Jasper County Democrat, Volume 10, Number 18, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 August 1907 — Important to the Military. [ARTICLE]

Important to the Military.

Topeka, Kan., Aug. I.—Judge Smith McPherson, of the United States district court for the Southern district of lowa, has filed an opinion here with the clerk of the federal court denying an application for a writ of habeas corpus made by George W. Kirkman, ex-captaln of the United States army, now serving three years In the federal prison at Leavenworth. Kan. The decision is important as bearing upon the matter of time off allowed military prisoners for good behavior. It is Kirkman's second rebuff in an effort to secure release.