The Forrest City times., 1901-10-18
Penitentiary Board Enjoined from
Annulling Ten-Year Con-
vict Lease.
OCCURRENCES OF WEEK BRIEFLY STATED
Cotton Bolt Engineer Charged With He
Ing Member of Gang of Robbers-Un-
successful Attempt to Hold Up a Pas
ssnger Train on the Kansas City South
ern at Ashdown.


Judge Martin in Pulaski chaneery
court granted a permanent Injunction
against the state penitentiary board
restraining said board from terminal.
ing the contract with the Arkansas
Brick Manufacturing Company for the
lease of convicts
The decree in full is as follows:
On this day comes the plaintiff. bv
It's solicitors, Rose, Hemingway &
Rose, and come the defendants. by
George w. Murphy, attorney general,
Morris NJ. Cohn, T. II. Humphrey and
Kirby Carter, their solicitors, and by
consent of parties, the plaintiff, by
leave OF court. doth file a substitute
amendment to its complaint herein.
Thereupon the defendant, by leave of
the court. upon their motion. strike out
and withdraw the causes of demur-
rer in the demurrer heretofore filed
and numbered 3, and 5, and announce
that they decline to answer or plead
further to the complaint. but elect TO
stand upon their said demurrer as thus
hiid but Cdust 10 SuDIDlIItu
to the court for its consideration and
judgment, as upon final decree, upon
the complaint. with its substituted
amendment and the demurrer of the
defendants, as amended. Thereupon,
being we'll and sufficiently advised as
to matters of fact and law arising here
In, as shown by the complaint and con-
fpSSpd bV tha dpynurror tho oo,,rt
order, adjudge and decree that the res
olution passed by the board of COM
mlssioners for the management of the
state penitentiary of the state OF Ark
ansas. on the 18th day OF August. 1901,
attempting to cancel anu annul the
contract purporting to have been made
by and between the parties TO this
litigation, and filed as an exhibit to the
complaint, be. and the same is hereby
Cancelled and held for naught. That
the defendants. Jefferson Davis. ]. w.
Crockett, T. c. Monroe. George w.
Murphy and Frank Hill. as members
of said board of commissioners, be.
and they are hereby enjoined and re-
strained from in any manner canceling
or annuling said purported contract.
without sufficient cause being shown
therefor. That the defendants. f. T.
Mcconnell, as superintendent and keep
er of the Arkansas penitentiary. and
NJ. ID. l.. Cook. as financial agent Of
said penitentiary, be, and they are here
by enjoined and restrained from exc
cutting and carrying into effect the said
resolution of the said board of com
missioners, passed, as aforesaid. and
that they, together with the said mem
bers of the said board of commission
ers be. and they are hereby enjoined
and restrained from refusing and fail
ing TO execute and carry out the terms
OF said purported contract until its il.
legality or invaliditv as a contract
shall be adjudged and declared by some
tribunal vested by law with jurisdic-
tlon and authority to be illegal or in
valid. That the costs of this action
snail be paid by the defendant, for
which execution may issue. From
which decree the defendants pray an
appeal to the supreme court of Arkan-
sas, which is granted" An effort is to
be made to have the case advanced on
the docket