Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1882-11-03


That said X. l. Ewell for the purpose Of
enabling him 10 carry ont and have carri-
ell out the aforesaid fraudulent purposes
and designs, did unlawfully and with q
fraudulent intent enter in the admir-. bond
book OF the Laurel County Court which
was a public record book, bond purport-
ing 10 be a bond Of ID. ID. Elan, AZ adm'r.
Of T.. Elan, and entering at the bottom u
the bond Approved by the Court with
the name Of ID d. Elan and X. l.. Ewell,
signed TO the bond, ID. ID. Elan, principal,
and r. l.. Ewell, security, and said bond
approved aforesaid" ATTEST, II. l.. Ewell 4,
Clerk OF the Laurel Circuit Court, when in
fact and in truth, at the time said bond
was drawn up and signed, ID. ID. Elan hal
not been appointed admir-. Of the estate Of
+. Elan, and the said X. l. Ewell was not
the Clerk Of the Laurel County Court and
had no power or authority 10 draw up or
attest said bond az aforesaid. All Of which
vas done without the knowledge or con
sent Of the Judge Of the Laurel County
Court OF Of any other person authorized TO
give authority.
All Of which foregoing alterations of the
public record Of the Laurel County Court
we're done for the fraudulent purposes
aforesaid and against the peace and digni-
ty Of the Commonwealth Of Kentucky.
DIsHMAN, Com'th. Atty, pro tenn.
Witnesses-Ievi Jackson, 9. w. Jones,
j. j. Weaver, for G. w. Jones a sub duces
tecum TO bring into Court the record refer
red TO. Endorsed "A true bill"
ANDREW JACKSON. Foreman.
August Term, 1876, 2nd day-Common-
wealth vs.. r. l.. Ewell.
This day came the dei't. and filed de
mnrer to the indictment herein and the
same is submitted to the Court
Sth Day Aug. Term lS76-Common-
wealth Va. X l. Ewell.
This day came the parties and the dePt.
withdrew the demurrer to the indictment
and waived an arraignment and plead not
guilty, and thereupon came jury, to-wit
Jesse II. Westerfeld, John 9. Brown,
Thomas Jones, b +. johnson, Ben Magee,
Nicholas Ball, VIM. Ball, John Allen,
Sparks Jones, Sam'l Magee, X. N. Paragin
and John Sparks, who were duly sworn TO
try the issue and thereupon w. W. Wat
kins, security Of the dePt came into Court
and undertook that the def. should obey
the orders Of the Court until the case is
submitted TO the jury, and the jury having
heard the evidence in part were dispersed
I'LL " q ClOCk tO-ulOTTON uISt W.
ing admonished by the Court as the law
requires.
9th Day, Aug. Term 1S7G.-Common-
wealth vs.. K L. Ewell.
The Jury sworn herein having heard the
evidence, instructions OF the Court and ar
gument Of the counsel, returned the fol-
lowing verdict: ave Of the Jury find the
delft. not guilty as charged in the indict- |
ment. ]. c. Brown, foreman"
1t il therefore ordered that the dePt. be
discharged.
A Copy, Attest: NJ +. SMITH, Crk.
By A. b. BROwN, ID. G.
Fee paid, Soc NJ. f. SMITH, CPk.
By A. b. BRowN. ID. c.
As we said before and which we
now re-iterate after investigation,
Mr.. Ewell's acquittal did not satisfy
a goodly number Of his fellOw-citizens,
who are still of the opinion that he
was guilty. The guardians bond that
the indictment grew out of is copied
into the Bond Record Book, a good
many pages behind other and similar
bonds that bear date before the bond
signed as security. His friends ad-
NIT this but try to explain it or avoid
The consequences by saying that the
unusual position of the bond in the
book was inadvertently made by turn
ng over more leaves than one and
eft blank by mistake, which blank
was filed with the Ewell bond subse-
luently. There are one of two things
certain, according to the specifications
# the indictment, either the Judge
Ind Clerk were ignOramuses or that a
orgery was committed, and since Mr..
Ewell was chiefly interested, suspicion
would necessarily point to him. In
he first place, if the proceedings were
regular, why was an administrators /
bond attached to a guardians bond
They are entirely dissimilar in their
nature and separate books are used for
the bonds. Then if Mr..
Ewell was Clerk at the time the rec
ord is claimed to have been made, how ]
,ould he become security on an ad-
or any other fiduciary
bond, when chap. 80, art. II, sect. 80,
General Statutes, provides that clerk {
hall in no case be taken as such. The i
whole thing has bad odor and the
nell continues to hang around the
lothes of the poor, prosecuted, SLAM
Iered man of God, the Right Rev. r
: Ewell. 8
The third and last charge was that ,
{ bringing a SANDER suit against ..
nan who charged that he had seen y
i'm in a questionable attitude with Z
ertain woman, and that he agteed !
nth the defendant after the case was !
emoved to Knox, that if he would :
onfess judgment for So, 900 he would i
emit, anddid remit the entire amount h
We had not time TO get the record of 3
he matter but a prominent gentleman :
ellis us that We stated the facts entire ;, :
y as they occurred, AS he himself is ;,
fitness. II this is not true let Mr.. Ew. d
II produce the record to refute it. q
IL is useless to comment on these "
harges. We have given the record y
{ the Court and the statements Of II
entlemen whose testimony is unim- ia
eachable and leave it to just public g
, draw its conclusions. Mr.. Ewell u
Jay be a saint but ii is hardly proba- "
lie that there would beso much smoke a,
nveloping him were there not some sa
re, and We ask the voters of this dis. 81
'ict, if, under the circumstances, he !
the proper man 70 support for a y. "