Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-11-30
No A[A FOR BOGGS
PAROLE BOARD FAILS TO RE.
cENE APPLICATION FOR
RELEASE.
STATE OFFICIALS in
DARK AS TO MERITS OF CASE
Much Sympathy Expressed For eosss
Because Others Are Believed to Have
Been Equally Guilty-No oualtica-
tions For County superintendent.
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Special to Times Republican.
Des MONIES, Nov. 1910 the pres
Jent time there has not been filed with
the parole board on behalf of A. E.
Boggs any papers that will give the
board jurisdiction Of the appeal for
parole before commitment.
When Mr.. Boggs was here he sug-
gested the possibility of his securing
recommendation from the prosecuting
attorney; and committing Judge for
clemency. The law specifically pro-
vides that where this, is done there
may be parole or pardon before com
mitment. In order that he might have
time to secure these recommendations.
II possible, time was granted until
Dec. before the enforcement of the
commitment by the sheriff Of Grundy
county. 1t now seems probable that
no papers will be filed and the case
will take its natural course.
Practically nothing is known by the
state officials regarding the Boggs
case. He was convicted of crooked H.
nance in connection with loans from
bank. 1t is alleged his work savored
of the highest kind of irregular deal
ings with the bank and that he bor-
rowed immense sums from the bank
at various times. AS a result the
stockholders and officers had to make
good big hole in the banks credit. On
behalf of Boggs it is claimed that he
was guilty only of technical wrong
doing and that others were just as
guilty as he was and should also have
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cry Of the law is calling for inf1iction
of the punishment decreed by the court
in Grundy county.
There is great deal Of sympathy for
Mr.. Boggs because of the fact that he
large transactions was honorable.
There rs also fear that II he goes to
Fort Madison he will Ultimately land
in the insane ward Of the reformatory
at Anamosa. But the initiative for his
parole or pardon seems not to have
been taken as yet by those who are
responsible.
An inquiry to the legal department
of the state the other day started in
vestigation which disclosed that at the
present time there is no legal standard
Fof qualification for being county SUI
|perintendent OF schools. It IS illustra-
tive of the difficulty in the way Of hav-
ing all legislation done perfectly. The
new school legislation repealed tie old
sections which fixed the qualification
for ssuperintendents. There was also
fixed anew set of qualifications. But
these latter will not be in force until
in September. 1918. There Is therefore
period Of three years when anybody
can be made a county superintendent
II the county board so chooses.
U. G. Whitney came down from
Sioux City Saturday to get acquainted
with the members Of the supreme
court and receive congratulations on
his having been elected reporter of the
court for four years. Mr.. Whitney was
a conspicuous member of the legisla-
ture for two terms and mad hand in
much of the important legislation. The
work Of publishing the reports is far
behind Just now owing to troubles of
the publishing house and 1t IS said copy
is ready for several more books. An ef-
fort will be made to compel the pub
fishing house to hustle the work. This
is a job done by contract and it has
long been done in very unsa tsifactory
way.
One unexpected way in which the
new war tax has aided in advancing
business was illustrated last Saturday
when the Fleming Brothers Of this city
appeared before the executive council
and applied for approval of increase in
the capital stock of their building COM
pany. A long time ago they had Sc
cured control of the property west of
their present block to the alley with
view to more than doubling the size
of their building. They have their
plans for the work made but did not
place the papers on file and did not in
tend to do so until they had enlarged
the capital stock to take care of the
addition.
Now they find that commencing on
Tuesday there will be a tax placed
on the deeds to the property which will
cost 5000 more than 1t will today.
Hence they fastened completion Of the
project in order to get it all out of the
way before they are called upon to help
the poor war victims at Washington.