The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1889-06-04
PARTISAN JURIES
For the Trial of the Election Cases
In tho United States District Court
at Little Rock, Ark.
Names OF the Jurors Carefully Col-
lated and Classified
BY an Undoubted Authority, Who
Makes the Discovery
That tho Conviction OF the Men Arrested
Was Forogone Conclusion With
tho Men Who Follow Pow
oil Clayton.


In their blind defense OF the action of
the Federal Court at Little Rock tho
Little Rock dailios have asserted, time
and time again, that the charge that tho
iurios were made up largely Of Repub-
Leans was not true. They have satisfied
themselves, however, by simply making
the assertion, and have never, that we
arc aware Of, given the public
the names OF those who composed
the two iurics. At any rate they
have never given tho politics OF tho
different members OF those iuries. Tho
records show the following gentlemen to
have composed the Grand Jury. and in
gation-carciul invesiigation-show
their politics TO be as indicated: Demo-
Gratis W. NJ. Watkins, OF Dcsha County;
Col. VIM. Stillwcll, Of Arkansas County;
James I. Henderson, OF Jackson
County, and Thomas Fitzpatrick,
OF Dcsha County-iour. Republicans:
T.. G. Kinney, foreman; II. W. Kannada,
u d. Cole, H. j. Rodgers, OF White
County; b. Il. Taylor, OF Scarcy County;
James Rodgers. q. n. Evans and James
d. sta,baugh, Of Van Buren, County; A.
g. Critchmer Of Woodruff County; M.
Cook, ]. Snecd, A. G. IIeud, of
Lincoln County; Emanuel Jones, A.
Naliath, j. @. Bliss, Of Pulaski
County. and H. u. Mcdonald, Of Indc-
pcndencc County-sixtccn; politics I'M
known, T. H. wigcncr, Of Garland County.
The flint panel OF Petit Jurors stood IA fol-
lows Democrats, q. Il. Sykes, OF Calhoun;
J. T.. Jordan, Of Baxter Lawrence Cook, Of
Dosha; d. II. Womack Of Saline, W. q.
llardagc, Of Garland; j. Sharp, Of IEarJ; 4.
+. Marks, Of Cleveland; W. A. Mitchell,
OF Baxter q. II. Fakes, Of Woodruff, aud
W. J. Poe, OF Grant-ten. Republicans
W. T. Clarke, Of White; j.. Carroll. Thos.
Williams, ]. j. Sloball aud II. Mueller,
Of Van buren,; Arlur Demand and Y. w.
Tucker, OF Lawrence; NJ. A. Sanders aud
W. j. Smith, Of Scarcy; A. Per,lew, Of
Union; G. X. Hyfnc and u. A. jackson,
oi Ghicol; w. II. llowapl. OF Clark; A. II.
| Self II. w. Wyle. A. y. Alnsscy aud 4.
X. kirsh, OF Lincoln W. l. ID. Irving, q.
| g. VIM, w. w. Bnlshcars ]. II. Batten-
fold. Of Pope; w. l. Leonard, Of Sharp;
4. 4. Harris, OF Independence, q. 4.
Crouch aud Laws Welclicr, of Desha; Geo
Ingram, W. G. Paiue, :. X. Rowclls, Of
Jefferson; Il. o. Henderson, Of jackson;
=. X. fccmstcr aud J. X. Kelsey, OF
Faulkner, and James Brady, OF Garland,
thiriy.tNo, eight of whom were negroes.
The rcrond list of Petit Jurors stood "a fol-
lows Dcmocnts-T. ]. Young, ]. A.
Martin, Of l.onokc. J. y, Pierce. X j. Edcr-
! inglon, oi Bradley; A.Whiltington aud n.
Gaines, OF Garland; John Powers, Of Pu-
laski; = 7. Morgan. Of Cleveland; W. y.
Wcsimorcland, X NJ. Davis aud Isaac
Owens, Of Jackson; J. T.. Murphy. II
Jefferson; J. y. Dean. Of Ashley. aud q.
W. smith Of Hot springs fourteen. Re-
pullicans, j. i. Jones' oi Independence;
Is. johnson, Of Cleveland, A. w.
smith. Of Fulton; Leauder West. Of Van
liutcn; j. L. John, OF Lincoln; Walker
Crandall. Of Arkansas. W. w. Hughcy,
Of Bradley W. X Glous,cr, OF Dallas,
aud A. s. Duke, OF Drcw-ten. This last
panel upon is face looks fair enough, but
when We take into consideration
that nearly oil Of the Democrats
who were summoned were business
men aud could not afford TO leave home at
a busy season Of the year aud thus failed
TO qualify, the trick Is apparent OF the
fifteen Democrats only seven appeared aud
served q, juror, aud Of the ten Rcpubli-
cans eight appeared aud served. II
will be- seen then that the Pctit
Jury as made up of tho two panels
stood forty Republicans aud seventeen
Democrats. Tie Republicans, for tho
most part, were mbid politicians men
whose principal occupation is chasing Of
ice. aud who would rather send Demo-
crat 10 the pcniioniiafy than 10 be guar
anteod homo In the New Joru-
salem. The work that was done by those
jufics was no more than could have been
expected los jurics ~ constituted. Tho
miserable political prosecutions that they
took such prominent part Ia are part OF
the history Of Arkansas and every citizen
oi the State ought " DO ashamed that they
are "a part of 10.