The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1894-06-13
SI.oo A YEAR e
AFLoOD OF CRIME

pace as 1T is an able presentation
o. the recent court at this place
and the serious ssle,t all rs
II have assumed.
e Maryvilie, Tenn, June 7, Es&I-
On yesterday ono of the nsisf
6 important terms Of our lirrxtif
court in the history Of the coGusy,
:, was closed. 1t opened week SE.p
last Monday. Judge Rodgers nut
being present, Will A. NIT, eg
member of the local Fssr,
was elected to preside, whilia
he did that day and in Oh eveafisg
Chancellor Gibson came O. &r~
rescue and held the court IN IA
, Saturday evening, when he wna
compelled to return to Ka9yvins.
on account of the bsuines 40 ilaS
place. The attorney general aIssp
being absent, Hon. Thos. n. Brown,
was appointed attorney general
pro tempore. 1t was ab9ol05eAs
necessary to continue the 1eraA
over into this week, and on N0&s.-
day morning Capt. Sam. p. Row an
was elected special judge ana 1p
some cases Hon. G. II. Gates &sy-
presided, so the business contfsasyf
until late yesterday, when shey
just quit. The civil docket wars
not touched, and many impoytsma
: criminal cases were continued As-
cause no attorney was competans
to preside. Shunaker, chayg4ax
=, with burning the barntand stoeh GA
James Anderson, near Rockforfa
y was continued by concent of ts~.
parties. John Walker was fopnss
guilty Of murder in the first deg sss,
and on the recommendation OF Miss
jury was sentenced to the penisen-
tiary for life. John Rogers " ass
y convicted OF arBoD snti sentcn~v4EJ W
the penitentiary for ten years, sasz
he took an appeal to the supyoN u
court. Charles Wallace was swNs-
: tried for arson and succeeded ia
= hanging the jury both times. ;ynha
Osborne on case Of incest, huDsg
o the Jury and the case went ovgr
to the next term. II. I. Harper.
j., attempting to burglarize The Bant-
of. Maryville was sent tu iltsA
penitentiary for three years
h Quite numb ber Of cases go over ~
r the next term.
The flood of crime in the county
, for the past six months is inexg4J--
cable. The writer has been an Obs
server of the outbreak of crime FAR
a number of years, and obsegv2S3
that prosecutions rise and fall ira
any community like the waves %
the ocean. 1t usually breaks 0Ue
in community and runs high fox
a time, then ceases and perhaps
breaks out elsewhere, on this oceis--
sion, however it appears to havs.
risen in all parts of the conns1y
without any apparent connectI0s
and without any reason for its aS,-
pearance. Prosecutions genet
spring out of nelehborhood Qsay.
! els which sometime shoulder gov
a long time, then some one gets
E before the grand jury and q bill is
found, and from that cases grow
much like the old California beew
: seed in sweetened water. At this
{ time, however, there appears to be
no connection between the case :
and neighborhoods. Another sin
gular feature is that the most c1f
the cases are felonies. But feT
misdemeanor bills were retufaes "a
while the felonies are plentiful.
ouuSO oibNOu NOH IduTpiS Elfr
h himself. it is well known that nv
is model Judge anyway, and s1
this term, during his stay, he Oze-
: modelled himself. While on the
; bench he is Judge Gibson aud nxs
l discharges his duties boldly zsaa
+ fearlessly. On the streets he. y
Henry Gibson, and was as gsnias
as any person in town, and gee
y without fawning sycopan-
$ cy so often seen in candidates
Every body appeared to be please u
with him. Even the criminals.
IS who were convicted, appesreR to-
r appreciate his dignity and honesty
4 and were pleased with his hearip =.
The large term of court, togetarr
III with with the exercises of the i,sl-
ol lege, gave some of our busy rusas .s1
,r they could do to stand un6ha- 1n.e
pressure.