FURTHER ARRESTS
IN LIGHTLE CASE.
John Roberts and Walter Gregory
Placed Under Arrest as Ac
complices* in Lightle
Frauds and Grave
Robbing.
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Searcy, Aug. 23. — John V.
Roberts, formerly nominee for the
house of representatives, and
Walter Gregory, a well known
1 young man of this place, were
arrested at 4 o’clock this after
noon, charged in four counts
with conspiracy to defraud and
with grave robbery and arson.
This new phase of the now fa
mous Lightle case was not un
expected. It was merely the ful
fillment of popular prediction and
did not, owing to the many
wheels within wheels which the
case contains, attract the atten
_ tion that such an event would
otherwise have called forth.
Shortly after the two men were
arrested their bonds were fixed
at $2,700 each. Roberts was re
leased from custody about 5
o’clock. The following signed
his bond: Judge M. M. Stuckey
'01 iNewport, j. l. £>numai,e ui
Searcy, Steve Bordman of Clar
endon andGus Jonesof Newport,
It is understood that Judge
Stuckey and Mr. Jones will repre
sent Roberts when the case is
called Saturday.
Up to a late hour Gregory had
not succeeded in making bond,
and was committed to the county
jail.
Both men took the matter with
apparent indifference and refused
absolutely to talk. Gregory has
been under suspicion for some
time, but he has never discussed
any angle of the many-sided case
at all. He is the son of a well
known minister and is only about
21 years of age. Fdr some time
past he has not been working,
although he seemed well supplied
with money. It is generally un
derstood that the insurance com
panies will fight the matter to
the bitter end and are prepared
to spend a good sized amount of
money to bring about a convic
tion of the guilty parties.
Other arrests are expected.
There are said to be two well
known young men who witness
ed the robbingof the Pitts grave,
and who afterwards demanded,
$1,000 .as hush money. They are
being watched and will not be al
lowed to escape should they at
tempt to do so.
Deputy Sheriff A1 Chichester
of Pulaski county is here in the
interest of the insurance compa
nies. He will doubtless prove
an important witness for the j
prosecution, as he has followed
the case from its beginning.
U LIGHTLE STILL IN JAIL.
Dr. Lightle is still in jail and
all efforts to make the $5,000
bond required of him have failed.
His relatives are perfectly will
ing to aid him, provided he will
talk, but this he refuses to do.
How long he will hold out is a
question.
NO SYMPATHY FOR MEN.
Attorney J. N. Rachels, an ex- j
prosecuting attorney of White J
county, in a public interview in
Little Rock says that while or
dinarily the resignation of John
V. Roberts from the ticket on
which he was nominated would
create a sensation, at this time
the event is completely over
shadowed by the Lightle arrests.
Sentiment, while divided as to
Roberts’ guilt, was unanimous
that he resign and it is doubtful
if he would have received 5 per
cent of the vote had he stood pat
and refused to step down.
While all the men connected
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with the alleged attempts at
fraud are prominently connected,
there is little sympathy at Searcy
for them and it does not seem
probable that Lightle will ever
secure bond unless he makes a
full statement of the facts.
GREGORY MAY TELL ALL.
There is a well grounded belief
among the people of Searcy that
young Gregory, who is hardly
more.th'an 21 years of age, may
be allowed to exculpate himself
from trouble by turning state’s
evidence. There is a sympathy
for him that does not extend to
the other alleged conspirators by
reason of his youth.
He is well remembered in New
port, where he clerked at the
Planters House about two years
ago, and for two successive win
ters was employed in the freight
department of the Iron Moun
tain service here. Gregory was
well liked by his Newport asso
ciates and made friends readily,
and during the time he lived here
enjoyed a good reputation as an
honest and industrious young
man.
THE VARDAMAN CASE.
There is a class of Democratic
newspapers, small, indeed, but
a class - that will attemt to
make capital out of anything,
says the Owensboro Inquirer.
The members of this journalistic
gang are now attacking the post
office department for its refusal
to allow the naming of a postof
fice in honor of Governor Varda
man, of Mississippi, on account
of a villianously indecent reflec
tion on the mother of the presi
dent, which was printed in Var
daman’s paper. Attention has
been called to this matter before,
but it is too important that a
blackguard shall not be held up
as a hero or the representative of
the Demqcratic party or of the
people, to allow any attempt in
that direction to pass without no
tice. It is unfortunate that no
decent paper can print what Var
danian’s paper contained in its
editorial column, for which he
was responsible.
The New York Times, one of
the leading Democratic papers in
the country, has taken the mat
ter up and says:
■“There is a blackguard in Mis
sissippi or at least the owner and
editor of a blackguard newspa
per named Vardaman, whose fel
low citizens nave disgraced tnem
selves or would have disgraced
themselves . if they had then
known about what is known now
by electing him governor of the
state.
Some of them even desire to
have a postoffiee named after
him. This desire is resisted by
the postmaster general upon the
ground that the man whom it
was proposed thus to honor has
written ah insulting article about
the president’s mother.
“Vardaman denies that he has
done so, but his denial is mani
festly either an untruth or a
quibble. The article which ap
peared in his paper proves it to
be one or the other and cannot
be cited in proof only because it
is grossly indecent. It fully jus
tifies the postmaster general in
refusing to give effect to the
wish of the neighborhood in such
a matter as the naming of a
postoffice.
“If some Mississippians should
desire their postoffice to be called
Blackguardsville the postmaster
general would probably refuse
his consent to such an act of
self-stultification. And really
that is virtually what they have
done in asking to have it called
Vardaman.”
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Read the Independent.
FOUNTAIN-TUCKER.
(Contributed.)
One of the prettiest sights t:
behold last Sunday was the sol
emnizing of the marriage cere
mony between Mr. Will Fountain
and Miss Nettie Tucker.
Strictly at ten o’clock a. rn.
the high contracting parties ap
peared before the magistrate and
several witnesses at the home of
the bride’s parents, Esquire Jno.
Smith officiating, who delivered
the ceremony in a very touching
and eloquent manner.
The bride is the highly respect
ed daughter of Mr. W. R. Tuck
er, who lived near the Anderson
school house in Jefferson town
ship, and being one of the
belles of the community, has
many friends who congratulate
her in her good fortune.
The groom is*the youngest son
of J. T. Fountain, who lives on
the place known as the Doswell
farm. He is one of Jackson
county’s most popular and best
young farmers. He is an enter
prising young man with many
fine qualifications, and we pre
dict a bright future for the happy
couple.
The bride was dressed in a
beautiful white organdie, trim
med in beautiful colored ribbon
and laces, while the groom was
dressed in the conventional black.
After the ceremony was per
formed in a very solemn manner,
the table was prepared with
things very delicious, and the very
best that could be had, with a
bountiful hand. When dinner
was announced, the guests were
ushered into the dining room,
where all enjoyed themselves
to the utmost.
After the dinner was over the
bride and groom invited all the
guests to be present the next day
at the home of the groom to an
infair dinner with them, and on
the following day a table with
things fine enough for a king was
prepared at the residence of the
groom’s father. After all had
enjoyed themselves invitations
were extended to the guests to a
grand ball to be given at the res
idence of the bride’s father.
The dance was very much par
ticipated in until the wee small
hours.
Everybody enjoyed themselves
and departed wishing the happy
couple a long and prosperous life.
Mav thev be carried down to
their graves in peace and urban
ith, and may the joining of this
couple be of long duration and
may they have the flowers of life
strewn in their paths to make
them happy.
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