HYDRICK GETS
ELEVEN YEARS
In Penitentiary Being Convictei
Of Murder In Second
Degree.
“Murder in the second degrei
and eleven years in the peniten
tiary,” was the verdict imposec
by the jury in the Isom Hydricl
case and returned to the cour
about 9:30 o’clock Thursdaj
f morning. The trial of the case
had been concluded at a nighi
session of court, when W. P
Smith of^fcalnut Ridge mad(
the closing^ argument for the
state.
Prosecuting Attorney Er
win made the opening address
. for the prosecution in a carefu
and forceful review of the eyi
dence and G. L. Grant and Judge
M. M. Sfuckey made strong anc
eloquent appeals for the de
fendant during the .afternoon
session.
r The jury was divided when
first entrusted with the case,
. some wishing to give defendant
I 5 year! and others all the way
up to^L' The verdict was evi
dently a compromise. Hy
drick’s attorneys have not given
up the fight and will ask the
court for a new trial,
r One of the grounds upon
o r»mxr •fyiol rlmiK+lncc
I
be asked is because the jury is
j| alleged to have reached a com
promise verdict by adding the
§■ number of years each juror
w^jild have given Hydrick and
divided the same by twejve, the
number of jurymen, which me
| # » thod it is said the supreme court
has prescribed against.
Refuses Ruddell Bond.
John Ruddell was brought in
to court Thursday morning, his
attorneys Jones & Campbell ask
ing that bail be granted. The
motion- was refused however .by
the court and the trial has been
fet for Thursday, October 5.
Carlos Pulliam On Trial.
The case of the state versus
Carlos Pulliam, a negro indicted
for murder in the second de
gree in connection with the
drowning of Chet Watson in
April 1910 was next called and
at 2 p. m. the jury returned a
i verdict of acquittal.
Pulliam and Watson were fight
ing on one of the Inman boats
, tied up at the Newport wharf,
• when both were thrown from
the boat and the latter drowned.
'im His body was recovered and it
P was found that one leg was bro
Ken in tvvu places, tuc
V’"ving held an inquest.
Record In Brief.
Straub & Sons Merc. Co.
v,er:fu%Daniel Martin, con
—d.
tate versus George Young,
bing the peace; pled
$5.
versus Loyd Thompson,
peace: nolle
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0 TUCKERMAN NEWS. «
) tf1t 11111 :t1tll<>|l|»1'H
We are having some fine
I weather for cotton picking.
Judge C. B. Coe of Campbell
iwas a pleasant caller in our
town Wednesday.
!j Miss Ida Tims and Mrs. Nellie
• Masters attended the show at
l Newport Saturday.
Mr., Pearl Stegall of Newport
spent Saturday and Sunday
with relatives here.
! Mr. Robert Moore of Diaz was
: in town Wednesday.
I Mr. Jesse Parrott has accept
ed a position with Graham Bros.
Prof. Fogg, the principal of
Swifton High School, was in
our city Tuesday.
Mr. John Smith and Miss Ger
trude Deaton attended the show
at Newport Saturday.
Miss Ada Brabbzson, who has
been sick several weeks, is im
proving slowly.
Walter Coe of Campbell was
here Sunday, en route to Salem
: where he will attend school.
H. H. Hill attended the Bap
tist Association near Black
Rock this week.
r Prof. W. M. Shaver went to
Newport Saturday.
W. M. Tims attended court at
Newrport last week.
Richard Bandy of Newport
j was m lown i uesuay oil uusi
ness.
I Louis C. Bernays, optician,
the only optician who comes
regularly. All others come
once and then never again. Will
;be at the Smith House, Tucker
man, Arkansas, Tuesday, Octo
ber 10, one day only. 26w2t
j Mrs. E. V. Holt, Miss Lucy
i Lindley and Mrs. S. L. Vandi
|Ver arrived home Monday from
• Colorado, where they spent the
I summer.
Grack Smith has charge of
' the Modern Gin and Compress
Company at this place,
j J. W. Lindley, president of the
Bank of Tuckerman, was in our
1
town for a few hours Tuesday,
j J. E. Graham has moved into
his new home.
j Master Robert Choate came
home Saturday from Missouri,
! where he has spent several
, weeks.
j Prof. E. E. Herndon of Swif
ton is clerking for C. E. Harri
son.
j The contract has been let for
six new houses to be erected at
j once in our town.
L. D. Smith left Tuesday on
Train No. 4 for St. Louis.
•m r T rn r-i 1 1 3 H
lYlijb. .Li. x. otayucii txiiKx tuio.
Joe Greenhaw, who have been
sick for some time are both im
i
proving.
j Miss Bee Rice entertained a
;few of her friends Wednesday
night.
Our town was well represent
ed in Newport Wednesday, that
being the day the court set for
the trial of the Herron-Balch
| case.
The work on the new depot
has been started.
Miss Lucy Lindley and Mrs.
j E. V. Holt, who have spent sev
J eral months in Colorado for
their health, are not much bet
ter.
G. L. Smith, the insurance
man is in Richwoods this week
in the interest of the Mississip
pi Valley Insurance Co.
Miss Mills Gardner and her
brother of Kenyon were in town
Sunday.
Mrs. Claude Hogue of New
port spent Tuesday with her
aunt, Mrs. W. R. Rice of this
place.
Mrs. Turpin will move in to
MANY ATTEND “
STIfL FUNERAL
Malpass Family Has Been Wiped
Out Of Existence By
Citizens.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, Sept. 28.—The
funeral of Deputy Sheriff Bar
ney Steil, who was shot and
killed by the Malpass brothers,
mulattoes, near Dumas Tues
| day, was held here today fore
noon, the services being held by
Rabbi Witt. The funeral was
' attended by a large number of
members of the Fraternal Order
of Eagles, of which' he was Past
Worthy, the Spanish War Vet
erans, of which he was local
commander, and various other
orders and fraternities of which
he was a prominent member.
The Malpass family was
, wiped out of existence by the
j enraged people of Desha coun
ty, in revenge for the murder of
, Sheriff Preston and Deputy
Sheriff Steil. Two were killed
j Tuesday afters >n at the time
the officers were . iain.
| Tuesday night Robert Mal
pass, aged 20 years, son of one
of the men who was killed, was
| shot to death by a posse of offi
cers headed by Constable Jones
of Little Rock, and early Wed
nesdav morning Charles Mai
pass, the white father of the
two negroes, although desper
ately wounded was taken from
the officers by an orderly mob
and hanged to the Iron Moun
tain vrater tank.
His negro wife was not locat
ed, but it was mutually agreed
that she would be spared even
should she be apprehended. In
the same wagon which brought
| the elder Malpass to Dumas a
prisoner to meet his death, was
the body of his grandson.
Fire In Contested Block.
I The fire department was call
ed out about 12:30 o’clock
Thursday afternoon by a small
blaze from a wood shed to the
rear of the house on Hazel
street formerly occupied by T.
D. Snetzer, but the blaze was
easily extinguished. This
house was located in the half
block about which there has
been so much argument as to
whether it should be within the
city fire limits.
Poinsett Man Jailed.
Jonesboro, Sept. 27.—Walter
Morgan was placed in jail here
this evening by Sheriff Hooten
of Poinsett county to answer a
charge of murder. The prison
er is charged with killing, with-!
out any provocation, Pete Qlli;
at Harrisburg last July and
making his escape. Morgan was
arrested at Caruthersville on
last Saturday, where he was go
ing under an assumed name. At
his preliminary hearing today
in Harrisburg he waived exami
nation.
her home Monday. The house
has been occupied by Brother
Blackwell.
J. C. Mathis will have his new
store completed in a few days.
Claude Tinsley, who has been
clerking for Slayden Bros, for
some time is spending this week
in Newport on a jury.
Miss Bee Rice will leave in a
few days for Batesville.
Levi Sneed and Miss Lucy Ca
son were quietly married Sun
day morning at the home of W.
G. Hogan.
Dr. Sam Hudson of Jonesboro
was in our town Monday.
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Protest Brings Promise.
The vigorous protest^ filed by
[C. G. Henry and many other
j leading business men against
! the telephone service secured in
this city, brought a prompt re
sponse by wire from General
Manager Farnsworth of Dallas.
It is, as follows:
Dallas, Texas, Sept. 28, 1911.
Charles G. Henry, Newport, Ark.
Your letter of the 26th with
petition attached. I have in
structed that nothing be left un
done in putting our service in
first class condition in your town
and seeing to it that it remains
so.
J. E. Farnsworth, Gen. Mgr.
The local manager too has
been stirring about to find the
cause of so much complaint and
it is to be hoped that the pro
test will bring permanent as
well as temporary improvement.
Warning Order.
Jackson Chancery Court,
i Anna L. Kelley, Plaintiff
vs.
Frank Kelley, Defendant.
I The defendant, Frank Kelley,
| is warned to appear in this
I Court within thirty days, and
! answer the complaint of the
Marriage License.
Arthur Stevens and Florence
Dunn, both of Tuckerman.
W. M. Harpei*, Great Bend,
Kansas and Mrs. Margaret Har
per, Newport.
W. T. Nuckolls and Ethel
Hobbs, both of Cord.
Levi Sneed and Lucy Cason,
both of Tuckerman.
J. Wes Moore, Magness and
Maude Henderson, Newark.
Jake Chestnut and Nettie
Phillips, both of Grubbs.
Samuel J. Hopkins, R. F. D.
1, Newport and Mrs. L. M. John
son, Grubbs.
N. B. Dean and Minnie Wil
liamson, both of Remmel.
J. J. James, Newport and
Louise Little, colored, Aberdeen,
Mississippi.
J. I. Hunter and Mrs. Ger
trude Rhodes, both of Newport.
Ernest Howard and Martha
Phillips, both of Shoffner.
Jessie Lawrence, Alicia and
Edna Mullen, Swifton.
GOING WOULD
SUCCEED KEEL
DOUBLE ASSESSMENT
IN TEN YEARS
Tax Commission Deserves Creoit
For Getting Railroad Prop-|
erty Increased. V —~
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Special to Independent.
Little Rock, Sept. 28.—The jj
Arkansas Tax Commission has
completed the assessment of
the railroad property of the
state, and the result shows some
decidedly interesting compari
sons. The railroads of the stafe
are assessed at a total of $77,
992,586 for 5,023 miles, an av- *
erage of $15,525 per mile. The
increase over the assessment of I
1910 is over ten millions, the
total for last year being $67,
777,638.
Ten years ago, in 1900, there
was a total of 3,052 miles in the
state, and the assessment w;
$24,051,139, an average of
874 per mile. The increase in
ten years has been nearly 100
per cent, or $7,751 per mile.
This tremendous increase is due
largely to the action of the Tar
Commission.
Is Candidate For State Senator
From This Twenty-Ninth
District.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, Sept. 28.—Repre
sentative L. Clyde Going of
Poinsett, one of the strong mem
bers of the last House, and the
chairman of the Judiciary Com
mittee, has written to friends
in Little Rock that he will be in
the race for State Senator from
the 29th District, composed of
Poinsett, Jackson and Missis
sippi counties to succeed John H.
Keel, this being Poinsett coun
ty’s turn for the senatorship.
Notice W. O. W.
Every member of Diaz Camp
No. 759 Woodmen of the World,
is hereby notified to call and
see me not later that Saturday,
Sept. 30th, 1911 at Roberts and'
West store at Diaz. I will be,
out of the city after that date'
and no collections will be made ,
until my return.
Fraternally,
W. T. Moyer, Clerk.
The latest books for rent at
Price’s Book Store. 99btf
The Iron Mount;
branches are assess*
at $32,638,458, aga
rf $28,270,197 last y
ly $10,287,315 ten y
Real Estate Tr
N. B. Wishon to
ley, one-half lot
Grove cemetery, $2
St. Louis, Iron
Southern Railway
Joseph B. Frank i
R. Lewis, 120 aci
$1200.
Jackson County L
ny to T. R. Lewis,
11-1, $200.
S. C. Barnwell an*
E. Nance, block 4
Second Addition, G
G. A. Causey an<
A. Driver, West 1
block 28, Swifton 3
G. W. and R. M.
acres 19-10-5, $20.
W. A. Hodges, a
to Elsie Fagon, 10
5, $600.
Claude Tinsley
Willie Penix and S
of Tuckerman spen
ing in our city.
plaintiff, Anna L. Kelley.
September 23, 1911.
Geo. R. Hays, Clerk.
Stuckey & Stuckey, Solicitors
for Plaintiff. 26w4
Notice to Employes.
The Southern Cotton Oil
Company will commence operat- j
ing Monday, October 2 and all
colored employes are requested:
to take notice and be on hand. ,
53d3 H. G. Bunn, Mgr.
St. Paul's Church.
Friday, Sept. 29th, St. Mich
ael’s and All Angel’s Day.
Holy Communion at 10 a. m.;
choir practice at 8 p. m.
James C. Johston, one of the
best liked traveling men on the
road was here this morning on
his way home to Batesville from
a trip up the North Arkansas
road.
Perhaps you can find the
very house you want to rent if
you will search the warn ads.
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