Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-10-10
LOCAL COMMENT


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The effectiveness with which the
work OF securing evidence against
bootleg gers was done last summer un-
der the direction of the attorney gem
erals office and with which the prose-
\ cution has been conducted ny County
Attorney Tankersey assisted by +. y.
t'arber has been evidenced again this
week by the conviction of two boot
leggers by two separate jurles and the
plea OF guilty by Francisco In fact
the action OF Attorney Bradford in at
lacking the detectives with charge
Of perjury after two different groups
of twelve men each had sat in the jury
box and decided to believe the detec-
lives in preference to MIR. Bradford's
witnesses indicates the desperateness
of he situation for the boot.eggers. No
other construction can he put upon
such ? curse by the gene "a! publ,c
outside % the court room than that all
: lost fog the defense % q gang I'M
less the states detectives can be
scared. Being Burns men OF some ex-
perence they do not act like they
would scare easily.
From q lsypan's standpoins such a
procedure should not lie possiSle under
the law an6 Justice Brrr.tt VIII ne
commended Tor his LEGAL int2iligencc in
insisting that the states prosecutors De
the ones 10 ask for mans arrest on
- criminal charge. + Mr.. Bradford is
% be permitted 10 have men arrested
Who testify against his clients when
ever he wants to and without the con-
sent Of the lawy ers delegated ny the
state to prosecute criminal charges no
80.
rom THIS LAWYER Jury.
And tben again from a laynans
standpoint methods Of Intimidation for
witnesses. i tba! is the motive here,
should not ne tolerated in the practice
Of law. MIR. Bradford had DISCHARGED
his duty toward his client when the
trial in court MAS done. The inrv sat
there for the nur.pose of deciding as to
Inc credib!lity of witnesses To seek
now To destroy the states witnesses
hv charging perjury on questions OF
fact which were not ma teriai in the
irial amounts to an effort 10 intinidate
all other witness from giving testi-
u4onv against o;lesgers in the future
wether that IS the intent or not IT,
accomplish il will thwar, the ends OF
justice and breed protection for the
crime Of selling liauor in violation Of
law Mr.. Rradtord's duty as a lawyer
to defend his client does NOT carr, with
il anv responsibility to protect other
possible violators by A reign OF terror !
Tor witnesses who Nigh, be in A posi-
\ ton TO testify. II would seem that the
/ der absolute law enforcement were on
! trial. (;
The merchants who put on the style
show made decided hit as the ,
! theatrical critics would say Barring
/ the possible danger of encourage /
/ rnent TO more punishment for men in I
/ the straight Jackets which style has /
/ designed for a dress SUR in this dark |
/ age Of the Twentieth Century the style /
show promises much for the comm TN
| ity. In the first place many a WON |
an has learned for the first time what |
! her husband has been telling her all /
! these years namely that she can find !
/ clothes up 10 the minute IN style In |
! the Marshalltown stores If she only |
| would try. In,the second place many a |
! merchant has learned that the real
correct things will sell here II they are
! shown. In the third place mountain
! OF doubt, indecision and misery has
! been moved away for thousands Of wo- |
men by showing them the things in !
dress that are beautiful and correct in
style from which by contrast many of
/ the monstrosities on our streets can
! hereafter be avoided. Let's have an
other style show.
&
| Tho hoard or sun.rvisors &C. 70 no
! cor,,nendad in ,al,ing advar,aga 30
,on, n-ica r,,da nv co,,rac,or a, 10
cer,s nar y,rd FOR a, ,var.ee ba,,I of
-oo fea+ tho hoard could M, %, the
uork done 90 cbaanlv wi+b county
The steam shovel has introduced an
element of executive management
which is very difficult TO meet by a
/ public board Some contractors on
the Job in person and experienced can
operate a steam shovel to it's maximum
efficiency. Under their perfect organ
!zation of their men the big piece Of
machinery never stops and conse-
auentiy the gangs follow one another
with almost uninterrupted work. Tn
der these conditions a steam shovel
cuts costs 10 a marvellous degree
Managed az the county must manage,
i, has cut costs under the old wheel