Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 291, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 December 1913 — Says There May Be Further Prosecution of Willis. [ARTICLE]

Says There May Be Further Prosecution of Willis.

Deputy Prosecuting Attorney Frank Davis, who was looking after business here this week, stated to the writer that he thought it quite probable that James L Willis, now serving a 90-day sentence for his assault on a 14-year-old girl, will be prosecuted for perjury. Willis, while on the witness stand in his defense when the case was tried at Kentland, swore that he did not drive oift of Rensselaer with the little girl. The girl testified that he took her to the country out past the cemetery. She said he told her they were 4 Vg miles in the country. She also said that when he stopped the automobile a man passed by on. horseback. Since the trial and the publication of this testimony, the person who was on horseback has been found and his evidence and that of the girl would quite conclusively perjure the testimony of Willis. Another perjury charge may be based on the affidavit Willis made at Kentland In an effort to secure a continuance. This alleged important evidence bearing on the reputation of Mrs. O’Brien and named persons living at Donavan, Wis. Mrs. O’Brien never lived at that place, it being her husband who came from there, and the affidavit, it is believed, was based on a false statement. Attorney Davis states that he personally does not believe in turning Willis loose in any community and that he hopes to cause his arrest on a perjury charge the moment he' is released from the wholly inadequate sentence he is now serving.