Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-09-08
JUDGE 4soiEs DECLINES TO ADMIT
TO SAIL DEFENDANT IN
ivlLLiscA CASE.
KIN or AK VlcTIMs
SIGN As sURErlEs1
solicitation Fer Money to Aid Kelly
DsserSs Bsins centinded III and
Near Court Heuss-Mrs, Kelly Sub.
,slstins on Msassr Fees She Draws
Daily as Witness in Casa. i.

iae &hco OAk, Sept CT lcItuS Va TNOAiv
yesterday afternoon presented a $780,
0oe bail bond to Judge Boies. wanting
him released under bail. The judge
refused to release the preacher to bail
under any condition. The bond was
signed by these people:
4 Joe StillinEer. father Of the two mur-
dcred girls John Monts 'mery, father
fof murdered Mrs Moore; Mrs. G. c.
Z Moore. mother OF Joe Moore; Harve
i yyillett. A. d. Sflverthorn, j. L. Go1r-
ley, l. C. Gourley, 8. 8. Rossander, Ea
! Peterson, Earl Fisher, Marion Bennett.
ID. /. November, W. e. Siklet.
They we're willing to put up bona
of much larger size.
State and defense had each exercised
1.-TWO OF their peremptory CHALLENGES
q when court adjourned here in the trlai
sof Rev. Lyn G. J. Kelly for compllclty
lin the Nillisca murders.
Adjournment was to 9 o'clock Mon
dSy morning. OF the eleven jurymen
q who were called for examination yes
4 terday only three were found accept
y Ah,e. The eight men excused confessed
TO having opinions and Of being in
state Of mind which might have an m
fiucnce upon their deliberations as
Jurors II accepted.
Collecting Msnsy About Court.
Red Oak is not taking much interest
in what is now going on in the court
room, anxiously awaiting the selection
Of a Jury and the introduction OF testl-
mony. Most Of the spectators who now
fiji the court room and sit thru the
2 NSou MT examinations OF
iurore are the jurymen themselves
Attorney General Havner said, that
ne had information. to the effect that
one Of the jurors who was examiner
YESTERDAY and excused had Immediate
IL gone downstairs In the court mousse
and made contribution Of IS toward
the fund which is being used in Kelly $
behalf soliciting Of money for THIS
purpose is said to be COINS on ABOUT
the court house. 1t may be brought
to the attention Of the court
Wife Lives on Her Fees.
Every night, after court ad1ourhs'
Mrs. Laura Kelly, whose husband Is on
trial for murder, may be seen enterihs
the county clerks office in the court
house. Her daily trip is as regular as
the sun.
At the clerks desk Sne BelS nc
subpoena stamped and collects $40.
the sum which the state Of Iowa allows
her for services as witness in ner
husbands behah.
This sum is her sole means Of sup
mort. With it she must buy her three
meals and pay for her nightly lodging.
/. Mrs. Kelly ID penniiess.
After her husbands arrest she Sc
cured employment as governess with
An English family in Kansas City.
which enabled her to support herself
and to buy few little Injuries 20
send to his prison cell. But since the
trial she has been constantly at MS
side. and Is now entirely dependent
upon her witness fees.
In order to aid her, the Iowa Pro-
tectiye Association, which Is paying for
her husbapd's defense. has determined
to raise funds by dispoeing OF pictures
IN which relatives Of the Villisca VIC
TINS are seen shaking hahds with Rev.
and Mrs. Kelly. The association IS
selling the pictures for rs cents and us
treasurer, Ed Peterson, OF Red OAK
has charge Of the fund.
When Trial Judge Boies learned tnat
such picture had been taken he is-
sued orders forbidding camera men 70
snan the defendant at any future time
during the progress OF the trial.
ut might influence the jury" 'the
court explained: