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provisions. Mr.. Henry was seen
and in reply to the question as to
how he expected to enforce the law
and punish violaters, said. "I will
appoint sufficient number of depu-
ties In various localities, whose
duties 1t will be to secure the
evidence of the violation of law and
turn the same over to me. To get a
case In shape for prosecution will be
one item of heaviest expense. I will
send deputies from the headwaters
OF the various creeks and rivers with
instructions to destroy all fish traps,
nets, seines, etc., from source to
mouth, and then make arrangements
with reliable persons living along the
streams to report to me il others are
placed in the stream. I will then
have all such persons prosecuted
The enforcement of the law will cost
thousands Of dollars, but it will
repay every man who contributes his
share. propose to enforce the law
to the letter, II funds sufficient are
raised, and l am satisfied that in the
next two years game and fish will
abound In this state" Mr.. Henry is
having the necessary blanks and
stationery prepared, and will soon
announce his list Of deputy wardens
for the various sections OF the state.
Great interest is manifested in all
quarters in the proper enforcement
of the law.
The supreme court in banc entered
final judgment of disbarment against
E. M. Harber and A. G. Knight in
the proceedings instituted against
them by the attorney general, in
which they were charged with forg-
ing and mutilating the records in the
Howell murder case. No case, prob
ably, has In years attracted the
widespread attention that this one
has, for reasons of the prominence
Of the attorneys charged with these
crimes and the magnitude OF the Of
Tense committed. 1t will be remem-
bered that Howell was tried and
convicted in the Grundy county cir
cult court of the killing Of his cous, n
and her four small children, sem
fenced to be hanged and appealed to
the supreme court. 1t was charged
by the attorney general that the rec
ord had been mutilated by Ha-ber
and Knight, which charge was sur
ported by sffldayits of divers per-
sons, and the supreme court finally
corrected the record and hanged
Howell. Then followed the disbar-
ment proceedings against Harber and
Knight. Mr.. Harber is prominent
democrat, has been twice presiden-
tial elector from his district, prose-
cutting attorney of Grundy county,
and was recently appointed delo-
gate to the silver convention at
Memphis by Governor Stone. Mr..
Knight is prominent republican and
has been twice prosecuting attorney
of Grundy county. The opinion OF
Judge Sherwood covers twenty five
pages of type written matter and Is
concurred in by Judges CAN'T, Nc
Farlane, Robinson, and Chief Justice
Brace, Judge Burgess refusing to sit.
After discussing the legal questions
involved, all of which are determined
against Harber and Knight, Judge
Sherwood in discussing the testimony
says: "More conspicuous evidence
Of the guilt could not in reason be
demanded. The evidence is conclu-
sive and amounts to absolute proof,
and establishes both the guilt OF
Harber and knight beyond question;
that the admissions of Harber and
knight are sufficient of themselves to
establish their guilt; that their per-
nicious and pertinacious thorough
ness in their industrious endeavor to
deceive this court is best shown by
the printed abstract, brief and argu-
ment prepared and signed by them
and fled in the Howell case, together
with the oral confession of Knight
made In the supreme court, in which
he admits his guilt; that in cases of
unprofessional conduct upon the part
of attorneys whenever they prove
unworthy Of the trust and confidence
involved in their official oaths and in
the honesty and integrity which
should characterize them in The per-
formance of their professional du-
ties, then 1t becomes the duty Of the
court to disbar them: that in the case
at bar, Harber and knight, by their
unprofessional conduct, mutilation OF
the record and attempt to mislead
and deceive the supreme court, have
forfeited all rights as attorneys at
the bar end have rendered them
selves unfit to longer be permitted to
practice" Judge Sherwood then In
his own peculiar style discusses in
very strong language the duty attor-
news owe the court and the prompt
and decisive action that the courts of
this state should take in maintaining
the purity and dignity OF the profess
sion as we'll as the courts. This il
the first proceeding of the kind ever
instituted In the supreme court, and
the opinions in this case and in the
Mullins disbarment case, decided