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SUSPECTS DISCHARGED.
Greenstreet and Teis Prove Them
selves Innocent of Purloining
Pearls From Black Rock
Express Office.
Tom C. Greenstreet, the well-known
colored train porter, who has been
running between Springfield and
Memphis for thirteen years, and Hen
ry Teis, a white man, a resident of
Black Rock, Ark., were arrested here
yesterday morning by officers Scott,
McKee and Wright, on the charge of
stealing pearls from the Southern Ex
press office at Black Rock, says the
Springfield Leader-Democrat. The
information an which the arrests were
w
made was sent to Marshal Gideon by
the Black Rock office. The colored
porter had been seen with a box of
pearls and Teis, the white man, was
with Greenstreet.
Yesterday Capt. G. W. Agee, the
Southern Express man who took an
active part in the prosecution of Jack
Kennedy and his band of Malcomb
train robbers, and W. M. Corley, the
owner of the lost pearls came to the
city to look into the case against the
prisoners.
This morning Greenstreet and Teis
were brought into police court and
Marshal Gideon showed Corley the
box of pearls. They were white globes
about the size of buckshot nestled in
a pill box filled “with cotton. The
poor man shook his head as soon as
he opened the box and said: “These
are not mine, I can’t claim a one of
them.” That settled the question of
the innocence of the prisoners so far
as Judge Burks had jurisdiction in the
case, and Greenstreet and Teis were
discharged.
The train porter had said all the
time that he got his pearls-from W.
C. Cooks$?', of Hardy, Ark., and that
he would have no tronbla in proving
himself innocent of the charge.
W. M. Corley, the Black,Rock deal
er, lost his box of gems a week
ago last Saturday r.Jght. They were
stolen from the express office-at Black
Rock. The pearls had been shipped
to Charles A. Webber of New York,
for examination and returned to the
owner because the price was not satis
factory. The pearls were worth $450,
or about $44 apiece.
The Black River pearls range in
value from 10c apiece up to $4,000.
Not every mussel fished out of the
river has a pearl in it, of course, or
everybody would get rich. Mr. Cor
ley says that about one shell in a
thousand on an average, contains a
pearl. Pearl fishing on Black river
began about five years ago, and many
persons have made fortunes in the
business.
The empty shells are worth $10 a
ton at the button factory in Black
Rock.
JEFF IGNORED.
Little Rock, July 17.—Chairman
Carrol Armstrong and Secretary Gray
Carroll, of the Democratic State Cen
tral Committee, conferred with sev
eral other members of the executive
committee in Littie Rock today, and
agreed to make no change in the
plans heretofore announced for the
opening of the campaign between
Murphy and Myers at Stuttgart on
July 23. Gov. Davis says: “The ex
ecutive end of the state committee
having ignored me in the making of
appointments for the state campaign,
I will be glad if any democratic picnic
or barbecue that wants a speaker will
let me know.”
Little Rock, July 17.—About fifty
negroes held a meeting tonight and
nominated a county ticket, composed
entirely of negroes. They pledged
their support to Hon. Charles D.
Greaves the insurgent candidate.
EXPANSION OF INDUSTRY-!
A Hot Springs writer says that,
“the fact that mussel shells are so
valuable in making streets, and the
additional fact that often in mussels
are found very valuable pearls, apd
the fact that in the Ouachita river
these shells can be gathered by the
wagon load, is likely to be the cause
of new industries to spring up here.
“Several citizens have in view the
organization of a company to drag
the Ouachita river for mussels. The
first process will be to search them
for pearls. These valuable jewels are
found quite frequently in the mussels
from mountain streams. Then the
shells will be brought to the city, run
through crushers, and sold for paving
purposes. This latter industry would
pay the expenses of getting the shells,
while any pearls that might be found
would make a handsome profit. Be
sides it is a fact that the finest but
tons are made from these shells, and
factories would likely buy the output
in whole from the pearl hunters.”
NEWARK NEWS.
Culled From the Columns of
The Journal.
Will Mendenhall came up from
Newport Monday to spend a few days
with home folks.
Who would have thought it? Our
town of nearly one thousand inhabit
ants has no Joneses, Smiths or Browns
and only one foreigner. Beat this for
an all round home town if you can.
The contract for rebuilding the
business houses recently destroyed
by fire has been let to D. L. Hopkins,
of Judsonia, and the work of tearing
down the old walls was commenced
Tuesday. The work of rebuilding
will be pushed as rapidly as possible
and the buildings will probably be
reaay ior occupancy some time in
August or by the first of September
at the latest.
With six business houses, a two
story hotel and bank building under
course of construction and all being
built of brick, it can’t be said that
business is dull in Newark. In fact,
good, substantial business houses are
fast taking the place of the former
wooden structures in the business
part of town, which is the very best
of evidence that Newark is a safe
place to invest money. In our opin
ion there is not a better town ir
North Arkansas, nor a town in the
whole state that has a brighter future
than Newark.
A UNIQUE SENTENCE.
In sentencing a prisoner in the po
lice court at Fort Smith, Judge Freei
said: “I know you Brady. I want
you all to come to Fort Smith and
have a good time. We want you tc
spend your money. Money is the
root of all evil, but if you are always
good you will be awfully lonesome, as
my talented friend, Mark Twain, has
had occasion to remark. While 1
extend to you an invitation to join us
in any decent degree of happiness,
you must not have any disorderly
side dishes. The invitation does not
give you the right to ride roughshod
over anybody. I know you by repu
tation, and your reputation is not a
recommendation worthy of note, by
any means, l am going to joit you tc
the extent of thirty days. You wit
probably have to cough real hard tc
bring up the amount needed. Yot
will find the jail colony not so verj
select, but if you act properly you car
become very popular therein anc
pass the time without winding uj
with a hand-decorated eye or etiffenec
joints.”
CIRCUIT COURT.
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The case of Bishop vs. Staples
which consumed the greater part o
Thursday and Friday was decided ii
behalf of the plaintiff, Bishop/ Thii
suit originated by Staples finding i
pearl valued at #1,500^ Bishop claim
ing a half interest in same through i
partnership formed with Staples
which he (Staples) denied, but couk
not substantiate, the jury awardinj
Bishop half of the proceeds of th<
sale.
Bernstein vs. Jackson county, debt
continued.
Elfrank vs Walter Smith, debt
continued.
Judge Fulkerson at noon dischargei
the petit Jury until Monday morninj
and it is thought that court will ad
journ this evening until Monday.
No. 2, the early morning nortl
bound passenger train, was six hour
late this morning, and No. 4, due hen
at 11:07, was a close second.
SAME MESSAGE SERVED.
Telegram,Once Received By Greaves
Is Repeated To Remmel Under
Similar Circumstanoes.
An interesting political story has
just leaked out that is particularly ap
propriate at this time. When the
contest was on some time ago for the
appointment of district judge for the
eastern district of Arkansas, made va
cant by the elevation of Jacob Trieber
to the bench, Col. W. G. Whipple of
Little Rock and C. D. Greaves of Hot
Springs, were the leading applicants
for the place. Hon. H. L. Remmel,
as chairman of the state central com
mittee, went to Canton, O., to pre- * -
sent direct to the president the 'ap
plication and endorsements of Col.
Whipple for the place. Mr. Greaves
had intended to go at the same time
and present his endorsements to the
now martyred McKinley, but sudden
illness in his family prevented his go
ing. Knowing that Mr. Remmel was
there and might steal a march on him
he wired to Mr. Remmel requesting
him to bold up a few days on the
president. As'' the story goes Mr.
Remmel put the telegram in his
pocket and forgot it until he had the
appointment of Col. Whipple safely
made. Then he wired to Mr. Greaves:
“Regret that there are not enough
offices to go around.”
Mr. Greaves loyally swallowed his
disappointment, but he regained the
telegram and the memory of the cir
cumstances under which it was re
ceived.
And be bided bis time.
Finally, after a long and bitter con
test conducted by the insurgent lead
ers, one of whom was Mr. Greaves,
Mr. Eemmel resigned from the office
of internal revenue collector, and
Captain F. W. Tucker had been con
firmed, Mr. Greaves resurrected
something from the dusty pigeon
hole^ of his desk, wrote a letter to
Mr. Uemmel, and when that gentle
man opened the missive h^ found jfi
it only a yellow telegraph blank on
which were the words:
“Regret that there are not enough
offices to go around.”
NEW WASH GOODS.
15 and 20c dimity, lawn and baptiste
all go for 10c a yard at Chas. Meyer’s
Great Bargain Store. 67dtf.
A rumor has reached here that Mr.
Rex, who went from this place to hunt
pearls, found a pearl in Black river
for which he was offered $8,000, and ,
that he has gone to New York City
to dispose of it.—Judsonia Advance.
A Springfield newspaper reporter
wTho is a “proud father” is said to be
responsible for the following: He
walked away the hours while his heir *
in gurgles strong kept the bed room i
walls a ringing witfcf a stirring march- i
ing song. Not a swear word did he i
utter as the wind whisked up his back; j
not a murmur did he mutter as he/
trod the upturned tack. But, he in-/
wardly decided that when baby’s
years are four, he will get a walntfy;
paddle and he’ll even up the score.
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