Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-03-09
SIOUX CITY CANISTER TALKS
OF GRIMES AS He DEPARTS
FOR PRISON.
SAYS PADDY DRIscoLL
DID NOT ROB BANK
Ford Begins Thirty Year Term For
Murder Growing Out Of Robbery Of
Bank at Greenviiie 49, Says He Will
Become Model Prisoner and Hopes to
Secure Release Before any months.

Sioux City March 9.-Paddy Driscoll
who will go on trial in the district
court week from Monday for the
robbery of the Farmers and Merchants
Bank, of Greenville, Is innocent of the
crime, according to Charley Ford. sell
confessed murderer who was taken 10
the Fort Madison penitentiary yester-
day by Sheriff e, G. Dtlley.
Ford made a statement to a reporter
shortly before he boarded a passenger
train. He will begin serving a thirt! :
year prison term today, having pleaded
guilty last Saturday to second degree
murder in connection with the shooting
and killing of Roy Morley. one of his
companions in crime.
William squirt Eye" Taylor, who
has been promised immunity by the
county attorney for "squealins'' on
Ford and his alleged gang. led the bank
robbers the afternoon that the Green
Vile bank was robbed Ford said, He
declared that Taylor recently has oeen
Boosting of his ability as bank rob-
Der and safe blower TO other county
Jail prisoners
Tell Of Others.
With Taylor at the time the bank
was robbed were John California
Whitley" Brennan. the states CHIEF
witness against Driscoll. and Morley,
who was shot and killed the night after
the daylight bank robbery, Ford as
serted. Driscoii was not with The rob
bers. Ford said. and had nothing to do
with the robbery. Ford also again de-
MED his completely in the crime.
"Naglestad is 'rairoadlng' an limo
cent man to the bug house." Ford
stated. with the assistance Of some
money politicians In the Fifth ward
he has been able to get q gang Of
crooks and gunner to plead guilty to
crimes and then make them impiicate
me in all OF this stuff. 1 had nothing
10 do with any of it with the exception
Of the Morley murder.
Ford said that twenty-five or thirty
shots were fired the night that Morley
was killed In the J. M. Murphy home
An Grand avenue near the Greenville
bank. He admitted that he probably
fired the shots that killed the bank
-ehher, Int added that it was a general
shooting ARRAY and that at least three
MED that Driscoll even fred at Nor
ley.
Driscoll was spoken Of as that little
fellow who Is as innocent Of the bank
robbery and killing Of Morley as the
day is long" Ford insisted that Dris-
coll is innocent Of the charges placed
against him by tho state. He seemed
anxious to go on record in regard to
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crimes.
Ford's wife was not at the train to
bid her husband goodby. Last night
she was at the county Jail for several
hours. Shortly before midnight she
kissed him goodnight and goodby. No
relatives we've at the railway station
this morning. Patrick Ford. his father,
tsaid goodby late yesterday afternoon.
IA brother also called at the jail
"oOt Of by Christmas
Ford appeared downhearted He had
very little to say after he conversed
with the reporter. He said he felt
that his Innocence would be established
soon and that it was possible he would
S'be out Of the big house by Christ
t1nas." He declared that he expected
ito make every effort 10 obtain a par
tyo1e after his side of the case is thor
tsoughly investigated and presented to
sthe board of parole.
Il am going to be a model prisoner
..at Fort Madison" Ford asserted II
ram going to show those guys down
k<here that I am not the kind of man
THAT everyone says I am am neither
Ia leader of an organized gang Of gun
linen or a bad man. My close friends
Earnow that. ! have been good to my
family and owe no one. Time will tell
and hope to get out from behind pri
son bars long before the thirty year