The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, October 06, 1921, Image 1
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-VOLUME xxxvi.
NTW. ROBERTS
AGAIN IS TRIED
For Crime of Seduction of
Young Woman in
1920 , ,
DETAILS TOLD
ABOUT THE SAME
Defendant again Paced With
Letters he Wrote to The
Prosecutrix before event
The second trial of the seduction
ctise against N. W. Roberts came up
last Wednesday in the court of general
fessions.
The case was tried at the Spring
term and resulted in a mistrial. The
facts were published at that time.
The crime was charged as having
been committed in the year 1020.
The prosecutrix testified about as
before. Said Roberts had lived about
one-half mile from her home, told
of 1110 child now six months old and
said Roberts is its father; that she
had been sweethearts with this man
for ten years before the birth of the
baby and had been engaged to him. i
The wrong was done at her father's
home. It w:'.s at night. Consented
under the promise of marriage tlvt
Roberts made. Consent was the result
of such promise. She then told
in her own way what was said on
the particular night. when tins occurred.
Clot loiters from him during
this extended courtship that they bad.
Letters, evidently the same u ed l>ofore,
were placed in evidence showing
the love existing between the parties
and expressed in the most endearing
' terms.
Bird Jenkins, father of the prosecutrix,
to iPefl that the defendant
had courted his daughter for a longtime,
and gave his testimony about
the same as at the last tri.ul.
The defendant, N. W. Roberts, then
went on the stand and testified in his
own behalf. He admitted portions of
some of the letters placed in evidence
* as written by him. He did not deny
' thai, he was the fathar of the child
exhibited in court. When asked his
reason for not mr'ryirg the woman
he only said that he '.vtd not promised
to marry her.
Tho defendant took the stand with
a smiling face and ho left the stand
in the same way. He answered most
of the questions put to him by the
attorneys, hut ofton this was in an
.rum ifft m "i ir c-l-w * r i w?? 4 11 i 4 K a \irnnl/1
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like to avoid tho issues.
Taken as a whole the testimony did
not jro into details as much as in the
fir-t trial.
There was no other witness for the
defense.
The jury retired, ahout \ o'clock on
Tuesday afternoon rmd had nnt come
out jit adjournment time in tho evening.
The jurv was instructed to
bring it) a sealed verd'et .at any time
during the night. Tlie jury had
i'P'f"'! ahout 7 or 8 o'clock th?;' ?\ic!11
r.ud the verdict was placed in a sealed
envelope and not handed >n lil! tho
court convened on WWln^sdmorn
inj~. When the verdict was handed
up on Wednesday momine* the dofoi.dant,
N. W. Roberts, was celled to he
present .at the opening of the verdict,
hut he was not in court and so the
verdict was held in the envelope awaiting
the defendant. The court told
the sheriff to get the defendant. De-!
fondant's attorney said that defen-l
dant had gone home the* evening before
on account of sickness, and would
likely be in court later that day.
At this time the verdict was unknown,
hut the general opinion was
that it was one of guilty.
Later the verdict was received in
court and it was "guilty." The court
sealed up the sentence as usual in
such cases and ordered the sheriff to
proceed to get Roberts If ho could be
found. At a late hour that day the
defendant had not appeared. He had
skipped in the night.
JAIL DLLIVKIIY.
Tho county pail was cleared of
prisoners only temporarily last week,
when they were taken over to the
court room for trial, one by one and
placed in the dock. As they received
their sentences they were marched
back by 4he constables to the sane
old place of safe keeping until they
coi M be taken out to the county chain
gang.
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NOT OUR VANCE.
The Vance Ward, whose name .'appeared
in the court records Ju l veofc,
t\4 no' the It. V Ward who is an cfi
of the M. 13. Thompson Company
<. r' Warn pee and a brother-in-law of
M. P. Thompson. Some confus'o t of
r lies came about during the recent
rriid.-> of the rural police of the coi nty
amoni;' whiskey stillers, and thi; ite? \
! , is necessary to correct .'i wron..? i?11 predion
that j.rot abroad ?i < to the
i<!"rtity of the defendant in one o(
t?ho liquor case;:.
S ate Superintendent of Education
J. 10. Swearinven oi Columbia ha
been appointed vice chairman of tin
advisory council of the South Carolina
Sunday School Association and
i has accepted the position.
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L. STRICKLAND,
NON-SUPPORT
Wife Prosecuted Husband at
Former Term of Criminal
Court
WIFE'S FATHER
SUPPORTING HER
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np^caio luai nusuiiuu liCll
Wife to Live With His
Brother
Janie Strickland, the wife testified
that she was married to Labon Strickland
some months ago; that they have
one child five months old and that
the husband had not supported her
or the child; that her huslvand took
her to live at his relatives' home and
said he could not take her to his
mother's home; that they lived at
I.uVher Strickland's.
On cross-examination she admitted
that he had Riven her $10 when lir
left, but she denied that he had said
he had arranged with Luther to nive
her .anything that she wanted. She
1 staid three weeks with her sister, then
; her father came and took lior away
she could l?e attended to; that her
father had purchased the clothes for
I ho Her husband did not help
1 f?1 1 11 1 11 1
.HT ,-iny. j ne naoy nao neon oorn ai
her father's house. She denied Unit
the husband had told Luther Strickland
to provide for her an'd ??,et r
doctor for her. Ho had left just a
soon i s he had taken her to his broth
cr'y, house. She had been in the hos
pital eighteen days, !:ut not at the
ox p. i se o[' her husband.
VV. E. Graliam testified as the fatho?
of tilt wife who is 15 vears old.
She was married :n IVi.-ireh. 1921
1 ilx?p took her to his brother's where
i she staid till April. Luther's wifo
was also his daughter, and both
daughters were about to f?'et sick and
could not hcli) each other. He then
took Junto home and Labon had not
been there and he had not seen him
since tPI court. Witness supported
both wife and child. Wrote to Labon
but K?t |lo reply. Had never ordered
the husband to stay away from his
hoirife.
This closed the showing made l>v
tho state.
The defense then swore a number
of witnesses to show that the separation
of tho parties may have been
caused by the wi/e, etc.
They proved by one witness that
i tho father of the pirl had said he
knew nothing else except to take a
;vun and kill the fellow .
Luther Strickland told about how
Labon's mother would not let Labon
take his wife to her home; he testified
that the husband arranged for tho
witness to take care of bis wife and
that he vrot her all that she asked for
! and that he would have cared for the
wife, lie became confused ,as to
whether he had spoken to the doctor
bout attending the woman, but ho
i ranged for his own wife with Dr.
' . D. Lewis. Finally he said that ho
did not think he had t >ld the doctor
to look after Labon's wife. Me was
-Iced as to what lead to this marriage
.and if it did not result from ;;
f.rosecution ap;ainst this defendant for
rape, or attempt to rape this same
<>i?l, and witness admitted thi<.
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siat o recalled the prosecutrix as to
the '.(Vidavit. read by I'le defense, tlii;
effidavit made by a sifter of prosecut
rix.
The case went to the jury after the
arguments of the attorneys had been
made.
These arguments brought up the
<{uestio*.} or the right of the husband
to select the home where the wife
shall live. The attorney for the defence
claimed that the husband had
the absolute right to select the home,
but the solicitor modified this by
arguing that the homo selected must
be one which would be proper for the
wife to live at.
In the charge the court read the
statute providing a fine for 11 o i. support
and the right to give :\
bond. He explained the law by saying
that when a man marries, (be
obligation rests on the man to provide
for the wife and children an',
give them a home that is reasonably
suitable and proper, under all cir
cumstances. Tie stressed the duty oi
the man in cases of this kind.
The jury found a verdict of guilty
The sentence was pronounced at. one
year at hard labor, with the chanc<
that defendant, upon making the bond
provided for 1 >y tho law, that the sen
tence would l.?o suspended.
LEA (JI E MEETING.
Tho Conway Civic League will hole
its first fall meeting on Wednesdaj
afternoon from 4 to f> o'clock at th<
Town Hall. You are urged to be
, there and bring some new ideas foi
the league.
Mcssers. Johnson and Brunson
of the Marion Star, spent last Fn
1 day afternoon in Conway a tend
ing the brill game between Mririoi
and Conway. They are publisher:
of the Marion Star, one of the lead
I ing newspapers of Eastern Soutl
Carolina.
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CONWAY, S. 0., THURSDAY,
JUDGE MENTIONS
LAWLESSNESS
Tendency to Which Seems to
Prevail All Over
State
PEOPLE TAKE
LAWS IN HAND.
So vc .Tily*i r?a ivr iaf fin Tli oil*
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Duty. Must not Listen to
Statements by Lawyers
Judge Frank B. Gary mentioned a
matter of great importance to the
grand jury last week, when charging
them ,-is to their duties in the court.
He said that he felt it his duty to
ciii their attention to the evident
nrevalence of crime all over South
Carolina, and to mention the causes
which in his opinion, had led to it.
lie had seen it at other county seats
and he pointed to the great number of
hills of indictments pending here Ho
said that in his opinion Ihc main
causes leading to this and to the evident
disposition on the part of people
to take the law into their own hands
wore ,as follows: (1) The effect of
Ihc late war which had left the people
:n a somewhat unsettled condition;
(2) The low price of cotton which had
brought down the value of the things
raised by the people, and; (3) The reort
of some men to illicit stilling of
liquor. He remarked that in some
counties there was reported to be a
tin-can still on every fresh water
branch.
The court went on to show the
usclessncss of mob rule, and nientioned
two recent instances where the
courts h.ad been adequate to punish
crime; that it was now time for the
law-abiding element to organize for
<he enforcement of the law and for
the triumph of the law over mob rule;
nd that unless juries and the courts
would now do their dutv, backed up
!?v tho law-abiding element of 1 ho peo-1
pie, that soon anarchy would reign.
He then mentioned another cause
which he said had been told about by
himself ever since he had been on the
bench and* this was the lack of the
strict performance of duty by the I
juries. Me mentioned the fact that
sometimes a jury would listen to the
ydausible talk of a smart lawyer and
clear a guilty party where he should
have been convicted; and he mentioned
the further fact that those guilty
of homicide would plead se^f-defc
nse and get off because the jury
would listen to a fabricated defense.
The court then pointed out the duty
of tho juries :n such matters and
made it very impressive as to the
>vay their duties should be performed.
Those who heard the address by the
court were impressed by it and realized
tbo truth that was contained in
what ho said. It believed that whal
he said carried weight with officers of
tho court, and that what he said
would have its weight in the carrying
out of the laws.
Judge Gary i< among the mo. t emient
of tho circuit judges thi
(ale. Ho is studious and careful a: d
upholds the magisty of tho law.
In the meantime the Columbia
"State" comes out in ,an article which
would indicate that in tlu> opinion of
that paper, things are getting better
along this line already. The editorial
appearing in the "State" reads as fol lows:
Coming to an F,nil.
"The 'crime wave' in South Carolina
is coming to its end.
"We are not saying that no more
crime will 'be done; unfortunately
much will be done, but we are aboul
to see a marked induction in evil doing
in South Carolina.
"The juries are convicting.
"Men are beine* olrH vrvnt mmw
wool; or two and others are waiting
electrocution
"The penitentiary and the chaingang.s
are filling up.
"In a word, the people have become
alarmed at the conditions that have
prevailed. They have shaken ofl their
leMmrgy.
"ii: the country neighborhoods, in
the villages, everywhere, the peop:
are discussing I lie crimes and saying
that ihey have jL'.ot to slop. They
ve adapted the sure and only way
of stopping them. The juries arc
convicting, white men and black, when
they are guilty, and the judges are
pronouncing sentences that fit the offences.
"The 'crime wave' is coming to an
' end in South Carolina."
"VI'CTOHIOIIS LfFE" CONFERVXi'V
To all who would like to know (ho
subject thought for the Conference
next week on Victorious Life. A Sur'
rendered Life, will he greatly helped
by .reading St. Paul's version of that
1 ife. in his letter to the Romans, the
- eighth chapter.
W LI) DIM, AX NO I \CEMKN T
Mrs. M. C. Henderson, ; nnoiuice^
- the marriage of her daughter Doni a
i Clinton io J. hn Pickens Derham .Jr.,
of Green Sea, S. ('., ,'iiul v'ackr.or.vi!le,
Pla,
i Thursday September 20th PKM at
Louisville, Ky.
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OCTOBER 6, 1921.
C AUSEY BOY
SUBMITS CASE
Addresses Delivered in Behalf
of Mercy Mixed
With Justice
GETS SIX MONTHS
IN REFORMATORY
Bloody Garment Worn by
Causey is Exhibited in
the Court
The case against Joe Causey, the
thirteen-year-old boy charged with
the shooting* of Krnest Russ, was (lis
posed ol i.ast Wednesday 111 the court.
The case was submitted on a plea
of guilty of assault and battery with
intent to kill.
Causey had attorneys to represent
him in an application for mercy in
consideration of his tender ape and
the circumstances surrounding the
^booting.
They plead for a suspended sentence
in the h;\nds of his parents, believing
that this would amount to a
sufficient restraint, as the boy would
know that when lie misbehaved his
sentence would he enforced.
One of the attorneys said in the i
course of his plea that it seined to j
him Die whole town was against this
boy ;'ii ' thai perhaps sentiment was
against the f/ather and mother he
cause they were not the members of
any christian church, but that perhaps
the fault lay with the good people
who perhaps had made no effort
to got his boy's parents into the
church.
The r.ttorneys exhibited in court
the b'ood-st/iined shirt worn by Jo:'
on the day of the shooting. This
shirt was black with blood stains as
the attorney unfolded it on the table.
The attorneys recounted the occurrences
on the day of the deplorable
affair; how Joe Causey and Ernest
Riiss had a difficulty in the back lot
in rear of the Causey residence; that
.Joe went home showing the signs of
the conflict and was undressed and
put to bed. Later his mother stepped
outside of the room and a neighbor
st*.A Ooe running across thiv lot
with a gun.
The neighbor tried to call him back
but did not succeed, and the Causey
boy shot Ernest Russ.
At the close of the /emarks made
ut\ nit: ;mt)i nuy.s tut: court ui'iivureu
a short lecture to the accused and
sentenced him to a term of six months
in the reformatory at Florence, S. C.
The boy was placed in the custody
of the sheriff until taken over to
Florence to bog-in his term.
In the opinion of the court ,'is expressed
in passing sentence, the hoy ]
was not subject to the proper re-1
straint at home, hence the necessity!
of a term in the reformatory.
LARGE CONTRACT
FOR LUMBER j
J. J, Sanders lias the contract
cutting a hift quanal of lumber for |
the Myrtie Bearn . "'ms Co;panand
it is said that tins lumber will
be used in the erection of a nev
dancing pavilion to be local i on tlvbeaeh
in front cf tiie annex ar.<! |
extending out o v th h ear. rs; ane
in other ways Will be employed in!
the naming* of imm\>voemen wi thi
popular resort in time? for the season
of' 1022.
fflGKlJICK CAR
TAKEN, STOLE
Found at L.'ttlo, River in Possession
of Charley Nixon
Last Week.
On Tuesday tho Sheriff of Iforr
county received a telegram from
Wilmington, N. C.. reading as follows:
"Buick touring oar, Model D 15,
M">otor No. 197-1'^5, dent in 1. vie, state
license No. 'MOT, stolen hero September
22. Reported taken io W mpee
(>n Ihe 23(1. We hold wan ant for arrest
of parties. J. C. Cashwoll, Chief
of Police."
Sheriff Lewis placed tho matter in
the hand* of I). Frank Bellamy, rural
policeman, and he at once made ef
forts to locate the?Huick car. On the
following (.lay he found it in posse
sum of Charley Nixon near Little
liiver and seized it. According to
s'ial 'incuts made by Nixon as to how
he obtained the car, it was brought
over here by a man named Church.
According to another statement the
car had been left with him for repairs.
Still another statement \v . t.
'he ? Te.-t that .la- en Ward had purelm
>ed the car from Church and had
left it for repairs with Nixon.
The policeman reported the matter
in full to the authorities in Wilmington.
When the car was taken it was
vvas being run uiuIm a Ford license
number, and while the po'cemm wa
looking around the car this license
number was t.nken oil' and disappeared.
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PRESCOTT SICK,
BACK AT HOME
Boys Shot as They Claim
While Standing by Prescotts
Fence
DAVIS TAKEN
TO HOSPITAL
Shot From Gun Paralyzed
Him From Waste Down.
Reported May Die
Mystery to some extent, still
surrounds the shooting of two
white boys, Alec Uourne and Fulton
Davis, on the night of Sunday
September 25th. Some of the dotai's
of this affair appeared in our
issue of last week. A>- stated in
a 'ormor article, Aloe Hourne was
struck in the hand by some of the
buck shot which had been fired at
him and his companion, by Charles
Proscott, the aged mini at whos;^
place these boys were; but Fulton
I Davis received the main portion of
the load of shot and the wound
! paralized him from the wais t down
| and his condition was so serious
(that he was taken to the Florence
Infirmary after the serious nature
j of his wounds wore found out.
! At this writing, which is Thursiday
of court week, stories are
[about that the Davis boy has died
at the hospital but the reports have
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-tatcd tluit his condition has boon
c.treniely serious ever sinc^ ho
was shot and it is momentarily that
viov.;- will roach Conway that tlio
boy is dead.
The e boys, who arc concerned
j in the matter, it appears have not
talkc 1 very much about tlie cause
loading to the difficulty. They
say they were standing up by
i roscott's fence when they weiv
shot by him w ithout warning.
Those who went to the scene
of the shooting say blood appears
inside of the premises and near to
the yard.
The house where Prescott lives
is situated back in a field from
the r< a*l, and th* siguy of tUe blood
near the yard disputes the story
about the fence. Neighbors near
tho Prescotts have told that they
heard noises over there sounding
like the flinging of things agains'.
the house of Prescott. There i.no
way to tell just wli&t the result?
will be untii the matter is threshed
cut at the inquest or in Court.
Pivscott i-^ a very aged man and
even his own wife does not know
his age. He is an invalid and un
able to drive tho mule and car.,
from which his wife sells vegetables
about the town. Immediately
.after the affair, the Sherffiff, oi*
perhaps a Iluval policeman, went to
his home to find out about the
trouble and Pre cott was not there.
It appear now that Prescott hao
\ > si ted the hi me of a friend ana
wu there at the time the officet
visited his homo. If Davis dies,
only a Circuit. Judge can let Presents
to hail. rf he does not die a
Ma.; ; trate can let him to bail.
At last accounts Prescott has not
been arrested under any warrant
and th1 authorities are wailing the
result of the wounds of Davis. If
Oavis d es, an inquest will be held
concerning tho cause of ins death,
and witnessess \ i'l be summ: m '
and the matter heard by a Circuit
Judge on the question of allowing
bail. It is stated that Prescott is
now at homo and very much worse
physically than he was beiore thi
occurence; that he i^ eating very
little, and is suffering from his in
firmities, and is confined to hi::
led at the little home where he
lives with his wife and children.
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SPECIAL POLICE
in & irnrji b
1k"> J VAf
Goes to North Carolina as
Practised Check Hasher
and Oid Offender
W. M. Tatom was arrested at
Singleton's Swash on Tuesday ot
Court week while posing as a secret
service agent. Ho was lodged
in jail and tin4 Chief of Police ot
Fairmont, North Carolina, came
here and took him away undei
charges < f check fl.ashing in Nortn
Carolina. Tie was also undci
chargcs of hunting1 without licens-.
This man carried on his person a
badge he*,; in? the words ".Special
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I i-once ana nc naa ex. imt a tills
badge to a number of people while
explaining to them the nature or
the sec'iv't duties he had to perform
in the service of the department
of ju.-tice. Anions the things
1 he enuwe ated, as coming within
'his duties, was the secret investij
gation of the county officers,
especially the rural policemen and
i Sheriff's deputy, to acertain if they
| we e bootleggers dealing in illicit
whiskey. He had been in that section
sometime hol-1 ig him.s^li, ou
under # false pretenses and it ha
turned out that he was an old ot
fender against the law.
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M. FOWLER
OLD OFFENDER
Tried on Charges of Violation
of Prohibition
Laws
WEEVIL TURNS
STATES EVIDENCE
Witnesses Approached in Usual
Attempt to Change oaths
Submitted To Jury.
Marshall Fowler and Rex Weevil
were tried last week 011 the charge
of stilling and selling monkey rum.
Mai shall Fowler has been known
for some time as a notorious breaker
of the laws. Me has used money and
threats to aid him in evading the
laws, hi times past, witnesses summoned
.against him have disappeared
before trial, or if they appeared tbev
turned out as "know-nothings" and
in various other ways lie harl so far
managed to keep from feeling the
teeth o4' the law. Authorities have
. oenied slow in the handling of him
and hN dark deeds. Uex Weevd had
not been known in the courts so muoh.
li ; ppoars th it Hex 'Ives on the s/ime
place with Marshall and the tostimoi
y c< imecte l him w'th the stilling
oi.en.t'on- of Marshall Fowler. So
much foi P.ex Weevil.
As v;i: expected, the usual thing
appealed at this trial. Some of the
witnesses for the state tried to show
that they know nothing. Among
them w >s Quince Watt.5, l e w.is expected
t> testify that he had gone to
the home of Fowler with .J. L. (.''omens
and boueiit a naif gallon of whiskey;
bo all the solicitor got was the
admission that after be had left Fowler's
place he found the whiskey in
the burgy. 11<? t'a.iled to say that be
' got the whi Vey Iron1. Marshall F ?w|
ler or Rex Weevil. Other witnes es,
i lio\vn> pv t <"*1 f 1 nliuitv In nnnvirt linth
defendants, for they told of buying
monkey rum from defendants and of
seeing the si?.nic thing go in 32; on at
the Fowler place. One witness said
that Fowler had talked to him iwice
recently and tried to keep him from
ir>'iii^*V but he did not submit to
his inPuence. Ho told how Fo.vler
had tried to instruct him what to say
at the trial.
On one occasion before, when Fowler
had been indicted for rape by one
of the daughters of John Granger, it
Appeared that Fowler had seen the
prosecutrix and when she went on the
stand she denied that she had ever
been wronged by the defendant and
thus that particular case was dropped.
hex Weevil, one of the defendants,
went, on the stand and told the whole
thing. He said he staid with Marshall
Fowler about three months and
helped him m,ake the whiskey; that
they got the molasses from Hill BulTkin
and nut water to it; then when it
fermented they stilled the. rum, and
with Oscar CI; anger took the rum to
a ditch side of the field and people
diark it, buying it from him and
Marshall Fowler; that he had heard
that the Granger b;.>ys had taker, the
still away from ttm ditch. He said
that Marshall Fowier, since court,
had a ked him not to toil it on him,
saying that he had a wife and children
t" look, n'i'tor. He said that Oscar
(inin '.'-er had he!pod to still the rum
aid tlv.it Grainger got some of the
wcy. Mo did not know who tho
still belonged to. lie, Oscar Grainger,
and Marshall Fowler had the still
from the Ha; i^gton farm and did not
know who it belonged to. Moved the
still from H.ar.iilton 's land to tho
Few lor placo at a ditch. His testimony
was a hard blow to the hopes of
FowU-r when his partner in crime
thus turned a-rain t him to help put
hiii in the bricks.
Witness admitted that ho had been
shot at by Loo Turborville, on one
occasion when trying to soo Turberville
and approaching tho place where
Turberville was running still. He
also said ho had been in trouble once
about breaking a store at Tabor. He
told how, the night boi'oro, in Conway
ho had been approached by Enoa
Watson, a school teacher, and who
wanted to know from him if Fowler
oaliy had .anything to do with tho
r-till and who statod ho was here to
try to help Fowler if ho could; that
ho refused to t.Hk about it. and toldWatson
he would hear about it in the
court,
This closed the case of the state
and attorneys for tho defense conferred
with this array of proof
against him. After.a few minutes att<
1 revs for ti e t'ense submitted tho
case without aijyir lent and without
putting n>1 any witnesses
The jury foar.d Fowler guilty as
charged and lie was sentenced as follows:
Qno year on the public works
lli.ffi- 1:1 : I
wi iHUl(y ' ' 11 ' 1. \ , UI I I !\.t puriuu III
tho state penitentiary.
Ue.\ Weevil then pleaded guilty toI
he same charge and w; s sentenced
to e;j ht months, which was suspended
ounDj-v his good behavior in consideration
of liis having; admitted his
iiill ai>d incriminated the others.
Among those visiting Conwa during
the c.nti las' week w.? e 0. I*.
Williamson, A. L. Phillips, .J M.
Mincy, K. C. Smith and B. K. Kdjre.