Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-02-09
DR.. EDWARD :. CEVINE. OF NEW
YORK, PLEADS FOR iOWAN'S
PAROLE.
SAYS He WAS VICTIM
OF PUBLIC cLAMOR
Insists There Was No Criminal Intent
on Part OF Boses and That he Was
Victim, of Financial Embarrassment
Argues That Bankers Who Loaned
Money Should Be Punished.

Waterloo. Feb. s.-The following is
a letter written to the state board OF
parole ii behalf of E. \. Boggs by DR.,
Edward T Devine. OF New York City.
1t IS dated Feb. ):
You viii 40 doubt remember my
statement oetUre the board OF parole
Al an informal hearinS IN regard TO
the application fru.!l +. \. BoSSs l
am !NIprII.~d tina; the application mas
now been Iahvu up Ior DEFINITE con-
s.Ger,.ttui. and in This connection my
attention has Ueesl called 10 an article
III the WalrElOu Evening Courier and
; Rep,r;e-- # Jan. -. consisting mainly
o; j statement from II. A Wi!iouSh-
by. county attorney Of Grundy county.
i do not desire L. enter upon any
controversial legal discussion, but
think II may De We'll TO point out that
all that Mr.. W!lloughby says, assum-
ing that he is strictly correct, is en-
tire!y irrelevant. We are making no
attack upon the Grundy county court
OF the supreme court which reviewed
the evidence. We are contending tnat
Mr. BoEgS IS a victim Of technical
and from the moral standpoint, very
uQjustiied conviction and sentence
What we have insisted OF is that
there was no intent upon his part TO
defraud any one. and that ne has not
pruAted financially by the rransaC
tons in question. and that if there
was any violation of the statute It was
technical in character and in fact did
not imply any criminal intent or pur-
pose on his part.
Violation Technical.
The sum total OF his offending is
that he failed in business and that a
method of accounting to those from
whom ne had borrowed money. which
was entirely satisfactory 10 them SO
long as he was solvent ard making
payments. suddenly became uNsatis-
factory and uerhaps unlawful when ~
could not This IS the ria.n, common
sense stra;.hr- forward version Of the
matter which the court may not have
been able To take but which the board
Of nar,ls. * certainly justified in TAX
ing
.rar,airiv Mr. Roggs borrowed more
r,7onay ,har rha condition Of mis- bust
Dass warran,ed This * a severe re-
Election no, upon him. for every loan
was made bv- him IN the hope tina, i.
business
cred,-nrs-o,,,t ,por The hank which.
knowing all IN. circumstances, or be-
ing in n nrsfr;on to know them If it
z,-is,,eG ,7e,.er-ba1ess loaned rho money
l. &c vy.l1 knew, z,,a clearly asr bT;shed
b,. rho a,-;6arra thar the hank violated
-,,. s+s+,t-s in making sucb loans
"ypy,x- ,bs country a,,or,av IN C,r,rdv
co,,nty raconcilas This knowledge with
,ars a,,a dt.er,crs have never hean
af,ia 10 ,,,,;i..rs,a-a MT - IS have.
h,.,, ana r. Trderz-a,d -be -rarsac-
lions and hava looked into them
r,rs.-.,- c,,,ar1,,l, .ba waking of suc.
ios,x i-rr,ts-ias on NJ Poggs, mar, door
judgement h,,- not fra,,1,;lent intent.
..RAi-nar.s alleged false statements
,,.,,ict, -. has nov -eD,,dia-.6 ce-.
taInly Influenced the turv in their YER
dic- Tba for, -ba- rho Stockholders
!, me Morrison hank lost NANCY and
that the 5enositors were in cnnsid
cradle danger az losing nancy trr,I the
moor banking methods Of the ofrjrja,.;
and en,nToves Of the hank also nm
doutte6Iv Influenced the verdict. since
-1r,, rbe navsnao ers and nubIic dis
question the impression was diligently
sn,e.S abroad thar II was Ny Ro--s
who was resnorsibla for these losses
To this dsv no one has made II clear
70 these neonIA as should he done thai,
their n,onev was lost or endangered
MT nv +he borrower hut by tho Lender
who alone was resnonsfble e. therr for
the safe investment, If th-tr funds
..Tl7A consideration which yva ,,r,,a
unon yn,r boscd Is not that any mis-
! take was made either ny The cor,,v
or hy- the supreme co,r- on s,,ch e,,,.
| dence as was he<ora -he,o hr- thu.