Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-08-22
PROBABLE THAT RAINSDARGERo
WILL NOT De PARoLED ~
STATE soARo.
eoARD TO REVERSE ireELF
AFTER FAvoRiNG REAAsE
Presidents Set in Watson and van
TasssI Cases indicate No More Life
Prisoners Will 30 Paro!ed-Des
Moines Pastor Comes Out in Favor
of Dancing.
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Special to imes-Republican.
Des Moines. Aug. a2-1t now appears
to be reasonably certain that the parole
board will reverse itself In the Rains
barger case ana refuse to sanction the
release OF the brothers from prison. A
report thereon may not be made for
some time.
If the presidents set in the Van Tas-
sci and Watson case are followed. there
will be. 20 more life termers released
from the prisons. There art about
dozen who have asked for consideration
at the hands of the parole board, on
the theory that when the legislature
turned over to the parole board the
duty OF examining into these cases and
making recommendations to the COVER
nor there was carried with this refer
ence all the rights and privileges OF
the legislature ITSELF Under the old
law it was contemplated that cie1nency
might be exercised even in the case
OF the life terIners under sentence for
murder in the first degree.
In the Van Tassel and Watson cases
the parole board virtually tried tn"
cases again on appeal and found thai
the convictions were just. hence that
no matter what might be other condi-
lions the Inen are not TO be released.
In the Watson case no effort was
made 70 show innocence Of the pris-
cce-. J. the Van Tassel case claim
was made of q miscarriage OF justice
In the Rainsbarger cases it is claimed
that the prisoners did not in fact muir
der johnson, tho the appeal for elem
ency made to the legislature was based
more largely upon the ground that the
law has been vindicated by the nearly
rwenty-fv years Incarceration. But
Watson. at least, was committed before
the Rainsbargers and unQuestionabiy
he would not be menece to society II
released.
Two or three years ago the parole
board after investigation recommended
that the Rainsbargers be released at
the termination Of twenty-five years OF
actual Incarceration. Since then, the
board has reopened the case and gone
over it again. two Of the members OF
the board having been changed IN the
meantime.
Rev. DR.. Thomas Casady. pastor OF
st. Marks Episcopal church here. as
tonished his hearers at the union serv-
ices held Sunday evening when he
made an open defense Of dancing ana
said that card playing was all right II
conducted thru the proper channels.
Il do not want people to come to my
church who want to go elsewhere" said
Rev, Mr.. Casady but If YOU stay in
your church, want you to stop knock
ing my church"
Just because we have candles burn
ing on our affairs, you call US Roman
Catholics. I am not a Roman Catholic.
but there is one thing do know AID
that is, there are Roman Catholics
who are servants of Jesus Christ far
better than and that there are a
great many things in the Roman Cath
Ole church which we might well pat
tern after"
Polk county's county attorney for the
second time since he was given the
legal permission, will indict prisoner
without the aid Of the grand jury. The
new Iowa law gives county attorneys
the right to send a man to court to
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over to the grand jury and having a
true bill returned against him. The
man In question is William Corbin, OF
Valley Junction. and he is charged
with having sold intoxicating liquors to
minors.
That the United Gas Improvement
Company Of Philadelphia in conjunc-
ton with the Des Moines Gas Com
pany Of Des Moines has been receiv-
ing rebates from railroads plying from
Des Moines to Chicago is the alleea-
ton made in todays hearing of the gas
injunction rate suit in Des Noines. Gas
iron pipe is the commodity which ". y.
Marks, gas expert for the city, names
as the commodity in which he believes
rebates are given. His testimony was
drawn out during cross examination
by Attorney N T. Guernsey, corpora
ten counsel for the Des Monies Gas
Conf any.