The Detroit times., 1910-12-31
IN VEx1s AS
) o1EE1s HIS AGED PARENTS



|oouitary conditions In the jury room
were so bad that the Jurors came to
Y the conclusio, that they would be
taken from the jury room In rough
boxes did they not agree and get out
n q the place He says the jurors were
x made sick by the plumbing in the jury
room giving way. He is one OF the six
:. Jurors who signed an affidavit for
A Ascher's release, and now that Ascher
\ IL free. Day feels that a load of re-
N sponsibility has been lifted from his
n shoulders.
Stephen Fallon, another juror who
was doubtful as to Ascher's guilt. was
the last man TO give in, Day says.
d Fallon had said he would remain in
s the jury room until he rotted. but the
" cir In the room Anally caused him to
give in, Day explains.
Politics Figures In Release.
That politics cut big figure in the
\ release Of Ed. Ascher, sentenced 20
jackson prison for life on conviction
of the murder of Valmore G. Nichols
Mn August, 1895, is fact well known
In local political circles. Immediate
~ after his brothers conviction. On
me fourth and last trial, Abe Ascher
began to take an active interest In
the political game, with the sole cnd
~ view. IL is said. of securing I'd S
Freedom, and Ascher's release at TINS
time il partly the result of political
bargain made between Abe and the
|3 Warner administration two years ago,
before the primaries.
< By the terms Of this bargain, IL Abe
could deliver the third ward for
H Warner In the fight for the nomina-
tton against DR.. Bradley, his brothers
case would be taken up and pushed.
N Abe did his work well, but Warmers
81 NATION escape from defeat and the
. exposure OF his dealings with State
IA Treasurer Glazier caused him to gig
back on the promise. Abe Ascher
was naturally angry at the failure of
fthe governor to keep his word, bat
n he would not give up. In the last
campaign he supported Patrick Ii.
n Kelley for governor with the under
standing that his brothers release
M was to be his reward. This time the
governor made good
Freedom will be no novelty TO Asch-
M or when he leaves the prison today.
N For long time he has been ''trusty"
8 and has been a familiar figure on the
I.< 0flSUtc WA JathoOh.
Mcdonnell Makes Protest.
Protests against the release of Asch-
d or and LITER Frank Hayes, the lat
81 ter. OF whom was sent UP for the cold
~ hIooded murder of Fred II. Kelley. in
"A Caldwelrs drug store. in 1892, are
* heard. on all sides. Chief of Detec-
II tive James Mcdonnell brands the
" OoSefnorss action as an outrage. Judge
~ Mnrnhv hnfnra xvhnnn
N recorder, Ascher's last trial was held,
n brands Aschers release as a mockery
N of Justice and the shame of the state.
In q telegram from Denver. where
he Is spending the holidays with his
family, the Judge says:
don't know the reasons assign
ed, IL any, for Ascher's release.
but whatever they be his release
IS a mockery of justice. After
efforts to corrupt jurors and in
spite Of subtle and sinister influ-
enccs in his behalf, e was fairly
convicted OF a murLer planned
with the utmost generalization and
60 executed in cold blood.
The first time his case came be-
fore me was upon his third trial. 1t
ewas then that the effort to corrupt
the jury was discovered and the
trial stopped and declared mis-
trial Upon his fourth trial result
ing In his conviction, the trial was
90 free from any possible claim OF
error that no appeal to the SUI
preme court was taken. This
shows how meretricious any
claims of innocence or legal error
Ia the trial are. Is Michigan pre-
pared to sanction such a scanda-
Ious miscarriage of justice? Are
the repeated efforts OF designing
p0liticians carried on in Ascher's
Hehelf for years to meet with UNI
rshukedr success? The shame is
not only the shame of those who
are responsible for his release but
| IL is the shame OF the state itself.
Et Capt. Mcdonnell says he told Judge
Kendrick. former member OF the
pardon board, a year ago that Ascher
ohould never be pardoned.
n also told him that | had learned
4 since the trial what Ascher did with
<tthe gold he got from Nichols" said the
captain. THE judge wanted me to
< xet an AFFIDAVIT, showing what had be-
come OF the money. but did not do it
as II would have brought some very
Erespectable people into the lime
n light"
Mrs. Alice l.. Nichols. widow OF the
man Ascher was found guilty of kill
& Ing Is now living with her mother,
Mrs. A. III. Yates, at No. 1888 Twenty
fourth-st
Victims Widow Regrets Release.
II believe the pardon board has
3 done society great wrong in setting
tthat man Free she said Even
E though he may have reformed. IL must
be remembered that he took human
lifc. and the short time he has served,
only 10 years. Is not a sufficient pen
atty for his crime"
IA Frank H. Hayes goes directly TO
the home OF his aged mother
ia Trenton. Mrs Hayes has aged
greatly since her son was sent to
prison, but she has never lost
hope that some day he would be re.
leased. She has been living with her
dnnghter, Mrs. NJ. A. Beagle, who sup.
ports herself and her mother by teach.
Ing school.
Alfred Bailey. the Trenton merchant
who was largely instrumental in Sc.
occurring Hayes release, says he will try
70 find something for the young man
no do. Mr.. Bailey is Hayes first friend
and will keep close tab on him while
h{n r,arole IN I'm force