Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-10-12
STATE D|SN|SSES
PERJURY CHARGES
ATTORNEY GENERAL cOSSON IN
vEsTIGATEs AND FINDS CASES
WITHOUT MERIT.
COURT DIsMlssEo CASES
ON MOTION OF cossoN
Attorney Cereal Visits MapIe Leaf
Building, Hears Testimony Read
From Transcript, Examines Brad
ford's Witnesses, and Then Moves
Court to Dismiss.

The charges Of perjury filed in Jas
ne Peel<s court against Edward II.
Wolfe ana George W. PARKINSON. de-
teetNes and witnesses for the stnte,
by c H Carkhuf wao vas convicted
Of selling Iiquor i!legau@ by detectives
testimony. we're dismissed late SatuI-
day afternoon by Justice Peek. The
detectives were dischsrsea and the
million dollar dr." oond Has released.
rhe dismissal OF the charges oroushl
20 an end the effort OF carkhu1s at
torney. I. +. Bradford. 10 retahate FOR
the conviction of his client BY +. y.
Farber ana County Attorney Is, ..
Tankersley ana TO intimida,e Witnesses
against oootleggiag.
Attorney General investigates.
Bradfords charges were thrown oti
OF cour, after Attorney Genera George
lesson had spent all afternoon i1yes5i-
eating the charges and Iouna them 81
D. without merit. /; "as the attorney
general himseI. ~ho made the motion
IN the justice court il D half 0: eoun,T
ATTORNEY Tankersiey 70 dismiss tAe
EOrtl t9EaltltS- Ile 7--Ais4+-tt
ion o. them :, 5seI. Is s>.:l ale Urging
the motion: L seems - 1le i me
court binds over thes- men til4- Il n.A
ae q rraves-g on slst:ce. L seems 70
me- that 10 bind -hese men over would
prevent justice, and 8 YOU 90 Eo0
r7ign; jls. as ~e!l turn -Ge c1lEnlEtt$
over 10 the 'bootlegss-s
Goes Into Case thursday.
From the time that - arrived At 10
until ne lett al o'clock tne attorney
general sper- practically every min
a1e il al effort 70 ascertain what q
merit. 7 anything, lay behind these
Eases. In company with Bradford. the
county at-o-ney. and others he went
to the Maple Leaf" saloon building 10
examine Il He spent an hour or more
with Bradford County Attorney Tank
ersley. and Fa-be- listening % tesu
money Of the-CarkhuT case wiIi!e i
was read by Court Reporter \. B.,
Hoover.
Still willing 70 give Bradford
a chance to bring forward all the oral
testimony ne had to support the per
Jury charge, the attorney general al
lowed the cases to come 10 a hearing
before Justice Peek.
Examine Nine Witnesses.
Bradford brought forward nine wiz
nesses. including II. X. Denmead, one
of the Jurors who convicted Carkhuff.
Almost all of the others had been wit
nesses in the Cardhuf case, but none
IF them added anything more 70 sup
port the perjury charges man was al
ready in the records Of rne Carknun
triai
And that evidence was that the de-
J,ad no. 'l,f.- (.
Hanley whom they had given money.
vent into the rear door Of the Maple
Leaf" saloon, or Maple Leaf" building.
and came out with wniskey But Den
mead the juror testified that It was
not this testimony especially that con-
yicted Carkhuff, but all the evidence o:
sales taken together
Detectives Short on Distance
The detectives testimony was in err
ror in mis- that they testified that the
foor thru which Hapley entered Was
right or ten feet south Of the Nevada
street sidewalk along the Maple Leaf
building when as n matter Of IA :.
there is no door that close 10 the north
side Of the building There is a double
opening in the west end OF the nor5h
nalf of the building. or the room that
was occupied by the Maple Leaf sa
loon, put II was never useG cor door
and has been permanently closed for
years In the west end of the SCUM
half Of the building there is door tho
that has been USED, ana both Frank
brennecke. the owner, and oscar F'esse.
The tenant and other employer Of Cark-
nun, testified that r-osse ana his fa;,
ner mad not only the saloon room
leased but also the south half of the
building at the time the detectives
testified they watched Hanley 60 into
rear door of the Nipple Leaf" saloon
building
M the witnesses Bradford mustere. j
testified that the whole building was
known az the Maple Leaf" saloon. the
Maple Leaf or the brick building
The juror Denmead likewise testified
that when the Maple Leaf saloon was
mentioned by witnesses he understood
them 10 refer 20 the whole building
not necessarily the north half in which
the saloon mad been.
Lawyers Show Feeiinq.
Attorney General Cosson's motion TO
dismiss the complaints was because
The examination of witnesses and the
transcript OF the evidence tend Ia