Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-09-01
APPEAL OF o'DoNNELL CASE
ACTS AS STAY TO EXECUTION
OF kEokuk MURDERER.
LITTLE PROSPECT COURT
WILL REVERSE VERDICT
Hansins-Senator Allen Retires as
Chairman Of Retrenchment Commit
tee in Order to Devote Time 20
campaisn-Sta.e House News.
pecial 10 rlmes- Repuhlican.

DeS MONIES, sept /. - lneTe was
quite q hurrs around supreme court
/ and board OF control Offices yesterday
/ when some one called attention to tbs
/ fact that today is the day that was
set for the hanging of Martin o'Don-
! nell al the state prison. The district
court had decided he should BE hanged
and the warden had the order 10
proceed with the execution; but APP
parently thai was al. that had been
/ done, and Il was presumed that War
den Sanders had arranged for the rope
and other things.
Bur there had been appeal ito the
supreme court for review OF the case.
The warden IS not g party 10 q suit OF
that kind. An appeal operates as a
stay of proceedings. But If nobody had
told the warden about it, what was to
prevent aim going ahead and doing
The hanging?
The phone was brought into re-
QUESTION and the hint was given 10
the warden or his assistants at Fort
Madison that ii would be just as well
tot TO do the hanging until after the
dered
This leaves the matter in such shape
that when me verdict is approved and
the sentence affirmed il viii be necss-
sary for the governor to fix the date for
he might forget 10 ever fix q date for
the hanging.
O'D7nuel killed his wife under cir
Ne
crime There does not seem to be very
much in the record as il was brought
here on which 10 base a hope of an
order for new trial
Every member Of The legislative re
trenchmen- and reform committee at
tended the meeting Of that committee
except Charley Miller. Of Bremen. who
recently cane under the care Of the
doctors ana has not Been permitted to
run al large since. The Others are al!
here-Messrs Allen, Francis. Schrup
Savage. Voorhees,, Kane, Ring -Ander-
son and Barry, Owing 10 his desire 10
devote himself without restraint 70 the
work Of his campaign for the nominal
ton for governor, Senator Allen retired
from the chairrnarship.
OF course the usember all took ad-
vantage u The occasion and visited the
state fair Today g state day and a
good time 70 meet and renew acqua;nt-
ances Many members Of the legisla-
lure are hele and are exchanging
! greetings.
I The committee had really little busi
ness before il The hrsI matter was
! that Of settling 9 claim as to janitor
ship in the state library and historical!
building An oversight left & rliX-up
which had 10 be Strengthened out and
this was done The only other matter
considered vas as 10 the automobile
number business which was reported
as now well Up and numbers being as
signed as rapidly as applications are
received. The committee received a re-
| Port On tas matter Of document and
publication distribution and approved
what has Bees done IN regard thereto.
! In general the members of the com
nailIse found that everything is run
ming a,anE smoothly in the state offices
| and there is much less occasion for su-
/ pervision than in other years.
I The governor turned over to the le-
! gal department Of the state The repre-
/ sensations made 70 him with regard rc
| alleged irregularities in the manage
/ Inen- OF county affairs in Dubuque
| county WITH a request that the matter
/, be fully irvestiga and the attorney
! general has indicated that he viii pro-
{ ceed just as quickly az he can get e
/ II 70 have an investigation made. Il
! II is found there is ground for actio-
| for the removal Of members Of tht
/ board N supervisors or others this ac-
! ton viii be taken. As Yet none Of tbs
/ state officials IS convinced he has suf-
fcient information on which to bass
AN action. So-1e very strong repre-
! sensations have been made as 10 al
! legged misconduct and graft and othel
things but it is stated that befor.
anything can ne done there must b.
some verification. On the other ham
information has come 10 the state Of
fcials that the complaints are due Il
jealousy and rivalries and have snal
foundation.
The street car franchise fight in De
Moines IS again right Up TO the old is
SIZE OF what capitalization 10 give Z
the present owners Of the property a
! a basis for their earning capacity.
committee of boosters undertook t
| work out a model franchise and di
very well except that they wanted {
sanction a lot Of watered stock and fl
a physical valuation far beyond any
| thing that seems reasonable TIL
company and its hackers want s..
000, 900 valuation on the property as
stands today. street car compan
. without any right to the streets an
operating only by Suferance. TIL
people who are trying to protect ii,
, | interests OF the city are opposed I
any such fictitious valuation bein
!. | fixed in an ordinance and approved.
One OF the street car boosters wa
quoted the other day as saying tina
, / his associates mad put over 100000
: into the company. II that is true, De
Moines win have to add sosp ething
the credit it has always given the lat
Jefferson Polk for being shrewd trad
r er The present owners were badl
: cheated If they ever put that muc
: money into the game. Still If they ca
2 get the Des Moines city council to AZ
( prove their plan they will get the
: money out and turn their propert
j over to men who make business
7 managing and developing street c;
] business.
There seems to be no immedia
: prospect of an agreement on fral
etise It is possible that after the ia
}. there viii be move to force matte
to a conclusion.
Held on Burglary Charge.
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