Wichita eagle., 1889-04-24
ARKANSAS FEDERAL eRANoJlIRy.

LITTLE Rock, Ark, April 23-The ex-
element in regard to the work Of the
United States grand jury in the election
cases in this city continues undated.
Judge Caldwell this morning stated that.
owing TO the depletion of the petit jury, it
would be necessary to call twenty-four
more jurors, which resulted in the selec-
ton of the following citizens of Ar
kansas: L. j. Young, Austin, Lonoke
county; J. A. Martin, Austin, Lo-
noka county; J. n. Pearce, Warren.
Bradley county; ALT Wilmington, Hot
rington, Jersey, Bradley county; J. Polk
Jones, Batesville, independence county;
John Bowers, Jacksonville, LonOke coun-
ty; ". L. Madding, Malvern, Hot Springs
county; C. P. Johnson, Rison, Cleveland
county; A. W. Smith, Viola, Fulton
county; Leander West, Murello. Van
Buren, county; j. l.. Johnson, Warner,
Clark county; Walter Crandall, Long Point,
Arkansas county; WileyJ. Westmoreland,
Denmark. jackson county;John p. Murphy;
Pine Bluff. Jefferson county: Richard NJ.
Davis, Newport, Jackson county; j. ID.
Dean, Hamburg. Ashley county; S. A.
Duke, Baxter, Drew county; w. ".
Hughey, Warren, Bradley county; S. B.
Gaines, Hot Springs, Garland county; w.
r. Glouster, Princeton, Dallas county;
George w. Smith. Malvern, Hot Springs
county; Isaac Owen, Newborn, jackson
county.
BY noon today the rumor gained pretty
general circulation that there would be
startling developments within a day or
two. and possibly today, relative to the
robbery of the ballot box at Plummerville,
In this connection it is well understood
that the Pinkertons are working up
the Clayton assassination. As
matter of course the United
States court can not handle the assassina-
ton, bnt the particulars of the robbery, it
is alleged, will lead up to the other crime.
The Woodruff county case was called to-
day, but the attorneys for the defense not
being ready it was continued. The grand
jury returned quite number of indict-
ments, among which were the following:
w. W. Written, for passing counterfeit
laoney-the prisoner claims to be from
Memphis, and was captured on the north
side: j. h. Snowden, of Center Ridge, a
minister of the gospel, for stealing a reg
istered letter: William Garner and Martin
Thorp, of Perry county, the former for
passing counterfeit money and the latter
for making it
Marshal Faulkinbury returned tonight
from Morrillton, where he subp9naed a
dozen or fifteen citizens as witnesses in
Plummerville ballot box robbery, which
preceded the assassination of Col. John
NJ. Clayton. Among those he brought
down with him We're Deputy Sheriff O. T.
Bentley, Walter Wells, Charles Ward and
J. c. Heard The sheriff of the county
NJ. ID. Shelby. was already in the city
Bentley is his chief deputy and is the man
who recently accidentally shot and killed
his brother. The officer alao brought
down with him negro by the
name of George Washington, who is in the
employ of Wells. He is charged with aid
ing and abetting in the theft of the ballot
box, and being accessory to the destruc-
ton of the ballots. The officer arrested
him in the street while he was washing a
buggy. He protested against the arrest
and referred the officer to his employer
No attention was paid to his assertions
and he was taken at once to the depot,
shachled to one of the seat arms and all
people prevented from having intercourse
with him. This Plummeryille case, from
the theft of the ballot box TO the assassin
alton of Clayton, is rapidly APP
preaching its climax, and astonishing
revelations may be expected within
twenty-four to forty-eight hours. The
federal grand jury returned several more
indictments today for persons alleged 10 be
connected with this crime, but the names
" 1 not be made public until after the ar
n its are made
Marshal CoblentZ, eX-sheriff of Conway
county, now serving as marshal in this
case, arrived tonight from Pine Bluff,
where he captured Warren Taylor. who is
wanted in this case by the federal court.
He is charged, among other things, with
interfering with Charles Wahl, who was
one of the judges of the Plummerville
election. 1t is the belief among those who