Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-05-01

to pay more because they were dis
satisfied with the work. The suit was
filed in March, 1912.-St. Louis Globe
Democrat.
The County Court, sitting as the
Board of Equalization, put in much of
this week adjusting assessments and
hearing complaints. On Thursday the
wet and dry question presented itself
and took up nearly the entire day. 1t
seems that turning in the assessments
a number of Bonnie Terre citizens were
not put on the tax books. Just how
the omissions were made is not clear,
but from the best information obtain
able the duty was left to some deputy
and because of a saloon faction fight
some were left off in an effort to spite
some saloon These, of course,
were saloon signers and the vets, in
terested in getting as many signers as
possible secnred a number of assessor's
blanks and turned these m in to
the Board of Equalization and asked
that they be added to the tax list.
From Bismarck a similar list was pre-
sented and at the same time the drys
presented a list of dry tax payers
whom they wished to have put on the
tax books. The Board finally decided
that they had no authority to make
such corrections, holding that the as
sessments should have been made in
the proper time. The new tax list
of Perry Township contains 1910
names. 1t is said but two colored
people in the township are on the list.
-Bonne Terre Register.
Secretary Blanton of the State Board
of Pardons: Men who apply for a
pardon or parole must now give public
notice for three consecutive weeks in
some newspaper published in the
community in which their crime was
: committed, informing the public that
: application for parole is about to be
made and inviting any n who wishes
to favor OF oppose the application to
notify the Board. This gives the pub
. lie as well as the prisoner a chance
| and as the result many a criminal who
might otherwise get his liberty will
, serve out his sentence. In other words,
r the Board will take just as much in
| terest in keeping ~undeserving men in
the penitentiary as it takes in giving
repentant, unfortunate offenders a
f chance to reform and make good. No
9 man will get favorable action who
3 is unwilling to sign the pledge and go
: to work. No man will get his liberty
unknown to the public nor will any
man go free owe the protests of the
people among whom he committed
! his crime. Another thing, the poor
devil who is unable to hire a lawyer
will get just as prompt a hearing as
! the millionaire convict who employs
> the finest legal counsel in the land.
q In fact, lawyers who wish to make ar
3 guments will be discouraged and cases
\ will be decided solely Oh the merits
h of the application or remonstrance.
A jury in the circuit court Friday
morning of last week returned q YER
dict of guilty against David Paris,
n charged with raping Mrs. Lily Null
n lane at Annapolis in October last and
a fixed his punishment at five years in
the penitentiary. The issues were Civ
en- to the jury Thursday afternoon.
, Immediately after the retirement of
the jury in the Paris case, another
: jury having been previously qualified,
the hearing of evidence against Ora
Robinson, on the same charge, was
begun. This case was turned over to
the jury early Saturday morning.
After celebrating several hours the
: jurors announced they we're unable to
agree and were discharged. 1t is under
q stood they were eleven for conviction
and one for acquital. Robinson then
entered a plea of guilty to the charge
of attempt to rape and was sentenced
to two years in the pe~nitentiary.
Chas. Dunn, another defendant, en-
> tered a like plea and was given SINH
lar sentence. The case against Chas.
: Paris was dismissed, the court hold
y ing there was no evidence against
: him, to warrant the charge. Judge
: Evans then adjourned court. Mon
: day, Lemro Kelly, another of the de-
: PENDANTS, was arraigned before Judge
bearing. He entered a plea of guilty
to the charge of attempt to rape, and
: was given a sentence of two years in
the penitentiary, and paroled. Kelly
was the defendant who turned states
evidence and testified in behalf of the
, prosecution. OF the eight men charg-
ed with that horrible affair which oc-
CURED near Annapolis on October 10Th
Hast, even are now nnder sentence to
the ~penitentiary, as follows: Chas,
Middleton, eight years; Lem Lloyd.
VIM. Brewer, and David Paris, five
years each; Ora Robinson, Chas. Dunn
and Lemrow Kelly, two years. Ar
: thur Paris vas discharged. All O
q the defendants under sentence, except
Lem Lloyd and Lemrow Kelly, are il
Q Jail, and will probably be taken to
the penitentiary within the mex
week. Lloyd has appealed his Ease tt
it the Supreme Court and is out OF
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