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Show 117IN1 RED L. KOPB former t pastor, who ns .-lierlfl. niiit execute a convicted murderer Sep-t Sep-t Imber B, and does not -bun tagk. r "KKBKtHStS I r PASTOR HOST EXECUTE WW SEPTEMBER 8 Former Minister as Sheriff Does Not Weaken as Day Nears i sci v ice DES MOINES, Iowa. Sept. 5. As the time for execution of Eugene Weeks drawj near, Win f red E. Hobb. ex-pastor and sheriff of Polk county, remains firm in hi decision to fulfill his first role as hangman. Weeks was convicted Of the murder of George A Kosdlck, Des Moines grocer. gro-cer. I . l.b's determination to carry out' his grim duty has arou.sed debate throughout the stale. Many commend the ex-pastor, many criticize him. Among Jho latter are many of his former for-mer parishioners. "It Is my dvty, and I feel called upon to carry out that duty, f r which the electors sent me to office," he declared ! Tho date of execution has been net I for September 8. the place. Fori Madison Madi-son penitential:. It was Hobb who instituted a search for the condemned man and an accomplice ac-complice which resulted in their capture cap-ture after a Jong luint through many large cities pf the country. |