NUMBER 139.
I NEGRO CONLEY
' GETS 21 YEARS
I Pleads Guiil.v to Murder in Se
I cond Degree—Ocher Murder
I Cases Set For Trial.
Henry Conley, the negro who
killed his wife, China Conley, in
Village Township on the night
I of August 19 and was indicted
for murder in the first degree
was allowed to plead guilty to
murder in the second degree in
the Jackson circuit court Thurs
I day morning and receive a sen
; tence of 21 years in the peniten
The negro was without coun
sel when brought into court and ;
Judge Jeffery’ appointed S. M.
Stuckey and G. A. Hillhouse to j
defend him.
The other four indictments re-.
turned by. the grand jury Wed-,
nesday for murder in the first
degree were served upon the re
spective defendants Thursday
morning, each of whom W- H.
Carouthers, Homer O’Neal, Will
Jones and Mollie Barnes, waived |
the 48 hours’ time in which to j
plead to the indictments and j
pled not guilty.
The trial of two of these cases ;
was set, that of W. H. Carouth-1
ers for the third Monday or j
September 22 and Will Jones for .
the fourth Tuesday or Septem-1
her 30. All were remanded to1
jail except Mollie Barnes, who i
was granted bail in the sum of j
$2000 and her attorney, Gustave j
Jones was granted leave to sign ■
her bond.
In the suit of the Aluminum
Cooking Utensil Company ver
sus I. W. Chastain et al, which
was heard Wednesday, the jury
returned a verdict for defend
ants.
The cause of J. L. McGee ver- j
sus S. M. Bains, being a dispute
over a settlement, was heard j
Thursday by a jury and had not
been concluded at press hour.
Phillips, Hillhouse & Boyce rep-1
resent the plaintiff and Jones j
and Campbell the defendant.
Two changes weramade in the
personnel of the grand jury. J.'
M.. Glass being excused to take j
up his duties on the board of j
equalization and T. E. Jones of i
Kenyon was also excused- Their i
places were filled by John CampJ
and C. W. Watson, the court ap- j
pointing C. E. Crook foreman of
the grand jury.
DOCKET pumpn t\t rptwit '
Stevens Grocer Company ver-j
sus C. C- Nicholson and J. M. j
Glass, debt; judgment for plain-j
tiff by default for $1016.39 with |
interest at 8 per cent from June ;
6,1912.
Mary Nelson versus Garragan
Construction Company; judg
ment of justice of peace court af
firmed.
James T. Findley versus C. R.
C & P. Ry. Co-, damages; dis
missed at cost of defendant.
Mrs. Elizabeth J. Watson ver
sus Elizabeth Huse, unlaw
ful detaintr; Judgment for
Plaintiff for possession by de
fault.
Lizzie Murphy versus Ladies
; of Maccabees of the World, debt;
petition of John Smith to be
made party interpleader; an
swer of defendant filed and offer
to pay $1000 to clerk of court
for further orders of court.
Fresh celery, cranberries, bell
Peppers, tomatoes, sweet pota
toes, also Elberta peaches, Mala
ga grapes and Concord grapes
at Bowen’s Cash Store. 39d3wl
Thaw Again In This Country,
^ Coaticook, Sept. 10.—Harry
l N. Thaw was taken to the Ver
mont border at 8 o’clock this
morning, and turned loose.
! As Thaw left the Coaticook
; station under the guidance of
| Deputy Superintendent of Immi
gration Robertson, he was pro
testing that it was a case of kid
napping- Robertson answered
that it was “all regular.’’
Thaw was rushed out of the
immigration pen breakfastless.
t The immigration officers would
make no explanation except that
they were acting under the or
ders of the minister of justice.
Thaw was taken at once towrards
j the \ ermont border in an auto
j mobile. He screamed and fought
: like a mad man all the way.
I On his way to the automobile
Thaw shouted at the top of his
| voice that he was being kidnap
:ped and immigration officers
sought to quiet him with assur
ances that such was not the
case. Notwithstanding, he
fought like a mad man and
■ smashed a window with a bottle
j as the officers dragged him down
itne stairs
The suddenness of the man
euver took Thaw and his counsel
entirely by surprise. It was re
ported here, though not confirm
ed that the immigration officers
acted under instructions of the
minister of the interior.
The destination of the auto
| mobile, save that it was some
i place in Vermont just over the
I
border, was unknown to any per
son except its passengers. It
was reported that Thaw would
be taken to Norton Mills. Hec
tor Verret, of counsel, represent
ing New York State in the fight
to have Thaw brought back to
Matteawan, said he did not think
, that William T. Jerome, com
I mander-in-chief of the New
;York State legal forces, was'at
[Norton Mills. Mr. Verret added
I that nobody knew Thaw was to
I be taken so suddenly to Ver
'mont.
1 The automobile carrying Har
jry Thaw crossed the Vermont
I border at 8:55 o’clock this morn
jing.
! Moving Pictures
I at the Opera House
18 Reels Per Week.
HIS FATHER S DEPUTY
An excellent story.
(SELIG.)
i A- CHILD S PRECAUTION
i A child to put her doll in a safe
'place removes the money from
ithe drawer, and puts it under
I her pillow and the robber only
! secures her doll. A splendid
dramatic story will be told. F ea
{turing John Steppling, Beverly
I Bayne and Margaret Steppling,
14 years old.
(ESSANAY.)
MR. MINTURN’S MISADVEN
TURES
'Through one mistake and anoth
! er, Minturn has a misadventure,
! which turns out happily for him
.land Muriel. This picture was
.! made on board a large steamei
1 gn route to Europe. Maui ice
! Costello and Clara Kimbal
Young.
(Drama—VITAGRAPH)
Three extra good pictures anc
'1 good music bv the orchestra.
’ j ADMISSION 5 and 10 CENTS
HAYS WILL NOT
STOP HANGING
Of Omer Davis At Fayetteville
— \ oung Man Convicted of
Murdering Sweetheart.
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'Special to Independent.
Little Rock, Sept. 11.—Late |
Wednesday afternoon Gov. Hays j
wired S. W. Caudle, sheriff of |
Washington countv at Fayette-1
ville,
“Have decided not to interfere ;
in Davis case."
This means that Omer Davis, j
a young white man, will be hang-1
ed at Fayetteville today for the |
murder of his sweetheart, Nellie j
Monevhun, near Springdale, last j
winter.
An eff ort was made to have j
the governor commute the sen
tence to life imprisonment, and
Governor Hays had granted one
respite that he might more
thoroughly look into the case
About 300 had petitioned for
commutation, while probably
I 500, led by WT. E. Monehun, fa- j.
jtKer of the murdered girl, re-j
monstrated. The remonstrants I
said:
“In our judgment the evidence
in the case showed Omer Davis
to be guilty of a wilful and de
liberate murder in the killing of
Nellie Monevhun, and we feel
that his sentence should not be
communted to life imprison
ment, but that the penalty im
posed should be carried into ef
fect.”
; In discussing his reasons for
, declining to interfere, Gov. Hays
:said: “I have received a num
'ber of letters and telegrams
| from splendid people of Wash
i ington county, recommending
■ commutation, also remonstranc
es against commutation. In ad
dition to petitions received from
both sides I have also had par
ties call me over the telephone |
! and discuss the case with me. I
requested a friend of the defend
ant to see if they could get the
trial judge and prosecuting at
torney to recommend commuta
tion, and in response to this re
quest I was informed that the
trial judge declined to recom
I mend commutation, and the
prosecuting attorney was in a
I campaign and couldnot be found.
I “Because of the peculiarity
set forth in the petition for com
mutation, I studied the case
carefully, reading every word of
: the record, including the evi
dence and tne instruction u± me
court, and I feel thoroughly con
vinced that no error was com
mitted in the trial of the case.
While I feel a deep sympathy for
the young man and his relatives,
and the go'od people who have
manifested an interest in his be
j half, at the same time I feel that
'the law was wilfully violated,
and for the protection of the
people I feel, as chief executive,
that the law should be enforced.”
| One of the peculiarities of the
1 case was the fact that during the
deliberations of the jury, and be
fore they agreed upon a verdict,
all of them signed the following
. statement:
! “We, the jury in the case of
> Omer Davis, charged with the
. murder of Nellie Moneyhun, ask
’; that in case the court passes the
^' death sentence on the said Omer
] Davis, the governor of the state
’of Arkansas commute said sen
tence to life imprisonment.”
But not all of the jurors sign
J 1 ed the petition for the commuta
tion, which sets forth that the
defendant “has always been a
J
strange, silent, melancholia and
distant boy, avoided society and
sought solitude, and exhibited
many other signs characteristic
of mental derangement, and that
a sister younger than himself
has exhibited similar signs of 1
mental disturbance.” Davis is .
only eighteen years old.
Meeting of business Men.
There will be a meeting of the
j business and professional men
of the city at the city hall at 7
o'clock this evening to receive a
proposition from Redpath-Vaw
ter Chautauqua system, who
have a representative here, Mr.
J. H- Rohde.
Newport to secure a summer
chautauqua course of ten num
bers covering five days will have j
to guarantee the sale of $600 in i
tickets for the course at $1.50 j
for adults and $100 for children. ,
All citizens are invited to attend. I
This is an opportunity for
Newport to secure a high class
chautauqua that should prove a
success here as in other towns
of the cunty and become an an
nual feature and event.
Children's Party At Grubbs.
Special to Independent.
Grubbs, Sept. 11.—Mr. and
Mrs. J. T. Malone entertained at
their home 205 South Main St.,
Monday afternoon from 2 till 4
in honor of Cris’ birthday. Ail
kinds of games were played and
Cris received many beautiful
presents. Ice lemonade and i
cake were served to the young |
people by Mrs. Malone. At four
o’clock the young people left,
wishing Cris many more happy
birthdays.
Those present were Misses
Mary and Alice Collins, Maude
Darden, Sudie and Ethel Nance,
Essie Clark, Esther and Alma
Byrd, Lyda and Ola Camp, Marie
and Margaret Tolaijd, Ray Barn
well, Donie Moore, Cecil Turner,
Sabo Stoker, Alpha Ford and
Mae Courtney, Effie Barnes, Ha
zel Williams, Mr. Ralph Byrd. |
Milzie Darden, Clint Hale, Raph- j
el Ivy, Joe Ballew, Herschel Elii-'
son, Clyde Stout, Clint Ford,
Clarence Collins, Lester Clark,
Winfield Scarry and Cris Malone.
Real Estate Transfers.
Helen-Alexander to W. E. Al
exander, 40 acres 4-10-5, $80.
W. E- Alexander to T. W. Al
ander, 40 acres 4-10-5, $80.
State of Arkansas to T. W.
Alexander, 160 acres 5-10-5,
C. E. Akers and wife to Wil
T on/l rViTwnnnv 300 acres
2-10-4; 220 acres 1-10-4, tract
in 6-10-3 and tract in 1-10-4, $5.
J. L. Cleveland and wife to E.
H. Halfacre and E. T. Fife, one
foUrth interest in 40 acres 6-14
I. $300.
John Schneider and wife tq J.
R. Cox, lots 1 and 2, block B.,
Diaz, $435.18.
John W- Wallace, trustee to
J. D. Neal and C. J. Saenger, 520
acres 14, 15> 23-13-1, $2834.
Schley Churchwell, a 14-year
old boy employed at a local lum
ber mill, happened to quite
a painful accident this morn
ing while at his wrk. In
some way a heavy piece of iron
fell on his big toe breaking that
member. Dr- Jones was called
and dressed the toe, also carried
the boy to his home on Newport
Avenue, where he will be laid up
for several days.
For Rent.
> First class storage room at
: Bowen’s Cash Store. 39dlm
/
M’LAIN OPENS
! COUNTY CAMPAIGN
W. I). McLain Breaks The Fee In
I
.Announcing Candidacy For
County Judge.
i __
W D. McLain, a prominent
citizen and property owner of
Newport, has authorized the In
dependent to announce his can
didacy for county judge and a
statenyfnt over his own signa
ture appears in this issue. Mr.
McLain is “the early bird” of all
the candidates for county olli
ces and the announcement of his
candidacy, which has been ru
mored for some time, will have!
the effect of opening up the I
campaign, for when once the ice
is broken, others are sure to fol
low. 1
Air. McLain’s candidacy is of
course subject to the action of
the Democratic party, for he has
always been a loyal member of
this political faith and has for
the past two years served as
chairman of the Democratic
county central committee. He
is too well known by the people
of Newport and Jackson county
to need any words of introduc
tion at our hands.
He has been a very successful
business man and would doubt
less apply such methods to the
conduct of any public ofliee.
While his start in life was mea
gre, industry, economy and am
bition soon gave him wider op
portunities and his life in our
midst has been actively identi
fied with the growth and devel
opment of our city and county.
He has manifested an active
—_■_■
interest in the improvement of
our roads, which we believe is
the most important problem be
fore our county courts today and
has a large circle of friends and
acquaintances over the county
who will support him in his as
pirat ions.
To M\ bellow Citizens and Vot
ers of Jackson County, Ark.
I take this method of an
nouncing myself as a candidate
for County and Probate Judge,
subject to the voters at the Dem
ocratic primary election
1 make this announcement 1 '
lieving that 1 am well qualifi 1
to till the office to the entire sat
isfaction to the people and wit It
honor to myself and county.
And 1 further pledge myself
if elected to devote all of my
time necessary to the fulfillment
of my duties to the office, and
and will always be ready to co
operate with the citizens in any
matter that is for the better
ment of the county and public
generally.
Thanking you in advance for
your support and co-operation, 1
am,
Yours very respectfully, >
W. 1). McLAIN,
Candidate for County and Pro
bate Judge. (Adv)
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.">,201 Voters In Jackson.
The list of voters by reason of
poll taxes paid in Jackson Coun
ty for the year 1912, totals 5,201
of which 3,823 are white and
1,378 are negroes. The Inde
pendent has just completed the
publication of the list in book
form and has a limited number
of extra copies, which will be
sold for 25 cents each.
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