The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-05-10
Innocent Man Held
in Prison s Years

Hut he has friends. Including Judge
BYRON r. Richie. who sentenced
him. and Raab. the attorney APP
pointed 10 look after his interests
six years age. when the court
learned that Pnpcnfuss had not
money with which to defend him
self.
All the victim asks I. for his old
Job aa a iaborer In the Wabash car
nhopa. his pteturesque Dutch pipe.
and the associations Of his many
Erown.up children and their grand
children. lilo IL heartily sick Of
- mpathlxerr.
He talks little 81 himself Ruf his
face lighted up In smile when his
son Carts name was mentioned.
My boy Carl he exclaimed. 'is
the best boy any man ever had
The praise IL deserved. Carl. Jr.
Is a iaborer at the wabash railroad
car shops Thru ali the dark days
which began wfsh his fathers arrest
on October ~. 1915. no has stood
by his dad
Dad wasn't guilty" said Carl. Il
knew u. lie never did wnat my
mother said ha did
The mother. who died three years
aKo. accused her husband OF an at.
tack upon NFftha. their daughter.
II was sas who discovered the
daughters plight. She teix~d upon
the situation AZ the means 20 send
tho husband away. Martha. with
all tho blind terror ~ a i4scar.oid
Eiri. Erasp-i IN ths clutches Of the
eruei~st pitfan that life can set for
her ssx. obeys1 her mother. she
lied on tho W tneas stand. lied her
father into isfs sentence
Msrtha's baby died soon after tbs
father began his sentence. Tins
passed. Martha grew up She mar.
ried man who knew all. but did
not blame When the mother was
dying. Martha hurried to the death.
bed.
she tried 10 tell me something
before she died. said Marthl The
daughter felt the mother wanted
her To confess. but
Il was ashamed said Martha.
Il didn't know how 10 get started"
Recently Martha made her heroic
decision. She risked acorn and hu.
initiation. but truth prevailed. for
Martha. now at tho age Of 20. rs.
allied tho enormity OF her earlier
fslschoods.
at wasn't father who did it, she
told her brother Carl. 1T was "a
boy
Carl went 20 Attorney Taap. the
man who. at state expense, had
fought tho state for tho fathers
freedom back In 1915. Raab went
to the pardon board. They sent for
Carl and Martha. The best son a
man ever had" spent his last cent
for railroad tickets 20 Columbus.
trusting to luck for his fare back
home. Braveiy Martha told her
story. answering every question
feariessly. Tho pardon board be-
lieved. Hence Governor Davis signed
the paper which has just released
It's s2year.old victim.
Tho old mans homecoming 20
Carts home was the occasion OF
festivities. The Wabash railroad
sent word the old job was open.
Martha. a quiet, pretty young
woman. was there. an unaffected
heroine. She found love. sympathy.
and understanding. Her daddy never
blamed her. even during his trial.
Il feel good" said Papeufuss Per.
haps he does. But his hair ~ white,
his broad shoulders are bent. and
his once sturdy frame isn't that OF
the man who went away 10 prison
years ago. There are burrows In his
face. and a downward droop in tho
lines OF his mouth. what II tho
state going TO do for this victim OF
an odd miscarriage or justice?
when tho Ohio state legislature
meets Mt It's next session. declared
Representative Homer A. Ramey. OF
Toledo, 81 hope 10 be there 10 intro
duce a resolution asking the state
for a special appropriation for him. -