The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-07-22
EVEN UNDER STRONG GUARD Grand Jury at Work al
 Jackson. TWO TRUE BILLS FOUND Tharp and Crawford Are In-
 dicted for Arson. County Judge Hargis and shsritt Callahan Fall Out. and a Fight Between Them is Prevent
 ed by Bystanders.
TWO TRUE BILLS FOUND

Jackson. Ky, July 21.-The mfiitsrk camp was alarmed at a. m. by the cry Eof "fire!" and by shots fired by the pro< vest guards. Two details of troops were sent into town.
 The fire was near the depot A srnali house belonging to Henry Collier was burned. The people were wildly excited for fear it was repetition of the Eweu fire. Investigation showed it was of il- cendiary origin and negro is suspected The troops are hunting him. The burned house was near a house owned by Henry Comings and occupied by the Strong fam fly The Strongs are the last of the noted Strongs-Armis feud. The Arinis were an killed. Callahan had intermarried into the Armis family and took up the feud for several years afterwards
 B. J. Ewen remained in the express car, In which he was broughc from Lexington until ] a.. m.. when he was removed 70 camp. He appeared under strong ho1- low square guard today and insisted that the grand jury first consider the cases of Crawford and Tnarpe, charged with setting fire to Ewen's home In which cases Even Is not a witness as he was In company with the soldiers when his hotel was burned.
 It is stated that 1wen's friends want to ascertain how the pending Inquiry pro ceeds before they testify in the bribery cases. Captan Ewen said that Farmer Hummer who offered him 5000 when he had two witnesses concealed, was one of his best friends and there was no desire to punish Hummer and let the man es4 cape who furnished the s5.0o0 and made Hummer act as the 'go-between."
 Two Indictments.
 The grand jury tonight returned indict- ments against Edward Tharp and Joseph ,fs,.s C. A. Brothers, for arson. They were already held on the charge of setting fire to Ewen's hotel last month.
 An indictment was a.so returned against Gardner Hummer for attempting u bfipe a witness. It Is charged that he offered B. J. Ewen 5000 te leave town and tha he could not testify in the trial Of caf.ss Jett and Thomas White, It is currently reported that l.. T. Bolin. who is well known here. as well as Ewen. testifi1d De- fore the grand jury today as to who was to furnish the money that was offered te Even by Hummer and that two ,Seif known county officials were named in the grand jury room. As the grand jury is continuing It's sessions after returning true bills in the arson and bribery cases, it is generally believed that the investiga- ton is extending into other capital of- lenses in connection with the feud.
 1neTe IS mucn taih over an alleged quarrel between County Judge James Hargis and Sherin Edward Callahan. It is said the former was angry beeause the sheriff refused to insist on his rights to draw the present grand jury and the lat ter replied that Judge Redwine would have appointed an elsior in his place if he had not declined to serve. According to common report these county officials after a passage of words were about to come to blows when by-standers inter fered. It is also reported that there have been differences between these two men since the transfer of Jett and White to jail at Lexington and that the trouble started with Callahan refusing to pay any part of the expenses of the Marcum murder trial here.