Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 24, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 January 1914 — Jail is Being Vacated; Will Be Empty Soon. [ARTICLE]

Jail is Being Vacated; Will Be Empty Soon.

The Jasper county jail has had several prisoners during the past two or three months, but unless some Hew ones are brought in to take the places of those who a.e now getting out the fail will soon be empty.

Two local young men wbo have for years been frequent imbibers of John Barleycorn, have recently been released after serving jail sentences. Tom, Tanner was released on bail after a week’s incarceration. John Archer has been taken to Kentland for his trial on the charge of chicken stealing and James 3L Willis will be released on next Monday, Fdb. 2nd, after serving 90 days in jail. The only other prisoner is Victor Greenwood, the young man who was caught in the G. E. Murray & Co. store after he and another man who escaped had fitted themselves out with new clothes. He will be tried at the February term of the Jasper circuit court.

Prosecutor Fred Longwdl said when he was here two weeks ago that he would file an affidavit against Willis in Kentland charging him with perjury, based upon his sworn Statement at bis trial that he was not outside the corporation the night that the crime was committed. Since the trial a young man has been found who says that he saw Willis stop his car along the road between the river road and the county farm road, north of the farm residence of Henry Paulus. If this affidavit is filed it is possible that Willis will no more than see his shadow on Feb. 2nd and then be compelled to return to the fail until bond can be supplied him. There is a feeling quite general here, however, that further punishment would be a greater hardship on bis poor parent? and his family than on himself and that it will be just as well to let him out without further attempt to convict him. His wife and children and his wife’s sister have continued to remain here, living with his parents, and it is understood to be his plan to go at once to Springfield, Ohio, to which place his household goods and some of his garage effects were shipped soon after he entered upon his jail sentence.