The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-04-20
BOGUS MONEY MEN
ARE CONVICTED
Federal Court Winds Up Its
Business Today.
Convictions in Circuit Court-Only
One Criminal Case Now
Left.
NO POLICE COURT TO-DAY

sion of three days. Comparatively
little business has been transacted.
This has been very quiet term OF
court and the most important cases
considered are those against the Blood
river farmers who are charged with
making and passing $50 bank notes,
Those who have been indicted for
this offense are K. ID. Thompson,
Robert Duncan, ii. b. Duncan, NJ.
@. Warren and Doss Boatright. The
latter is charged with photographing
the original note from which the
spurious notes were made.
M. q. Warren considered il unneces.
sary to go into trial and pleaded guilty
to passing one of the counterfeit bills
and was given two years in the peni.
Tertiary the first sentence imposed in
the cases.
Il. ID Thompson, another counter
feiter, was tried and found guilty but
sentence was deferred by the court.
II. b Duncan and Robert Duncan
are the only two remaining counter.
feiters to be tried and as soon as they
have been given hearing, court will
have finished business and adjourned.
lloss Boatbright. who is n photog
rapher by profession, seems to have
been the ring leader of the bunch.
Many witnesses were ntroiuced by
the federal prosecutors. Sam Lilly,
of Trigg county, was one of the most
effective witnesses against Boatright.
he stated that last July in TTigg
county Bostwright was travelling
about with a photograph outfit and
came to him one day with an invita-
tion to visit his photograph tent,
which he did. At the tent Boatwright
proposed to teach him the art OF
"maKing money" by the photograph
process. Lilly swore that Boatwright
told him he could make such an exact
oounterfeit of a Msyfeld $50 bank
note that he would guarantee him it
would pass successfully and was a
money making investment. lie pro.
posed to teach Lilly the art for t2O
but no contract was made and Lilly
did not accept.
Lilly further stated that he was ar
rested for perjury but did not know
who was responsible for it, an soon
after his arrest, Boatwright assured
him if he, Lilly, who was known to
have evidence against Boatwright,
would be a. light as possible on him
and tell no more than what was abso.
lntely forced out, he was assured his
release by having the perjury case
dismissed by the grand jury. Lilly
was dis missed in the grand jury ex.
animation and this was the last heard
Of the matter, but it was subsequently
developed that Boatwright was re-
sponsible for Lilly's arrest and had
taken this means to secure Lilly's
pledge not to testify against him when
the counterfeit cases came up.
All through the trial Boatwright
would SIT and shake his lead in denial
to everything Of a serious nature said
against him.
James jackson the negro who was
afternoon tried for raising
United States currency, was found |
not guilty in one indictment and |
guilty in two Others, but sentence
was deferred.
The civil action of W. J. Sizemore
against the ]. O. railroad was dis
missed without prejudice.
This was a case appealed from the
circuit court.
Marshal A. ID. James returned to |
today at noon, having left
the remaining business with his dep
uty marshal, Walter Black burn.
The Bostwright case will probably
be finish ed late this afternoon. Boat |
wright testified this afternoon and de
MED every allegation. He hal his
camera which he explained to the jury |
could not take photograph of the
bills claimed to be bogus and at press
time the case was still on trial.
CIRCUIT COURT.