Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-03-12
HEARING. or RA!Ns0ARoER FOR
PARDON DEVELOPS INTO
CONTROVERSY.
WATEAMAN'8 ATTACK ON
DoARp NEEDS EXPLAINING
DIGESTIVE .Whs Has Bssn Working in
OshaN Of Drothsrs Asked 70 Explain
interview IN misrepresentation to
Fistsn Crime on othsrs-Frssh Law.
suit Or Two May Rssuit.
Special to r,mes.Repub,ican.

Des Moines, March 12.-There may
be something moro doing than pleas
for clemsncy for two dying old, men.
growing out of the latest effort to
have Justice done the Rainshargers. A
fresh lawsuit or two ~ notaiimpossi-
BILE.
when s. T. Waterman appeared be-
fore the parole board yesterday to pre-
sent tho papers he has accumulated
bearing on the case Of the Rainsbar-
xers, he was confronted with copy
If q paper printed at Union. just a
short distance from the scene Of the
former exploits Of the Rainsbargers.
containing what purported to be re-
port Of . speech by Waterman some
time ago.
According to this report, Waterman
BADLY accused Chairman w. H. Berry,
of tho parole board, with having re-
ceived pay or favors from somebody
in connection with the Rainsbarger
case.
-
explain what he meant and was in
vited to bring forth proofs or suffer
the consequences. The accusation
was so strong that the board could not
very well ignore the matter, as 1t
came from the man most active in
regard to the pardon matter.
Effort 70 Fastsn Crime on Others.
It IL learned. also, that q new angle
was given the whole matter by pro-
duction Of papers indicating that GER
tain other persons really killed Enoch
Johnson on the read near Clifford In
1864, nearly thirty years ago. While
stories have long been current about
the operations Of the so-called Steam
boat Rock counterfeiters, this is said
to have been the first time an effort
was made tefore either the legislature
or the parole board to definitely fix
crime on anyone. This new evidence
was declared to be vital to the case.
II uncontradicted it would have great
weight.
Hero another surprise was sprung.
Judge John L. Stevens Of Boone, came
from Chicago in response to tele-
gran TO look into this latest phase
of the case. Judge Stevens was the
district. attorney who prosecuted the
RainsbarSers in the first place. He has
sought to keep the record straight, tho
not opposing clemency as such. He
proceeded to tell about the part Wat
erman has played In the game.
10 an Old Story.
This story Ia not = new one" he
told the board. the effort was made
ut the time of tho series of crimes to
make it appear that others were i'm
plicated For instance, this man Wat
erman had something to do with the
effort to get Brannigan. Stephenson
and Hisroudt indicted for murder, and
a paper was produced which purported
to be the dying statement OF Henry
Johns. In this paper the three men
named were accused. But we showed
that over twenty witnesses testified
that neither of the three men was
any way near the scene of the murder.
And 1t was also shown that at the time
1t was ssid the confession was signed
Johns was not in mental condition
to know anything"
A son OF Henry Johns was present
yesterday and corroborated this bit OF
testimony. Mrs. Nettie Haley. now Nv
ing at Vinton, also was present. She
was the former wife Of Frank Rains
barger and opposes their release.
Others from that part Of the state were
present but did not give any new evil
dence.
The hearing. so far as it related to
any consideration Of clemency for the
Rainsbargers, was a failure as it all
turned to ! controversy around Wat
errnan and his accusations against the
board. and the effort to show that the
court erred in the conviction Of the
mon.
lust what will happen in connection
with the. serious allegations OF Mr..
Waterman is not yet decided.