practically
go dry again. The men circulating the
consent petitions say that they will
probably be short, about 1000 names.
The republican vote in Iowa at the
last election for congressman was
209,210 For what might be called
"the ticket it was about $4,000, so
that on national issues the cut was no.
over 5000 In the entire state. The vote
for Secretary Of State Hayward was
about 211,000 and for Auditor OF State
Bleakley about 100000 The majority
which each one received was about
$4,000. as against about 10000 received
by Governor Carroll. The count and
footings will be completed today.
The majority against the proposal for
q constitutional amendment Of 32.16S
showed that the state is not very
strongly in favor of rebuilding the
structure completed in 1857. The vote
was 1856 for and 164,o55 against
The vote on members of congress in
GLIDING the vote for prohibition and
socialist candidates was as follows:
Kennedy 1862. Pollard 1922. Starr
pro. All, Strauss, SOC, 55s; Kennedy's
plurality 2,175.
Pepper 1885, Grilk 1871. Bennett.
pro-, 211, Cook, Soc, 1907; Peppers
plurality in Second, 2,s44.
Pickett 1885, Dennison 1852. I1aw-
yer, Soc, 704; Pickett's plurality in
Third, 1882.
Haugen 1928. Murphy 16.70s. Maha.
Soc, 2Ss; Haugen's plurality, 220.
Good 1917, Huber 1924. Swearin-
ger pro- sol, Goulding, Soc. $50; Goods
plurality. 2.s77.
Kendall 1885. Hamilton 1914, Bar
rett. pro-. 5s3. Minnick. SOC. 1862; Ken
dalrs plurality 1.421.
Prouty 1922, Price 1887 Wilson,
SOC, 1,13s; Prouty's plurality. 1925.
Towner 1888. Stuart 1885. Mercer,
SOC, 47s; Towner's plurality. 1888.
Smith 1888, Cleveland 1915. Nudge
Soc. 42S; Smiths plurality. 1,S47.
Woods 26.s27. Anderson. Soc, s45;
Woods plurality. 26,0s2.
Hubbard 22,199, White 14,377, Smith,
Soc, 495: Hubbard's plurality. 1892.
The canvass of the vote in regard
to judges Of the district court and
members Of the legislatures disclosed
no changes from the lists that have
been publihed. In the senate there are
"a republicans and 16 democrats: in
the house 70 republicans and 3s demo-
70