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VOLUME m NEWPORT, ARKANSAS. TUESDAY, FEBUARY 2, 1904. ^NUMBER 238.
FOOTPADS CAPTURED.
Negroes In Jail Who Held Up
Ike Graham Monday Night
—Another Robbery
\ Reported.
Night Officer Huffman and
Walter Beard on Monday night
captured two negroes, Fletcher |
Hamilton and William Johnson,
who held up Sand robbed Ike
Graham, a stranger from Mam
'S tnofh Spring, and it is thought
that they are probably guilty of
a number of other robberies
which have taken place in this
city the past few months.
They are now in jail and their
case will go before the grand
jury at once. The end of the
month will probably find them
in the penitentiary, as the officers
have a very strong case against
them.
Graham was held up at the
point of a revolver between 11
and 12 o’clock Monday night on
the Iron Mountain track about
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Choctaw crossing and there rob
| bed of $2.36 and his watch.
He immediately reported his
| case to the officers, who went to
the scene of the hold-up and
nearby found two negroes hiding
under a box car. They tried to
run and escape, but were cap
tured and the exact amount of
money obtained, $2.36, was found
upon their person. A search un
der the car was rewarded by a
discovery of the pistol used and
the stolen watch. Graham also
identified the purse found upon
who still protest
fheir ..mocence.
COUNTRYMAN ROBBED.
L. A. Hartwick of Campbell,
who spent Monday in this city,
also claims to have been robbed
of his pocketbook, watch and hat
in the Iron Mountain yards that
night.
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CHARGE OF THE COURT.
/ JudgeF. IXFulkerson’scharge
to the petit jury, of which men
< tion has been made in these col
umns, was well worthy of repro
duction in full, but especially
one line of thought which is
dwelt upon in the following ex
iract:
, “You have been selected here
to try such cases as may here
after be submitted to you. I
want to impress upon you the
responsibility of your position.
(You are a part of the court j ust
as much as the judge. You de
termine the facts, I determine
i the law.; I have been called from
among you to preside as judge,
s you are called from the people as
jurors. It is the people govern
ing themselves. We are not
called by any king or czar to per
form a duty. We are called from
amonjj the people and when we
perform our duty we return
' among them and take up our
usual vocations.
“You frequently hear dema
f gogues either for same fancied
wrong or selfish purpose abusing
the courts. This is an abuse of
you and the other good citizen
ship of the county from which
you are drawn, as well as the
officers of the court. If it be a
just criticism you have failed of
your duty. If it be slander then
you are slandered, as well as the
judge and the sheriff. So bear
in mind your responsibility as
jurors and when you return from
this duty may it be with a con
sciousness of a duty well per
formed to the state and to the
litigants of the court.’’
For the news read the Daily
Independent.
GOULD’S EXPENDITURES.
While some of the big railway
systems have suspended con
struction work for the time
being, George J. Gould is push
ing his extensions, both in the
east and in the west. About 150
carloads of new steel rails have
been sent to Carthage for the
track of the White river railroad,
which the St. Louis, Iron Moun
tain & Southern is building in
that territory. Work on this new
line is progressing at three differ-1
ent points and its completion this
year will give the Gould system
a through line from Kansas City
to New Orleans via Newport and
Wynne.
GOVERNOR GRANTS
THREE PARDONS. j
Gov. Davis was at the state
house Monday, having returned
from the western part of the
state, where he and Judge Wood |
have been making speeches.
The governor found time to
grant three pardons during the
aay. une was ro j. vv esiey vv 11- :
son of Hempstead county, who
was convicted1 in the circuit court
of that county and sentenced to
one year’s imprisonment.
A pardon was also granted to
C. 0. and R. L. Greaves, who
were convicted in the circuit
court of the southern district of
Logan county of the offense of
playing cards on Sunday and
fined $25 each.
YOUNG MAN DROWNED.
Champ Kincheloe Got Into Deep
Water East of Des Arc and
Was Drowned.
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Des Arc, Feb. 1.—Champ
Kincheloe, a young man 18 years
old, was drowned this afternoon
about 3 o’clock in the overflow
east of Des Arc. He had started
in a buggy with a negro driver
for a timber camp across the
bottoms and got into deep water.
The boy was drowned, together
with one horse. The other horse
and driver escaped.
The body was recovered to
night and will be sent to Lonoke,
where the dead bov’s father. E.
J. Kincheloe, resides.
“THE MINISTER’S SON.”
“The Minister’s Son” is anj
exceptionally clever and remark
able play. Its four acts are!
filled with comedy, realism and
sentiment, mixed by a master
hand. There is no flagging of
heart interest throughout, and it
tempts the ear to fall upon the
lip of laughter. As a vehicle ;
for the display of the peculiar
talent of W. B. Patton it could
not be excelled. Quaint and
original in his methods, realistic
and exceedingly magnetic as
Simon Ray the minister’s son, a
character full of comedy and
pathos—he holds the interest of
the audience from start to finish.
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COURT PROCEEDINGS.
Second Day’s Docket of Cases
Passed on in Circuit Court.
Jn'o. W. Foster et al versus Ce
lia Tucker et al, continued.
J. M. Stay ton trustee, versus
Jack Mack and J. R. Hornback,
ejectment; continued.
Minnie Cole et al, versus Rufu
Johnson, damages; plaintiff takes
non suit.
T. W. Toler versus St. Louis,
Iron Mountain & Southern Rail
way Company, continued on mo
tion of plaintiff.
State versus Julane N. Beede,
defendant given notice in court
to produce Scott Bell, on whose
bond he went, by next term of
court.
State versus Wm. Snyder and
E. T. Fallin, forfeiture on bail
bond; continued by consent.
CRIMINAL COURT RECORD.
State versus J. H. Morrison,
nol prossed.
Walter Horten, murder in first
degree and assault with intent to
kill; escaped, dropped from
docket until apprehended.
F. M. Wooten, embezzelement,
forfeiture on bond of $1,000; W.
M. Prater ordered to appear.
J. E. Dohertv. selling: liauor
without license; plea of guilty,
fined $50.
Bud Dunnivan, selling liquor
without license, three indict
ments; continued on motion of
state.
Jim Adkins and Will Farmer,
gaming; plea of guilty and fined
$10 each.
Henry and B. F. Moorehead,
gaming; former fined $10; latter
continued.
John Davis, carrying a pis'ol,
plea of guilty; fined $50.
Joe Hattman, gaming, plea of
guilty; fined $10,
Jno. Anderson, gaming, jury
trial; not guilty.
Frank Alexander, malicious
mischief; nolle prossed.
Oscar Massey, carrying a pis
tol; jury trial, verdict of guilty,
fined $50.
Jack Quick, carrying a pistol;
dismissed at defendant’s cost.
Whit Wall, gaming; plea of
guilty, fined $10.
Jno. Davis, Rufe Hightower
and Bill Jones, selling liquor
without license; first case nolle
prossed, others fined $50 each.
vviu vvatKins, assault witn in
tent to kill; plead guilty to ag
gravated assault, fined $50 and
sent to jail for one minute.
NEW JUgORS SWORN.
To the list of the petit jury as
published the opening day the
following have been added: C.
S. Oliver, S. E. Dukes, Ben Hart
wick, Jno. S. Pennington,. J. R.
Holliday, George B. Irby and
Arthur Richardson, the two last
named being taken Tuesday
morning.
BLOCK SYSTEM
TO BE INSTALLED.
Kansas City, Mo., February 1.
—William Cotter, manager of
the Missouri Pacific Railroad,
signed a contract today for the
installation of an electrical auto
matic block system on all the
main tracks of the Missouri Pa
cific system. Work will be be
gun at once installing the sys
tem on the 283 miles of main line
track between Kansas City and
St. Louis. The system will then
be gradually extended to the
other lines of the Missouri Paci
fic.
NOTICE TO CANDIDATES.
Candidates desiring names or
tickets must pay the necessary
fee not less than twenty days be
fore the election.
M. M. Stuckey, Chm.
J. R. Mayhan, Secretary.
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