Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-07-28
WIVES NOT DECEIVED
SECOND WIFE OF CONVICT
skAoos KNEW or HIS
PREVIOUS MARRIAGE.
BOTH WOMEN LOYAL TO
MUCH DISCUSSED PRISONER
First Wife Secured Divorce Voluntarily
and Disputes lmputation Of Parole
eoard-Burns, Millionaire Employer
Of Tiekst.ef-Lsavs Man. Working
for Release Of skasss.

. OF J1okoS'0v eoavo man, working
for Release Of skaaas.
Special to Times-Republican.
Council Bluffs. July 2s.-"If that IS
not adding insult to injury, then such
Ia thing is Impossible" The speaker
Omaha, and she referred with fine
show Of Indignation to the reflection
cast upon her and her children by. the
Iowa board of parole when it said, in
E. recent statement concerning the
Skaggs case in justification Of its ac-
ton in recalling him to prison from a
lucrative position in Omaha, that
Skaggs deceived girl as to his record
and married a second time, and adding,
whether he is divorced or not" Mrs.
Skaxgs and the friends of the young
man have increased their wrath
against the Iowa parole board because
of this reflection upon Skaggs. which
they declare is. unjust, uncalled for
and calculated to make it appear he
was entirely in the wrong and that the
board was entirely justified in COM
polling him to return to prison.
Skaggs' first wife, who is now living
in Omaha with her children, lived at
Anamosa while Skaggs was in prison
and kept UP a continual plea for his
release. She conducted a restaurant
there to support herself and children
and it was largely out Of sympathy for
her and her children that he was re-
leased.
Had they left him go to some other
place than Shenandoah. where every
body pointed their fingers at us, we
would have lived happy said Mrs.
skaggs the first yesterday. But we
went there. tried to live in peace, and
found it impossible on account of Clar-
ence's record. My health failed. he
couldn't get away and 1t was for the
best, for both of us that 1 secured
divorce" sAs
Second Wife Loyal.
+ Skaggs' subsequent movements are
as have been detailed in previous dis
patches. March 1. after he had been
in Omaha five months. living here I'M
der the name Of Jones, he sent for
girl with whom he had become ac-
quainted In Williamsburg, Kan. and
they were married. The girl, however,
knew of his former wife and children
but did not know Of his prison record,
yet. in consideration Of his conduct
following the marriage his second wife
has never for a moment deserted him
and is at this time trying to cheer
Skaggs in order that when he is re-
leased he will have retained his cour-
age to do right Notwithstanding his
recent trouble.
Mr. Jay Burns, the Omaha mil
lionaire bread maker in whose employ
Skaegs was at the time Of his rearrest
and return to prison, has read the
statement Of the board Of parole in
support Of their position in demanding
Skaggs" return. is unmoved and still
maintains that the board did a great
wrong and that 1t should lose no. time
in righting the wrong. ':Skaggs' mar
riage to his second wife without in
forming her Of his prison record is the
only reprehensible thing know of the
man." said Mr.. Burns today. 'Still.
from a human standpoint he can not
be blamed. Trying to do right. to be
man. and save himself he realized
the invaluable aid to him Of a good,
pure woman. With his record known
he knew that would be impossible.
Then. too, he. doubtless was afraid of
apprehension by the Iowa authorities.
He was good and true to his new wife,
he had every right to marry her, ex-
cept he was not frank with her.
Il knew nothing of his record and I
do not consider that he wronged me.
I believe that he did right. His wife
believes the same thing. She said 80
and she said she was going to do
everything she could possible to save
him from prison. She went to Ana
mosa the other day and then went
to a nearby city where she is working
for her husband and waiting for the
time when he can rejoin her. She has
votion to him."
Mrs. Skaggs No. 1, upon the later
actions Of her divorced husband said:
wife about me and the children and
he treated her as he should 1 want
to see him released again. think
it is great injustice to keep him in
the prison. He was a true man. a good
man. During our married life there
never was a cross word between us.
Had he not been confined to Shenan-
doah as place OF residence by the
parole board we would have been liv-
ing happily together right now. There
is where the injustice of the whole
thing comes in as it affects me and
my children. 1t was wrong for the
board to compel US to live where my
husband was arrested and amids, the
scenes of relating circumstances.'
Burns Hopes for Rslsaos.
"a sense of Justice. what believe
Is right for human beings, induces me
to keep in the fight for Skagg's free
DOM" said Mr.. Burns. Just what
steps I will take is not certain. have
been to Des Moines once in regard to
the matter and will probably go again
SkagEs is not only man, but he is
a good. honest and upright man. who
does not deserve to be unjustly. with
out commendable reason, thrown back
into the penitentiary.
IF he does secure his release. and
wants to. he can always have q po-
sition in my plant. He may not wan.
to come back here where his position is