Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-02-25
LENlENcY EXTENDED ON
PROMISE TO ANNuL DIVORCE
Court Severely Rsbukss Banker For
HE Attempt 60 Evads Courts Order
Enjeinins Him From pispesins Of
Prepsrty-Diveres Procured in state
Of Nevada.

Jail or to pay $3.50 fine. Vhe me was
paid.
Sentence was Imposed with the I'M
derstanding that Mr.. Clarke will take
Immediate steps to annul divorce re-
Gently obtained by him in Nevada.
Judge H. D. Dickinson, who passed
sentence. referred to the Nevada d.
vorce as secret and fraudulent" and
said that he would expect Mr.. Clarke
to take immediate steps to annul the
Nevada decree.
The sentence disposes Of the Clarke
case az Mr.. Clarke. after pleading
guilty to contempt, agreed to make q
full settlement with Mrs. Clarke ana
attorneys informed the court that the
settlement had been reached ana sna'
the case was ready for dismissal.
Court Rsbukes Defendant.
Tn nassine sentence yesterday Judge
racl<inson rebuked Mr.. Clarke for his
actions. and asserted that only the ad-
vanced age Of the defendant saved him
from q jail sentence.
Asking for clemency for Mr.. Clarke
A. Al. Keith, one OF Mr.. Clarkes at.
torneys. said that the Clarkes haa
agreed to adjust their differences OUT
of court. He said that Mr.. Clarke mao
violated not only the court order. out
@ha admonitions Of his attorneys anu
wished TO offer an apology to the court
for 30 doing. Judge Dickinson sa'o'
II do not know that can join coun-
sel In the opinion yentured tnat the
conduct Of the defendant did not pre-
1udice and to some extent defeat the
tight and remedies OF Mrs. Clarke IN
This action. I find to the contrary very
i;ttle can be said in extenuation OK the
defendants offense. His contempt
ma. vilful and fagitious in character.
srha more the circumstances were re-
sealed the more they tended to incrim-
mate rather than to mitigate; ano ms
own confession, finally. merits Atue
consideration Of himselt-naoe M
trennity when further attempt 70
cane was futile. The boldness ana 4i-
dependence, and, I might say, even
eeif-reliance Of the defendant We
worthy Of q better cause. he NOT oI1s
d,srexarded the orders OF the coul.:
treated them with utter contemp1 Ius
the advice Of his own attorneys, VIZ
urged upon him strenuousiy tue '....
atty Of strict Observance OF tne eo".'
The Nevada Divorce.
CT. .rnears that the secret and fraud
.,,.rt divorce. which can be termed
nnth,nr else. in the Nevada courts was
nrtained "a, the defendant wienous
srovledre or connivance on the part OF
81. counsel. In 6act, they were trying
"a eject a settlement OF the martal
d,rsicnl4ie. at the very time that ne
.nd obtained this decree
in tho Nevada courts.
.srh. same Is true in these proceed
,,~. here. He committed these con-
t.mntuou. acts entirely without knowi-
edse or participation OF counsel, anu
S.,sh ~ commend now the conduct OF
AZ Refrh and Mr.. Carmichael 1or ene
,,rnnnt manner in hitch they INFORMED
m court OF the first tntimation mat
thev had Of q violation OF the court
order They pursued very nonoia-
Die course and came to the court WIN
the very first intimation they mao OF
tho DEFENDANTS conduct.
ssNow. will not say more. IL 10
nor q pleasant task to find It necessary
"a res,uke q man Of the defendants
vaars and Of past good standing IN tho
community in which he has lived MS
life. The spectacle OF man VINO mas
traveied the paths Of honor and probity
~ The very sunset Of life, blessed with
morn than usual success and prosperity
with an aged wife and grown-up sons
and dauShters about them-the specta-
che Of such a man at the bar OF justice
in his declining years to take the re-
wards Of ways that are dark and tricky
ana ara vain, Is a sorry spectacle. In.
deed.
.Your age prompts me to be 1en1ent
ana also the fact that during the last
week you have taken advantage OF your
opportunities granted by the court to
mako a restitution as far as possible
Of your wife's ri9tbs and secure TO her
= 1usts hare Of tho fortune which you
hays managed to accumulate and which
Gl10 helped you to accumulate.
sone thing remains yet to be done
ana that Is to purge tho records Of the
Nevada court vi that spurious divorce
shall expect the defendant to take
immediate steps in that direction.
81 make the sentence light because
OF t..ese things, and because OF the fact
that the disgrace brought upon the de-
PENDANT himself Is far greater than any
penalty can invoke.
Tho sentence 10 imprisonment in
500 REWARD, 500.
The readers Of this paper will bo
s,leassd to learn that there II at least
one dreaded disease that science has
1,es, able 10 cure In all Its stages and