The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-11-17

killing Frank farmer, local saloon.
keeper. on May |, 1907, has been pa.
rolled from prison by the state parole
board. The parole was issued Satur.
day afternoon.
John q. leiser of Omaha, member
of the board, went oXhaustively into
the case, and II was ON his written
opinion that Bocho was released MIR.
Noisor's idea was that there was rca.
sonable doubt MS to Boches guilt, ms
the evidence on which he was convict.
ed was that of disrcputablc charnct-
ers, also there were cXtCnuating cir.
Cumstanccs.
Nciscr went into the history of tho
case, reciting circumstances which
mad been excluded by the court from
the evidence evidence of farmers
manner of conducting his saloon to
rob his patrons, evidence that Frank
Shoemaker had been made drunk and
robbed by farmer, evidence that Jar
mer had picked the pocket of n strau-
ger, evidence that farmer had "dopcd"
show that farmer had given Bocho
something which made him sick and
kept him unconscious during the time
he was robbed, just before the killing.
Although the courts may not hold
this admissible as u matter of law.
the governor, as a matter of common
sense, said ICiser, should consider IL
nriGnnnr's IL nt,,n
/ diCted by nothing but the word of "A
woman and man of ill-fame after he
had been taken against his will to
/ such a resort.
Has Killed Two Men.
farmer was the second man whom
! Boche killed. On Jan Is, 1890, he kill
| ed George Ives of Tildcn with an ax
/ while the latter was trcspassing on
Boches farm. farmer was killed af.
ter an all-night brawl at the Edna
| lngham resort. farmer was said to
! have induced Boche to accompany
! him to the resort in hack and Boche
| claimed that farmer robbed him. 1t
| was while they were leaving the place
at daylight and when farmer was at.
tempting to throw Boche into a cab
to return to the city that Boche shot
farmer several times and killed him.
Then Boche fled.
Hides in Woods for a Week.
| For Il week he roamed in the woods
near his farm hunted by men and
| at one time shot at by Sheriff Glenn
ents. Clements went to the Boche
farm at midnight on May | and fired
four shots at Boche in the dark
On May Boche surrendered to
Constable j. II. Conley. He had eaten
little during those seven days
On June Boche was denied bail by
Judge Welch.
Tries to End Life.
On July 8 the prisoner tried to kill
himself in the county Jail at Madison,
and attacked Judge Clements with
pitchfork.
On July II Boche acted like an in
sane man, beating his head against
the cell
On Sept Supreme Judge ]. B.
Barnes admitted Boche to bail.
The trial continued from Feb. "a to
March 4, 1908.
On March II Judge WEIGH SEN
fenced the prisoner to ten years in
the penitentiary, and in June the su-
preme court denied the prisoner a new
trial and he was taken to Lincoln, so
that he has now served three years
and half of his sentence. He was
acquitted in his first trial for killing
George Ives.
Boche is farmer living four miles
southeast of The city and has large
| family.
Boche had not reached Norfolk
Monday morning and his family told
The News over the telephone that
they knew nothing about when to ex-
pect him. They said they knew moth
| ing of the parole.