Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-10-15
SHERIFF FROM KNOX COUNTY
SAYS NO USE TO TRY TO
GET REouIsITIoN.
TELEGRAM OFFERS CASH
SETTLEMENT OF CHARGE
Series Of kilograms Passes Between
Kentucky and Long Regarding Ne
eotiatiors For Dismissal Of Charge
For s5oo-Lons's Attorney Goes to
See Governor Clarke.

Developments in the efforts of Knox
county, Kentucky TO get possession Of
Made Long. South Third avenue
barber indicted at Barbourviiie, KY,
for forgery, led Long and his attorney
to believe that deliberate effort is
| being made to hold up Long for a
money settlement of criminal case
! Still another development of the day
was the departure of Sheriff Sam l..
Lewis for Barbourville Thursday night
without his prisoner Lewis made no
application for requistion, altho he
had intended TO today. For this pur-
pose he made arrangements with F. e
NorIhup Longs attorney, 10 meet him
at the office of Governor Clarke at 10
o'clock this forenoon. Later Lewis
changed his mind. and left for Bar
hourville at 1I:45 Thursday night.
Northup Went to Des Moines early to-
day 10 oppose the application.
Lewis Quest Fails.
In View of the kilograms received by
Long offering to have the charge dis
missed for $3.50, together with other
circumstances that developed in the
day, Sheriff Lewis is quoted as having
said late Thursday night that he felt
y was useless TO attempt to get a
requisition for Long.
Northup is authority for the state
ment that the telegram offering TO have
the indictment quashed for cash would
nave been sufficient in itself to in
nuence Governor Clarke to refuse
requsition for Long to Kentucky.
As an interested party to the dis
patching of message in the case.
Long brother-in-law. Chief of Police
l. carwill, OF Shelbyville, KY, reached
here Thursday night TO aid his brother.
Knew Of Proposed Offer.
II was Carwill, at Shelby
vile, who as early as Tuesday.
learned that Thursday an offer would
come saying that for a payment the
indictment would be satisfied Thurs
day such g proposal came from James
H. Poisgrove, Of Frankfort, an at
sorney. and distant relative OF Long.
Later kilograms received Thursday
contained further details Of the pro-
posed offer One Of these from Polls
grove was that il would require s43O
plus whatever Long could settle with
Sheriff Lewis for the officers costs
and expenses of the trip. Long. acting
under the advice OF his attorney, ac-
cepted none Of the proposals. but is
guarding the kilograms.
kilograms Tell Story.
The story Of the proposal for settle
,nent IS told fairly clearly in the
kilograms TO Long. One Of the las,
two received late Thursday and today
can not be quoted but its substance is
known
First on Tuesday came this message
from Chief Of Police Carwill:
Shelbyville. KY, Oct 12-Nade
Long. Marshalltown. Iowa: James
Polgrove Will send YOU telegram
Thursday You must do as tele-
gram says. Louis Carwill"
To this telegram Long replied asking
Carwill TO see Polgrove and obtain de-
tails. Wednesday came this reply from
Carwill:
shelbyville, KY, Oct. 1s.-Nade
Long, Marshalltown. Iowa: I was
at Frankfort and saw party Off
Ger on his way. Will take $500 to
settle. If you want me to come 1
will Don't leave until I get there.
Answer at once. L. Carwill."
Long answered telling Carwill TO
come. To this message Carwill re-
piled:
Leave Louisville tonight Stay
until / get there. VIII be settled
l.. Carwill."
True TO the prediction in Carwill's
first telegram there came Thursday
this telegram from Polgrove:
"Barbourville, KY, Oct. IA
Made Long, Marshalltown, Iowa:
Four hundred thirty dollars, no
less, will satisfy. Wire me that
sum. l will settle everything ex-
cept sheriff. whom you will pay.
Upon receipt of this amount the
proper official here will direct
sheriff by wire to return without
you. Don't delay. James II. Pol
grove"
Still later Thursday came another
telegram from Polsgrove. 1t read:
"Barbourville, KY, Oct. 14.-Nade
Long, Marshalltown. Iowa: For
your information. IL the sheriff
brings you here he would be al
| lowed 6 cents per mile each way.
Both usual route suggested. James
H. Polgrove."
Long asked in reply, on advice Of his
attorney, if s430 would settle every
thing but the sherif's costs, and Long
could bargain with Lewis about that.
Northup has this telegram in Des
NJ.